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                                                                     EXHIBIT 9.6

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                          HOLLYWOOD CASINO CORPORATION
                             VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT
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   This First Amendment to Hollywood Casino Corporation Voting Trust Agreement

 ("First Amendment") is made and entered into by and between JILL PRATT LaFERNEY

      and JOHN R. PRATT ("Shareholders") and JACK E. PRATT, SR. ("Proxy").

                                    RECITALS
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            WHEREAS, Shareholders and Proxy entered into that certain
       Hollywood Casino Corporation Voting Trust Agreement dated effective
       December 29, 1998 (the "Agreement") providing for the assignment of
   Shareholder's voting rights to certain shares of common stock of Hollywood
         Casino Corporation ("Stock"), as defined in the Agreement; and

               WHEREAS, Shareholders and Proxy desire to amend the
               Agreement to provide for the extension of the Term
                                of the Agreement.

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
               covenants contained herein, Shareholders and Proxy
                            hereby agree to amend the
                              agreement as follows:

                                   AGREEMENTS
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    1. Shareholders and Proxy hereby ratify and confirm the above Recitals.
   All defined terms used in this First Amendment shall have the same meaning
                       assigned to them in the Agreement.

      2. The Agreement is amended by the deletion, additions or changes as
                                    follows:

          a.   The second paragraph on Page 1, and Section 13. Notices, the
               Shareholder's address is changes as follows:

                               Jill Pratt LaFerney
                                 5111 Park Lane
                               Dallas, Texas 75220

          b.   Section 7. Effective Date/Term/Termination (a) is deleted and the
               following substituted therefor:

               (a)  Effective Date and Term. This Agreement shall become
                    effective as of the date and year in the Agreement and shall
                    continue until December 31, 2004, unless terminated

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                    as provided in Paragraph 7(b) of this Agree-ment (the
                    "Term").

               c.   Exhibit "A" of the Agreement is amended as follows:

                    1.   Jill Pratt LaFerney - 533,761 shares of the Class A
                         Common Stock of Hollywood Casino Corporation.

                    2.   John R. Pratt - 516,616 shares of the Class A Common
                         Stock of Hollywood Casino Corporation.

     3.   Except as amended in this First Amendment, the Agreement shall remain
         in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.

             EXECUTED effective as of the  1st day of November, 2001.

WITNESS:


/s/ Evelyn Johnstone                  /s/ Jill Pratt La Ferney
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                                      Jill Pratt La Ferney, Shareholder


/s/ Evelyn Johnstone                  /s/ John R. Pratt
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                                      John R. Pratt, Shareholder


/s/ Evelyn Johnstone                  /s/ Jack E. Pratt, Sr.
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                                      Jack E. Pratt, Sr., Proxy

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