Argosy Gaming Company Sets Special Meeting Date for Approval of Merger Agreement

Argosy Gaming Company Sets Special Meeting Date for Approval of
Merger Agreement 


ALTON, Ill., Dec. 6  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Argosy Gaming Company (NYSE:AGY)
announced today that the Company will hold a special meeting of stockholders on
Thursday, January 20, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, at the Hilton
St. Louis Airport, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63134 for the
purpose of voting on the merger agreement among the Company, Penn National
Gaming, Inc. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. 
Stockholders of record of the Company as of the close of business on Thursday,
December 16, 2004 will be entitled to vote at the special meeting.

About Argosy Gaming Company

Argosy Gaming Company is a leading owner and operator of casinos and related
entertainment and hotel facilities in the midwestern and southern United
States. Argosy owns and operates the Alton Belle Casino in Alton, Illinois,
serving the St. Louis metropolitan market; the Argosy Casino- Riverside in
Missouri, serving the greater Kansas City metropolitan market; the Argosy
Casino-Baton Rouge in Louisiana; the Argosy Casino-Sioux City in Iowa; the
Argosy Casino-Lawrenceburg in Indiana, serving the Cincinnati and Dayton
metropolitan markets; and the Empress Casino Joliet in Illinois serving the
greater Chicagoland market. 

DATASOURCE: Argosy Gaming Company



CONTACT:  Jim Wise, [phone], or Erin Williams, [phone],

both of Argosy Gaming Company



Web site:  http://www.argosycasinos.com/ 

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