UNITED STATES
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): ~~August~~October 1618, 2005

WHEELING ISLAND GAMING, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	333-81778	16-1333214
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Registration Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1 South Stone Street, Wheeling, West Virginia		26003
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (304) 232-5050

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 25.02. ~~RESULTS~~ DEPARTURE OF ~~OPERATIONS~~DIRECTORS ~~AND~~OR ~~FINANCIAL CONDITION.~~PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

On(b) Effective ~~August~~October 1618, 2005, ~~Wheeling~~James ~~Island Gaming, Inc~~J. ~~announced~~Rafferty, ~~its~~the ~~unaudited~~Vice ~~financial~~President ~~results~~of ~~for~~Marketing ~~the~~of ~~quarter~~Wheeling ~~ended~~Island ~~July 3~~Gaming, ~~2005~~ Inc. ~~Attached~~ (the ~~hereto~~“Company”), ~~and~~voluntarily ~~incorporated herein~~resigned byfrom ~~reference~~his asposition ~~Exhibit 99.1~~with is the ~~Press Release announcing such results~~Company.

~~The information in this report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished solely pursuant to Item~~ 2.02 of this Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore, the information in this Report, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933.

~~ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.~~SIGNATURE

~~(a)~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Wheeling Island Gaming, ~~Not~~Inc. ~~applicable~~has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

~~(b) Not~~WHEELING ~~applicable~~ISLAND GAMING, INC. By: /s/ Dean Lawrence Name: Dean Lawrence Title: Vice President of Finance

~~(c) Exhibit~~ Date: ~~99.1 Press Release dated August~~ 16October 18, 2005.

~~This exhibit is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed.”~~3

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Wheeling Island Gaming, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

WHEELING ISLAND GAMING, INC. By: /s/ Dean J. Lawrence Name: Dean J. Lawrence Title: Vice President of Finance

Date: August 17, 2005

EXHIBIT INDEX

DOC. NO.		DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
99.1		Press Release dated August 16, 2005.

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