American Wagering Inc – ‘8-A12G’ on 5/9/96

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Registration of a Class of Securities   —   Form 8-A
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-A12G      Registration of a Class of Securities                  3±    12K 

Document Table of Contents

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION              
Washington, D.C.  20549               

FORM 8-A              

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES               
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE               
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934               

AMERICAN WAGERING, INC.               
_________________________________________________________________               
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)              

Nevada                          88-0344658            
_______________________________   ______________________________                
(State of incorporation             (I.R.S. Employer                
or organization)                  Identification No.)           

675 Grier Drive                                             
Las Vegas, Nevada                       89119                 
_______________________________   ______________________________                
(Address of principal                 (Zip Code)                  
executive offices)                                                

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:               

Title of each class           Name of each exchange on          
to be so registered            which each class is to           
                       be registered

Not Applicable                                                
_______________________________   ______________________________                

_______________________________   ______________________________                

_______________________________   ______________________________                

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt                     
securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General                     
Instruction A.(c)(1), please check the following box. __                        
                              |__|

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt                     
securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the                   
effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the                  
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(2),                
please check the following box. __                                              
|__|              

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:               

COMMON STOCK              
_________________________________________________________________               
(Title of class)              

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT              

Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be                          
Registered.                                                 

The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 25            
million shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,                       
2,587,500 shares of which are being registered hereby, and 25                   
million shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share.                    
Upon consummation of the Offering, no shares of Preferred Stock                 
will be outstanding.  The Company has no present intention to                   
issue shares of Preferred Stock.                                                

COMMON STOCK                                                                    

Of the 25 million shares of Common Stock authorized, 5.25             
million shares will be outstanding prior to the consummation of                 
the Offering and 7.5 million shares (7,837,500 shares if the                    
Underwriters exercise their Over-Allotment Option) will be                      
outstanding upon consummation of the Offering.  Subject to the                  
rights of holders of any outstanding Preferred Stock, the holders               
of outstanding shares of Common Stock are entitled to share                     
ratably in dividends declared out of assets legally available                   
therefor at such time and in such amount as the Board of                        
Directors may from time to time lawfully determine.  Each holder                
of Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share held.                    
Subject to the rights of holders of any outstanding Preferred                   
Stock, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the                       
Company, any assets legally available for distribution to                       
shareholders as such are to be distributed ratably among the                    
holders of the then outstanding Common Stock.  All shares of                    
Common Stock currently outstanding are and all shares of Common                 
Stock offered hereby, when duly issued and paid for will be,                    
fully paid and nonassessable, not subject to redemption and                     
without conversion, preemptive or other rights to subscribe for                 
or purchase any proportionate part of any new or additional                     
issues of any class or series of securities convertible into                    
stock of any class or series.  The shares of Common Stock will be               
listed for trading on the Nasdaq National Market upon the                       
consummation of the Offering.                                                   

Item 2.   Exhibits.                                                             

Form of Common Stock          Incorporated by reference                         
Certificate                   to Registration Statement                         
        No. 33-80431-LA, Exhibit 4.1

Amended and Restated          Incorporated by reference                         
Articles of Incorporation     to Registration Statement                         
of Registrant                 No. 33-80431-LA, Exhibit 3.1                      

By-laws of Registrant         Incorporated by reference                         
     to Registration Statement
        No. 33-80431-LA, Exhibit 3.2

SIGNATURE               

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities          
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this                       
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the                        
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.                                           

(Registrant)   American Wagering, Inc.                                
     _____________________________________________

Date      May 9, 1996                                                           
_______________________________________________________     

By   /s/Robert D. Ciunci, Chief Financial Officer and Executive                 
Vice President                                                        
____________________________________________________________          
Print the name and title of the signing officer under his             
signature                                                             

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