Exhibit 3.36

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                  GAMECO, INC.

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                Pursuant to Sections 228 and 242 of the General
                    Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

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     Gameco, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies as follows:

     FIRST: Article FIRST of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
is hereby deleted in its entirety and there is substituted therefor the
following:

          "FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Jacobs Entertainment, Inc."

     SECOND: The amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation effected hereby has been proposed and deemed advisable by each
member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and adopted by the
stockholders of the Corporation in the manner and by the vote prescribed by
Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be
signed by its Secretary as of this 7th day of June, 2002.


                                               GAMECO, INC.

                                               /s/ Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Secretary
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                                               Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Secretary