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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.172

                                   AMENDMENT
           TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
          CAPITAL GAMING INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND WILLIAM S. PAPAZIAN

                                Amendment No. 1
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                  This Amendment No. 1 is made as of this 28th day of May,
1997, to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the "Employment
Agreement") between Capital Gaming International, Inc. (the "Company") and
William S. Papazian (the "Employee") dated May 17, 1996.

                              W I T N E S S E T H

                  WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Employee desire to amend
the Employment Agreement as follows, as permitted under Section 15(f) of the
Employment Agreement:

                  1. The first sentence of Section 1 of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended, to read in its entirety as follows:

                  Unless terminated earlier as herein provided, the Term of
                  the Employee's employment with the Company hereunder shall
                  commence on the date hereof and shall end on the third
                  anniversary of the effective date of the Company's Plan of
                  Reorganization in the Company's chapter 11 case, Case Number
                  96-19829 ("Plan of Reorganization"); provided, however, that
                  this Agreement and the Term of the Employee's employment
                  with the Company hereunder shall automatically be extended
                  for one year commencing on the third anniversary of the
                  effective date of the Plan of Reorganization and on each
                  successive one year anniversary after the third anniversary
                  unless the Employee or the Company shall have given written
                  notice to the other at least ninety (90) days prior to such
                  anniversary that the Term shall expire at the end of the
                  current three year or one year Term, as applicable.

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                  2. Section 9(d)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is hereby
amended, to read in its entirety as follows:

                  In the event of any Termination Without Cause, the Employee
                  shall be entitled to and the Company shall be obligated to
                  pay the Employee a lump sum severance payment of $600,000.

                  3. The second sentence of Section 9(f) of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended, to read in its entirety as follows:

                  In the event of Voluntary Termination, the Employee is
                  entitled to payment equal to one year Salary, payable in
                  twelve (12) equal monthly installments and in consideration
                  of such payments, the Employee consents and covenants to use
                  his good faith best efforts to effectuate a transition of
                  new management in a manner which maintains the then existing
                  Indian gaming management agreements, or at the option of the
                  Company, effectuate a run-off of the then existing Indian
                  gaming management agreements and tribal loans for as long as
                  necessary after such resignation, but in no event more than
                  twelve (12) months. As used herein, the term "best efforts"
                  shall not require the Employee to incur nonreimbursable
                  business expenses and shall not require that the Employee be
                  employed exclusively by the Company.

                  4. A new Section 15(o) shall be added to the Employment
Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:

                  Plan of Reorganization Distributions. Notwithstanding
                  anything to the contrary in the Plan of Reorganization, all
                  distributions of cash and New Secured Notes to be made to
                  the Employee under Section 6.4 of the Plan of Reorganization
                  prior to the Compliance Date shall be deferred until and
                  shall become payable on the Compliance Date; provided,
                  however, that in the event the Compliance Date occurs after
                  June 1, 1997, the Employee shall be deemed to have
                  irrevocably waived his entitlement to his share of New
                  Secured Notes under Section 6.4 of the Plan of
                  Reorganization; provided, further, however, that in the
                  event the Compliance Date does not occur prior to the one
                  year anniversary of the effective date of the Plan of

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                  Reorganization, Employee shall be deemed to have waived
                  irrevocably his entitlement to his share of the $250,000
                  cash payment provided for in Section 6.4 of the Plan of
                  Reorganization. Notwithstanding the occurrence of the
                  Compliance Date, such distributions under the Plan of
                  Reorganization shall not be made if, on or before the
                  Compliance Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an
                  order, at the request of the Advisory Committee,2 staying
                  such distributions for cause; in the event the Bankruptcy
                  Court stays any such distributions, the distributions shall
                  be delayed only during the existence of such stay. The term
                  "Compliance Date," as used herein, shall mean the later to
                  occur of (i) the 20th day after the Debtor complies in all
                  material respects with the information requests contained in
                  Paul Silverstein's letter to William S. Papazian dated March
                  11, 1997, and (ii) the appointment of a suitable Chief
                  Financial Officer (recognizing the Reorganized Debtor's
                  financial condition and prospects), with the approval of the
                  Advisory Committee, which approval shall not be unreasonably
                  withheld.

                  5. A new Section 15(p) shall be added to the Employment
Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:

                  Employee Loans. So long as Employee is not in default of the
                  provisions of this Employment Agreement, as soon as
                  practicable but in no event later than thirty (30) days
                  after receipt of a written request by Employee, the Company
                  shall be obligated to make a loan to Employee in an amount
                  not to exceed the Employee's then unpaid share of the
                  $250,000 cash payment referred to in Section 6.4 of the Plan
                  of Reorganization (the "Employee Loan"). Any such Employee
                  Loan shall be unsecured, accrue interest at the rate of six
                  (6%) percent per annum and mature on the earlier to occur
                  of: (i) the date the Employee is entitled to receive his
                  share of the $250,000 cash payment provided for in section
                  6.4 of the Plan of the Plan of Reorganization; and (ii) the
                  one year anniversary of the effective date of the Plan of

2        The term "Advisory Committee" as used herein shall have the same
         meaning as such term has in the Company's plan of reorganization, as
         confirmed by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
         District of New Jersey on or about March 19, 1997.

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                  Reorganization. The Company's obligations to make cash
                  payments to Employee under section 6.4 of the Plan of
                  Reorganization shall be offset against any amounts payable
                  as interest or principal under any then outstanding Employee
                  Loan.



                  The Employment Agreement, except as herein amended, is
hereby ratified, conformed and approved in all respects.


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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement as of 28th day of May, 1997.

                                     CAPITAL GAMING INTERNATIONAL, INC.



                                     By:
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                                     Name:
                                     Title:



                                     EMPLOYEE


                                     By:
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                                              William S. Papazian