Article: Aztar board leans to Pinnacle: It rejected Columbia Entertainment's all-cash bid. The 2 casino firms updated an earlier merger deal.

Byline: Suzette Parmley

May 6--The board of Aztar Corp., owner of the Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas, last night snubbed an all-cash offer of $50 a share by a privately held firm. Instead, Phoenix-based Aztar amended its merger agreement with Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., reflecting a higher cash-and-stock bid of $51. Pinnacle had raised its offer Thursday to $51 a share, consisting of $47 in cash and $4 in Pinnacle stock. After initially calling a $1.9 billion offer from Columbia Entertainment, the gambling affiliate of Columbia Sussex Corp., of Fort Mitchell, Ky., "superior" yesterday morning, Aztar's board changed its position to ...

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