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Exhibit 10.65    
  


 
 

PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
  
    FOURTH AMENDMENT
  TO CREDIT AGREEMENT    
  


        This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Fourth
Amendment") is dated as of April 24, 2002 and entered into by and between PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC., a
Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), and CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as administrative
agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), and is made with reference to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
August 8, 2000, as amended by that certain First Amendment dated as of October 4, 2000, that certain Second Amendment dated as of April 5, 2001 and that certain Third Amendment
dated as of February 22, 2002 (as so amended, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among the Company, the Lenders named therein, the Lead Arrangers
named therein, the Administrative Agent named therein, the Syndication Agent named therein and the Documentation Agents named therein. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
same meanings herein as set forth in the Credit Agreement. 


 
 

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        WHEREAS, the Company and the Lenders desire to amend the Credit Agreement to (i) adjust certain of the
covenants set forth therein, and (ii) make certain other amendments as set forth below; 



        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree
as follows: 


        Section 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT


        4.1    Amendments to Section 7: Company's Negative Covenants



        A.    Subsection 7.18(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
"(a) the Consolidated Rental Payments shall not exceed $8,250,000; and" 


        4.2Amendments to Schedules


        A.    Schedules 1.1, 4.4, 4.15(a), 4.17, 4.19(a)-1, 4.19(b), 4.19(c), 4.25 and 5.1(s)(iv) to the Credit
Agreement are each hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the corresponding supplemental schedules attached hereto. 


        Section 5. THE COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


        In
order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Fourth Amendment and to amend the Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein, the Company represents and warrants to each Lender
that the following statements are true, correct and complete: 


        A.    Corporate Power and Authority.    The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Fourth Amendment and to carry out the transactions contemplated by, and perform its obligations under, the Credit Agreement as amended by this Fourth Amendment (the "Amended
Agreement"). 


        B.    Authorization of Agreements.    The execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment and the performance of the
Amended Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. 


        C.    No Conflict.    The execution and delivery by the Company of this Fourth Amendment and the performance by the
Company of the Amended Agreement do not and will not (i) violate any provision 


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of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or
constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under any of the Loan Documents in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders), or (iv) require any approval of
stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which have been obtained on or
before the date if this Fourth Amendment and disclosed in writing to the Lenders. 


        D.    Governmental Consents.    The execution and delivery by the Company of this Fourth Amendment and the performance
by the Company of the Amended Agreement do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state or other
governmental authority or regulatory body, except for such notices and consents as have already been made or obtained. 


        E.    Binding Obligation.    This Fourth Amendment and the Amended Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by
the Company and are the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability. 



        F.    Incorporation of Representations and Warranties From Credit Agreement.    The representations and warranties
contained in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement are and will be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the date of this Fourth Amendment to the same extent as though
made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true, correct and complete in all material
respects on and as of such earlier date. 


        G.    Absence of Default.    No event has occurred and is continuing or will result from the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Fourth Amendment that would constitute an Event of Default. 


        Section 6.
MISCELLANEOUS 


        A.    Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents.



        (i)    On
and after the date of this Fourth Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein" or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall
mean and be a reference to the Amended Agreement. 


        (ii)  Except
as specifically amended by this Fourth Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified
and confirmed. 


        (iii)  The
execution, delivery and performance of this Fourth Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as
a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. 




        B.    Fees and Expenses.    The Company acknowledges that all costs, fees and expenses as described in subsection 10.5
of the Credit Agreement incurred by the Administrative Agent and its 


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counsel with respect to this Fourth Amendment and the documents and transactions contemplated hereby shall be for the account of the Company. 



        C.    Headings.    Section and subsection headings in this Fourth Amendment are included herein for convenience of
reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Fourth Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. 


        D.    Applicable Law.    THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.



        E.    Counterparts; Effectiveness.    This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. This
Fourth Amendment shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by the Company and the Administrative Agent and receipt by the Administrative Agent of consent to this Fourth
Amendment by the Required Lenders in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 


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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above. 



	 	 	PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
	

 	
 	
By:	

/s/  ROBERT S. IPPOLITO      
 Name: Robert S. Ippolito

Title: Vice President/Secretary/Treasurer
	

 	
 	
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
 as Administrative Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CEDRIC HENLEY      
 Cedric Henley

Executive Director

CIBC World Markets Corp., AS AGENT




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EXHIBIT A

to Fourth Amendment

to Credit Agreement  


  
 

    CONSENT OF LENDER    
  


        Reference is hereby made to the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Fourth Amendment") dated as of April 24, 2002 by and between Penn National
Gaming, Inc. (the "Company") and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent"), which is made with reference to that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of August 8, 2000, as amended by that certain First Amendment dated as of October 4, 2000, that certain Second Amendment dated as of April 5, 2001, and
that certain Third Amendment dated as of February 22, 2002 by and among the Company, the Lenders named therein, the Lead Arrangers named therein, the Syndication Agent named therein, the
Administrative Agent named therein and the Documentation Agent named therein. 



        The
undersigned Lender hereby consents to the execution and delivery of the Fourth Amendment by the Administrative Agent on its behalf, substantially in the form of the draft presented
to the undersigned Lender on April 24, 2002. 


Dated:
April 24, 2002 



	 	 	 	/s/  CEDRIC HENLEY      
 CIBC Inc.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CEDRIC HENLEY      
 Executive Director

CIBC World Markets Corp., AS AGENT











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Exhibit 10.65


PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC. FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

RECITALS


CONSENT OF LENDER