EXHIBIT 3.23

                CERTIFICATE OF MISSISSIPPI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                          (Attach duplicate original)


The undersigned general partners, pursuant to Section 79-14-201 of the
Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, hereby executes the following certificate
of Limited Partnership and set forth:

1.   The name of the Limited Partnership is:  Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.,
     Federal Tax ID:  Applied for

2.   The name, street and mailing address of each General Partner is as follows:
     Bayview Yacht Club, Inc., Interstate 80, Garson Road Exit, P.O. Box 399,
     Verdi, Nevada 89439-0399

3.   The street and mailing address of the registered office is 633 North State
     Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202, and the registered agent at such
     address is Thomas B. Shepherd

4.   The latest date upon which the Limited Partnership is to dissolve is April
     30, 2092

5.   Other matters the general partners determine to include are:  None



     By:  Bayview Yacht Club, Inc.
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          Printed Name/               Robert List, Vice President
          General Partner


STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF __________


     I, _________________________, a notary public do hereby certify that on
this ____ day of April, 1993, personally appeared before me Robert List, who,
being by me first duly sworn, declared that he is the Vice President of Bayview
Yacht Club, Inc. the General Partner of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., that he
executed the foregoing document on behalf of the General Partner of this Limited
Partnership, and that the statements therein contained are true.


                              ________________________________
                                         Notary Public


Notary Seal