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New shareholder in Tropicana owner

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000 | 11:04 a.m.

Dimensional Fund Advisors, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based investment firm, reported a new stake in Aztar Corp. of Phoenix.

The California fund reported ownership of 2.67 million shares of Aztar stock, a 6.11 percent stake in the company. It was the first ownership filing by Dimensional.

No indication was given on how many shares Dimensional owned prior to reaching the 5 percent reporting threshold.

Aztar owns the Tropicana hotel-casino on the Strip and operates the Ramada Express in Laughlin. The company also operates casinos in Atlantic City, Missouri and Indiana.

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