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 (date of earliest event reported):	January 28, 2003

COAST HOTELS AND CASINOS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Nevada	333-4356	88-0345706
(State or other	(Commission File	(I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of	Number)	Identification No.)
incorporation)


4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada	89103
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:	(702) 365-7000

(none)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

Harlan Braaten, President and Chief Operating Officer of Coast Casinos, Inc. and its operating subsidiary, Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc., will address participants at the 2003 JP Morgan Annual High Yield Conference in New Orleans on January 28, 2003. Included in Mr. Braaten’s address will be a discussion of the Company’s preliminary unaudited results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2002 and preliminary forecasts for 2003 revenues and EBITDA. Selected slides from his presentation will be available on the company’s web site, www.coastcasinos.com, on January 28, 2003, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	COAST HOTELS AND CASINOS, INC. a Nevada corporation
	By: Name: Title:	/s/ Gage Parrish Gage Parrish Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

January 28, 2003

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

Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

COAST HOTELS & CASINOS INC 8-K