Argosy Gaming Company Names John J. Jones Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Argosy Gaming Company Names John J. Jones Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary 


ALTON, Ill., March 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Argosy Gaming Company today
announced the appointment of John J. Jones as Senior Vice President,General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary.  Mr. Jones will report directly to Richard J.
Glasier, Argosy's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Jones comes to Argosy following a year in which he served as Managing Director
of Edward Andrews Group, Inc., a New York City boutique investment banking firm
serving middle market firms, as well as an investor in and board member of Legal
Advantage Services Inc.  Jones also served as outside corporate counsel for
various companies.

From July of 1998 to December of 2002, Jones was Executive Vice President and
General Counsel of RCN Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed Princeton, New Jersey
telecommunications company that provides bundled phone, cable and high-speed
internet services over its own broadband fiber optic network.  Jones was
responsible for all legal matters, managed the execution of more than $4 billion
of public and private financing and was heavily involved in the company's M&A
activities.  During 1998 to 2001, he was also Executive Vice President and
General Counsel of Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed
telecommunications company.

"John is an outstanding legal talent who will provide a positive impact
throughout our corporate operation," said Dick Glasier, President andChief
Executive Officer of Argosy Gaming Corporation.  "His valuable contributions
will be wide-ranging and based on experience with a diversity of business
interests."

Jones began his legal career in 1991 as a corporate attorney with the law firm
Skadden, Arps, Meagher and Flom in New York City.  He advised and counseled
clients regarding initial public offerings, tender offers, mergers and
acquisitions, debt transactions and general corporate matters.  From January
1996 to December 1997, Jones wasVice President and General Counsel for Designer
Holdings Ltd, a NYSE-listed apparel company which owned the Calvin Klein Jeans
business.  Jones managed their initial public offering, was responsible for all
legal matters, served as strategic advisor tothe Chief Executive Officer and
developed and implemented an international anti- counterfeiting program to
protect the Calvin Klein brand.

Jones received an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and graduated
summa cum laude from Boston University School of Law.  He is residing in
Clayton, Missouri. 

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