EXHIBIT 10.2

AZTAR CORPORATION

OPTION TO PURCHASE STOCK

Number of Option Shares:  ____________

Date of Grant:  _______________

           Aztar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant
to its 2000 Nonemployee Directors Stock Option Plan, as Amended and Restated
December 5, 2001 (the "Plan"), a copy of which has been previously provided to
you and is incorporated by reference, hereby grants to _________ (the
"Director") a non-qualified option to purchase _______ shares of Common Stock of
the Company held in the Company's treasury, par value $0.01 per share ("Common
Stock"), on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth at a
price per share equal to $_______. Acceptance of this option will be deemed to
be agreement by the Director to the terms and conditions set forth in this
option and the Plan. Any capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
defined shall have the meaning provided in the Plan.

           1.          Expiration and Vesting. (a) the option shall be fully
vested by the __________ anniversary date of the option grant (the "Vesting
Period"), (b) the option with respect to 6,000 shares shall vest immediately
upon grant and (c) the option, with respect to the remaining shares, shall vest
pro rata on each anniversary date of the grant over the remainder of the Vesting
Period. Unless otherwise sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of
this Plan, the option shall remain exercisable until a date that shall be ten
years from the date of the grant provided above. In addition, the option shall
not be exercisable until the expiration of any holding period that may be
required by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any successor
provision thereto) then applicable to the Plan.

           2.           Change of Control. Notwithstanding Section 1 above, in
the event of a proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, in the event
of any corporate separation or division, including, but not limited to,
split-up, split-off or spin-off, or in the event of a merger or consolidation of
the Company with another company, or other similar transaction, then (a) the
Participant shall have the right to exercise an option (at its then option
price) for the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities,
property, cash or any combination thereof receivable upon such dissolution,
liquidation, or corporate separation or division, or merger or consolidation by
a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award for which
such award might have been exercised or realized immediately prior to such
dissolution, liquidation or corporate separation or division, or merger or
consolidation, and (b) the option shall vest and become exercisable in its
entirely immediately prior to the consummation of any of the foregoing
transactions in this Section 2.

           3.           Termination as Director. In the event that a Director's
service as a director shall terminate for any reason, including disability or
retirement (but other than by reason of death or for cause), this option,
provided that it is exercisable at the time of such termination, shall
terminate, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms, on the date
that is eighteen (18) months after the date of such termination of service;
provided, however, that if service as a Director shall terminate for cause, this
option shall, to the extent not therefore exercised, terminate forthwith.

                          In the event of the death of the Director, this option
(to the extent it is exercisable) may, unless earlier terminated in accordance
with its terms, be exercised by the Director or by the Director's estate or by a
person who acquired the right to exercise this option by bequest or inheritance
or otherwise by reason of the death of the Directors, at any time within
eighteen (18) months after the date of death of the Director.

           4.           No Assignment. During the lifetime of the Director, this
option is exercisable only by the Director or his guardian or legal
representative and neither this option nor any right or privilege pertaining
thereto may be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way, by
operation of law or otherwise, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment
or similar process. Upon any attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise dispose of this option, or any right or privilege pertaining thereto,
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or upon the
levy of any execution, attachment or similar process thereupon, this option, and
all rights and privileges given hereby shall immediately become null and void.

           5.           Exercise of Option. Subject to the conditions set forth
in Section 1 hereof, this option may be exercised only by the execution and
delivery by the Director (or any person entitled to act under Sections 3 or 4
hereof) to the Company of a written notice of exercise in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A (with appropriate changes in the case of a deceased
Director), specifying the number of shares to be purchased and accompanied by
payment in full for the shares purchased, either (i) in cash; (ii) by the
delivery of such number of shares of the Company's Common Stock having a Fair
Market Value equal to the option price stated in this option; or (iii) any
combination of cash and shares of the Company's Common Stock valued as of the
date and in the manner provided in (ii) above. "Fair Market Value" of Common
Stock on any given day means (i) the closing sales price per share of Common
Stock on a national securities exchange for the last preceding date on which
there was a sale of such Common Stock on such exchange, or (ii) if the shares of
Common Stock are then traded on an over-the-counter market, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices for the last preceding date on which there was a
sale of such Common Stock in such market, or (iii) if the shares of Common Stock
are not then listed on a national securities exchange or traded in an
over-the-counter market, such value as determined by a nationally recognized
appraisal firm or investment bank. No fractional share of Common Stock shall be
issued or transferred and any such fractional share shall be eliminated by the
Director paying the Company, in cash, an amount necessary to round the fraction
up to a full share.

           6.           Delivery of Shares. The Company shall, upon payment of
the exercise price per share for the number of shares purchased and paid for,
make prompt delivery to the Director of a certificate or certificates evidencing
such shares.

           7.           Tax Withholding. It shall be a condition to the
obligation of the Company to issue or transfer shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of this option the purchase price is paid in shares of Common Stock or
cash, that the Director (or any person entitled to act under Sections 3 or 4
hereof) pay to the Company, upon its demand, such amount as may be requested by
the Company for the purpose of satisfying any obligation it may have to withhold
federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by the Company by reason
of the exercise of this option. If the amount requested is not paid, the Company
may refuse to issue or transfer shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this
option.

           8.           Other Restrictions. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Sections 1 and 2 hereof, the exercise of this option, and the Company's
obligation to sell and deliver shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such
exercise, shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and
regulations and to such approvals by any regulatory or government agency as may
be required. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any
certificate or certificates for shares of its Common Stock prior to the
completion of any registration or other qualification of such shares under any
state or federal law or rulings or regulations of any government body, which the
Company shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable or
the determination by the Company, in its sole discretion, that there is an
available exemption to such registration or a qualification.

           9.           Amendment. Except as provided herein, this option may
not be amended or otherwise modified in a manner that is adverse to the
interests of the Director unless evidenced in writing and signed by the Company
and the Director.

           10.           Binding on Successors. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, its successors
and assigns, and the Director and, to the extent applicable, the Employee's
legal representative.

           11.           Governing Law. The validity, interpretation,
performance and enforcement of this option and the Director's rights hereunder
shall for all purposes be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without
giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

           12.           2000 Nonemployee Directors Stock Option Plan as Amended
and Restated December 5, 2001. The provisions hereof shall be subject to all the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan (as amended from time to time by
the Board of Directors of the Company within the limitations permitted by the
Plan) and the rules and regulations relating to the Plan prescribed by the
Committee, and this option and the Plan and said rules and regulations relating
thereto shall be construed as one instrument and in the event of any
inconsistency the provisions of the Plan as interpreted and construed by the
Committee shall control.

           13.           Notices. All notices required hereby shall, unless
otherwise provided herein, be mailed or delivered to the parties at their
respective addresses set forth beneath their names below or at such other
address as may be designated in writing by either of the parties to one another.

                                                                                              AZTAR
CORPORATION

                                                                                              By:
____________________
                                                                                                    Nelson
W. Armstrong, Jr.
                                                                                                    Vice
President, Administration
                                                                                                    2390
E. Camelback Road, Suite 400
                                                                                                    Phoenix,
AZ 85016

           The foregoing option is hereby accepted on the terms and conditions
set forth herein.

________________________
Director's Signature

________________________
Director's Social
  Security Number

________________________

________________________
Director's Address