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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.6



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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


         Know all men by these presents that I, ROBERT J. KEHL, 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 deem 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 11th day of
August, 1995.



                                                  /s/ Robert J. Kehl
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                                                  ROBERT J. KEHL


                               ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


         Before me this 11th day of August, 1995, came ROBERT J. KEHL,
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.


      [SEAL]        KAREN A. DEMUTH               /s/ Karen A. DeMuth
                 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES            ------------------------------
                        9/26/97                   Notary Public
             
                                                  State of Iowa
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                                                  My Commission Expires: 9/26/97
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