Pinnacle Entertainment to Present at Deutsche Bank Small & Mid Cap Growth Conference

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Entertainment (NYSE: PNK) management will present today at the Deutsche Bank Small & Mid Cap Growth Conference in Naples, Florida. A copy of the presentation is accessible at the Investor Relations section of the Company's corporate website, http://www.pnkinc.com.

About Pinnacle Entertainment

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates casinos in Nevada, Louisiana, Indiana, Missouri, Argentina and The Bahamas and has significant insurance claims related to a hurricane-damaged hotel and casino complex previously operated in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Company opened Lumiere Place, a $507 million casino hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, in December 2007. Pinnacle also has a second casino development project under construction in the St. Louis area, which opening is dependent upon final approval by the Missouri Gaming Commission. Pinnacle is currently developing a second casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to be called Sugarcane Bay; is developing a casino resort in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to be called Riviere; and has submitted a proposal for a casino resort in Kansas City, Kansas, subject to various approvals. Additionally, Pinnacle owns a casino site at the heart of the famed Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on which it plans to build a major new casino resort.

     For further information     At Pinnacle Entertainment - (702) 784-7777:     Dan Lee, Chairman & CEO     Wade Hundley, President     Steve Capp, CFO     Chris Plant or Lewis Fanger, Investor Relations