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|SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549                                       
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|FORM 8-K                                                                                       
|CURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
|Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     May 11, 2005                              
|AZTAR CORPORATION(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)                        
|Delaware(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)                                         
|2390 East Camelback Road, Suite 400,
Phoenix, Arizona 
(Address of principal executive offices)
|Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (602) 381-4100                             
|Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)                   
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|Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|           | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | At a meeting of the Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of Aztar Corporation (the "Company"), held on May 11, 2005, the Committee took the following actions with regard to the executive officers of the Company listed below.Salaries
Annual salaries, effective February 25, 2005, their annual review date, were set as follows:
|           | Nelson W. Armstrong, Jr.
Joe C. Cole
Meridith P. Sipek                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | $265,000
$155,000
$230,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|           | Bonus
Each of these executive officers will be eligible for a bonus that will be based on performance of duties, the Company's financial performance, and the contribution made by the officer  in positioning the Company to meet its five-year plan.Stock Options
On May 11, 2005, these executive officers were granted nonqualified stock options as listed below. The options give the executive officers the right to purchase the respective amount of shares of the Company's common stock at a price of $30.90 per share (the fair market value on the date of grant).  The options vest in three equal (or as close to equal as possible) annual installments beginning May 11, 2006.  The options expire on May 11, 2015.
|           | Nelson W. Armstrong, Jr.
Joe C. Cole
Meridith P. Sipek                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 20,000
  9,000
 20,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|           | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | In addition, the Committee set the fees for the Outside Directors effective May 11, 2005:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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SIGNATURES

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