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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.42

                                    AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT


        This Amendment to the Collateral Assignment (this "Amendment"), dated as
of March 5, 1999, is entered into by and between Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc.,
a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and Firstar Bank of Minnesota, N.A., as
trustee for the benefit of the Note holders and successor in interest to
American Bank National Association (the "Trustee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H

        WHEREAS, the Company made that certain Collateral Assignment dated as of
January 30, 1996, in favor of the Trustee (the "Collateral Assignment") in
connection with that certain Indenture dated as of January 30, 1996 (the
"Indenture") by and among the Company, Coast Resorts, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, as guarantor, Coast West, Inc., a Nevada corporation, as guarantor,
and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Company issued $175,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 13% First Mortgage Notes due 2002 (the "Notes");

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the Collateral
Assignment may be amended with the consent of holders representing not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding (the "Requisite
Consents");

        WHEREAS, the Company, pursuant to the terms of its Offer to Purchase and
Consent Solicitation Statement dated February 19, 1999, has offered to purchase
outstanding Notes and solicited consents to amend the Indenture and related
security documents (the "Offer") and has received the Requisite Consents; and

        WHEREAS, the parties now desire to amend the Collateral Assignment as
reflected herein.

        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in consideration of the premises
herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

                                    AGREEMENT

        1.      The Collateral Assignment is hereby amended by deleting
therefrom the following sections in their entirety:



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         Section                                      Caption
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         4                                            Covenants of the Company
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         8                                            Additional Instruments
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        2.      Each of the following sections of the Collateral Assignment is
hereby renumbered as indicated below:



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        Existing Section Number      New Section Number     Caption
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        5                            4                      Limitation of Trustee's
                                                            Obligations
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        6                            5                      Cure by Trustee
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        7                            6                      Rights and Remedies
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        9                            7                      Miscellaneous
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        3.      This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, all
of which will constitute one and the same instrument.

        4.      This Amendment shall not become operative until such date that
the Company accepts tendered Notes for purchase pursuant to the terms of the
Offer. The date this Agreement becomes operative shall be dominated herein as
the "Operative Date."

        5.      Except as amended hereby, the Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect, and the Agreement and this Amendment shall be read together
from and after the Operative Date.



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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the
date first set forth above.


                                        COAST HOTELS AND CASINOS, INC.



                                        By: /s/ MICHAEL J. GAUGHAN
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                                        NAME:  Michael J. Gaughan
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                                        Title: Chief Executive Officer
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                                        FIRSTAR BANK OF MINNESOTA, N.A.


                                        By: /s/ FRANK P. LESLIE III
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                                        Name: Frank P. Leslie III
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                                        Title: Vice President
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