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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.13

                                PROMISSORY NOTE







$10,759,355                                           Dated:    March 31, 1996
                                                             Detroit, Michigan



     For value received, The Majestic Star Casino, LLC, an Indiana limited
liability company ("Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Barden
Development, Inc., an Indiana corporation ("Lender"), on demand, the principal
sum of Ten Million Seven Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty
Five Dollars ($10,759,355), at Suite 2400, 400 Renaissance Center, Detroit,
Michigan 48243, or at such other place as designated by lender in writing.

     The unpaid principal balance outstanding from time to time of this Note
shall bear interest on a basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of
days elapsed in a month, at a rate of interest equal to the applicable federal
short term rate, as set forth in Section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended ("Base Rate").  The interest rate shall automatically
adjust on the first day of each month that this Note is outstanding.  Interest
shall be paid, in arrears, quarterly beginning on June 30, 1996 and each three
months thereafter.

     In no event shall the interest rate charged or received hereunder at any
time exceed the interest rate ("maximum interest rate") permitted by applicable
law.  Payments received by Lender hereunder which would otherwise cause the
interest rate hereunder to exceed such maximum interest rate shall, to the
extent of such excess, be deemed prepayments of principal and applied as such
as herein provided.  If Lender shall reasonably determine that the legal
authority to charge the interest rate under this Note has been adjudicated to
be usurious or if it has been so determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction or otherwise limited by statute, then the unpaid principal balance
of this Note, with any accrued interest thereon and thereafter at the highest
legal rate then permitted to be charged by stipulation in writing between
Lender and Borrowers, at the option of Lender, shall immediately become due and
payable.

     Upon default in the payment of any installment of interest when due
hereunder, the entire principal of this Note remaining at the time unmatured,
together with the accrued interest thereon, shall become immediately due and
payable.


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Borrower agrees to pay all costs of collection, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, in case the principal of the Note or any interest thereon is
not paid at the respective date due hereunder, whether suit is brought or not.

     Any payments of principal or interest not paid when due or declared due
shall, at the option of Lender, bear interest at a rate which is equal to one
percent (1.0%) per annum in excess of the Base Rate.  Acceptance by Lender of
any payment in an amount less than the amount then due shall be deemed an
acceptance on account only, and the failure to pay the entire amount then due
shall be and continue to be an event of default.  Upon any default, neither the
failure of Lender promptly to exercise its right to declare the outstanding
principal and accrued unpaid interest hereunder to be immediately due and
payable, nor the failure of Lender to demand strict performance of any other
obligation of Borrowers or any other person who may be liable hereunder, shall
constitute a waiver of any such rights, nor a waiver of such rights in
connection with any future default on the part of Borrowers or any other person
who may be liable hereunder.

     Borrower and each and every endorser and guarantor hereof hereby waive
presentment for payment, demand, notice of non-payment, notice of protest and
protest of this Note, diligence in collection or bringing suit, and consent to
any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers or modifications that may be
granted by Lender with respect to payment or other provisions of this Note.

     This Note shall be non-negotiable and non-transferable.  Lender hereby
agrees that payment hereunder may be subordinated to the extent required by the
lenders of up to $105,000,000 principal amount of senior secured notes, with
interest thereon, contemplated to be offered by Borrower in May 1996.  All
rights and obligations hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Michigan.



                                                 THE MAJESTIC STAR CASINO, LLC
 
                                                 BY: BARDEN DEVELOPMENT, INC.



                                                 By:__________________________
                                                    Kenneth L. Kramer,
                                                    Vice President



1991/CR