SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: August 14, 2002
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Nevada
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
1-12168 88-0242733
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(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2950 Industrial Road
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(702) 792-7200
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(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 14, 2002, the Chief Executive Officer, William S. Boyd, and the
Chief Financial Officer, Ellis Landau, of Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada
corporation (the "Company"), each executed a certification pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which accompanied the Company's Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2002.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished pursuant to
Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
Date: August 14, 2002 /s/ Ellis Landau
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Ellis Landau
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer