EXHIBIT 3.39
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
SECRETARY OF STATE
DICK MOLPUS
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/s/ Dick Molpus
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401 MISSISSIPPI STREET -- P.O. BOX 138 -- JACKSON, MS 38206
TELEPHONE (401) 266-1380
(Attach condensed copy)
[X] PROFIT [_] NONPROFIT
(Mark Appropriate Box)
The undersigned persons, purchased in Section 79-11-137 (a nonprofit
corporation) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, hereby execute the following
document and set forth:
1. The name of the corporation is:
BAY ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP.
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2. Domestic address is 1900 24TH AVENUE
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GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 39501
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3. FOR NON-PROFITS ONLY: The period of expiration is 99 years or ______________
4. (a) The number (and classes, if any) of shares the corporation is
authorized to issue is (are) as follows (THIS IS FOR PROFIT ONLY):
Class(es) No. of Shares Authorized
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COMMON 10,000
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4. (b) If more than one (1) class of shares is authorized, the preferences,
limitations, and relative rights of each class are as follows:
5. The street address of its initial registered office is:
1900 24/TH/ AVENUE
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GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 39501
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City/State/Zip
and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is: VIRGIL G.
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GILLESPIE
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6. The name and complete address of each incorporator is as follows (PLEASE
TYPE OR PRINT):
VIRGIL G. GILLESPIE
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1900 24/TH/ AVENUE
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GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 39501
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Name/Street Address/City/State/Zip
7. Other provisions: Shareholders have presumptive right to acquire a
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proportionate share of any additional stock issued or sale of treasury
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stock, based upon the pro rate share of stock of any given stockholder, as
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his shares bear to the total amount of stock issued.
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/s/ Virgil G. Gillespie
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VIRGIL G. GILLESPIE
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INCORPORATORS (SIGNATURES)
Office of
VIRGIL G. GILLESPIE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
April 6, 1992
Secretary of State
P.O. Box 136
Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0136
RE: ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
BAY ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP.
Dear Sir:
I enclose herewith duplicate originals of Articles of Incorporation for Bay St.
Louis Casino Corp., which I would thank you to file and return to me. Also
enclosed is my check for $50.00 as a filing fee.
Yours very truly,
/s/ Virgil G. Gillespie
VIRGIL G. GILLESPIE
VGG/jpc
Enclosures: