entertainment founded 1998 defunct 2015 headquarters minnetonka minnesota website www.lakesentertainment.com lakes entertainment inc. was a gaming company based in minnetonka minnesota . it merged with golden gaming in 2015 to form golden entertainment . contents 1 history 2 properties 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was created in 1998 as part of the merger between grand casinos and hilton s gaming businesses to form park place entertainment . park place received grand s three riverboat casinos in mississippi while grand s other businesses including management of indian casinos were spun off as lakes gaming . 1 2 the name was changed to lakes entertainment in 2002 to reflect the company s involvement in the world poker tour and potentially other non casino businesses . 3 lakes developed the red hawk casino in shingle springs california for the shingle springs band of miwok indians and managed the casino from its opening in 2008 until 2013 . 4 5 lakes opened the rocky gap casino resort in maryland in may 2013 . 6 lakes sold its interest in dania jai alai in 2014 . 7 in january 2015 lakes agreed to merge with golden gaming . the combined company would be named golden entertainment . golden gaming head blake sartini would own 35 % of the company and serve as its chief executive officer while lakes head lyle berman would be a board member and consultant . 8 in preparation for the merger lakes sold its 10 percent interest in rock ohio ventures which owns five casinos and racetracks in ohio and kentucky . 9 the merger was completed on august 3 2015 . 10 properties edit red hawk casino dania jai alai rocky gap casino resort rock ohio ventures 10 % references edit thompson gary november 25 1998 . hilton grand shareholders approve spinoff merger . las vegas sun . retrieved 2012 08 01 . simpson jeff march 31 2000 . park place plans to bounce berman from its board . las vegas review journal . retrieved 2012 08 01 . lakes gaming changes name to lakes entertainment . associated press newswires . june 7 2002 . via factiva subscription required mark anderson december 17 2008 . red hawk casino opens wednesday . sacramento business journal . retrieved 2015 01 26 . lakes entertainment announces receipt of debt payment from shingle springs band of miwok indians press release . lakes entertainment . august 29 2013 . retrieved 2015 01 26 via businesswire . jeff barker may 22 2013 . rocky gap state s fourth casino opens in western maryland . baltimore sun . retrieved 2013 05 22 . lakes entertainment inc. announces final transfer of dania interest press release . lakes entertainment . october 22 2014 . retrieved 2015 01 26 . stutz howard january 26 2015 . golden gaming to merge with lakes entertainment acquire maryland casino . las vegas review journal . retrieved 2015 01 26 . form 8 k current report report . lakes entertainment . january 25 2015 via edgar . howard stutz august 3 2015 . golden entertainment finalizes 341 million gaming industry merger . las vegas review journal . retrieved 2015 08 05 . external links edit lakes entertainment retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lakes entertainment & oldid 733069882 categories gambling companies of the united statesdefunct gambling companiescompanies formerly listed on nasdaqcompanies based in minnetonka minnesotacompanies established in 1998companies disestablished in 20152015 disestablishments in minnesotahidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 august 2016 at 04 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view