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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


                                 June 19, 1998


6650.1250

Fitzgeralds Gaming Corporation
301 Fremont Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

   
      RE:   Fitzgeralds Gaming Corporation 
            Registration Statement on Form S-4
            File No. 333-51273
    

Gentlemen:

   
      We have represented Fitzgeralds Gaming Corporation ("FGC") and certain of
its subsidiaries, as special securities counsel, in connection with the offer
by FGC to exchange $1,000 principal amount of its 12 1/4% Senior Secured Notes
due 2004, Series B (the "New Notes"), for each $1,000 principal amount of its
12 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2004, Series A (the "Old Notes"), and the
issuance by the guarantors (as defined below) of the guarantees of the New
Notes (the "Guarantees"). The New Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture
dated as of December 30, 1997 (the "Indenture") among FGC, as issuer, the
subsidiaries named therein, as guarantors (the "Guarantors"), and the Bank of
New York, as trustee and collateral agent. The exchange of the New Notes and
the Guarantees is being registered by FGC and the Guarantors, respectively,
pursuant to a Registration Statement of Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), File No. 333-51273 
which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
"Commission").
    

      In connection with this opinion, we have examined and are familiar with
originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of
(i) the Registration Statement, in the form filed with the Commission and as
amended through the date hereof; (ii) the Certificates of Incorporation of FGC
and each of the Guarantors, as currently in effect; (iii) the By-laws of FGC
and each of the Guarantors, as currently in effect; (iv) the Indenture; (v) the
form of the New Notes; and (vi) resolutions of the Boards of Directors of FGC
and each of the Guarantors relating to, among other things, the issuance of the
New Notes, the exchange of the New Notes for the Old Notes, the issuance of the
Guarantees and the filing of the Registration Statement.

      We have obtained from officers of FGC and the Guarantors and have
examined the originals, or copies identified to our satisfaction, of such
certificates, agreements and other assurances as we consider necessary for the
purpose of rendering the opinion hereinafter expressed. We have additionally
consulted with officers and other representatives of FGC and the Guarantors and
have obtained such representations with respect to matters of fact as we deem
necessary or advisable; however, we have not necessarily independently verified
the content of factual statements made to us in connection therewith, or the
veracity of such representations.
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      In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural
persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all
documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
   
      Based on the foregoing and on such other instruments, documents and
matters as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion,
it is our opinion that the New Notes and the Guarantees, when issued in exchange
for the Old Notes as provided in the Registration Statement, will be legal,
valid and binding obligations of FGC or the Guarantors, as the case may be,
except to the extent limited by the effect of (a) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer,
preferential transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating
to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, (b) general
principals of equity, including but not limited to concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, the possible unavailability of
specific performance, the unenforceability of waivers of certain rights or
defenses, penalty provisions or choice of law provisions, whether enforcement is
considered in proceedings in equity or at law, and the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, (c) usury or similar laws
and (d) laws or policies relating to the nonenforceability of indemnification or
contribution provision, as to which we express no opinion.
    
      We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus and to the filing of this opinion with the
Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent,
we do not concede that we are experts within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the rules and regulations thereunder or that this consent is required by
Section 7 of the Securities Act.

                                    Very truly yours,


                                    HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP