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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.3

STATE OF ILLINOIS                        
                                         
COUNTY OF COOK                           
                                 

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


         Know all men by these presents that I, GERARD M. JACOBS, a Director of
CROWN CASINO CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, do constitute and appoint EDWARD
R. MCMURPHY and MARK D. SLUSSER, jointly and severally, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for me in any and all
capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for CROWN CASINO
CORPORATION, for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1995, and to file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., together with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in
any and all capacities, any amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating
such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of
August, 1995.


                                            /s/ Gerard M. Jacobs
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                                            GERARD M. JACOBS
                                            
                                      
                               ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


         Before me this 4th day of August, 1995, came GERARD M. JACOBS,
personally known to me, who in my presence did sign and seal the above and
foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same as his true act and deed.


          OFFICIAL SEAL                     /s/ Denise D. Owens              
         DENISE D. OWENS                    -------------------              
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILLINOIS            Notary Public                    
 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 10-20-97                                               
                                            State of Illinois                
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                                            My Commission Expires: 10-20-97  
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