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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.30

                       FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT



     This Indemnification Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made as of this 
___th day of ________ 1997, by and between Anchor Gaming, a Nevada 
corporation (the "Company"), and Glen J. Hettinger (the "INDEMNITEE").

                                   RECITALS

     A.   It is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors 
and officers the most capable persons available.

     B.   The Indemnitee has agreed to serve as a director of the Companin 
part in reliance on the benefits provided for in this Agreement.

     C.   Both the Company and the Indemnitee recognize that competent and 
experienced persons are becoming more reluctant to serve as directors and 
officers of a corporation unless they are protected by comprehensive 
insurance and/or indemnification agreements, especially in light of the 
increased risk of litigation and other claims being asserted against the 
directors and officers of public companies.

     D.   The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company authorize 
the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers 
to the full extent permitted by law, and the Indemnitee has agreed to serve 
as a director of the Company, in part, in reliance on such provisions.

     Accordingly, and in order to induce the Indemnitee to continue to serve 
in the Indemnitee's present capacity, the Company and the Indemnitee agree as 
follows:

     1.   SERVICE.  The Indemnitee will serve as a director of the Company so 
long as the Indemnitee is duly elected and qualified to serve in such 
capacity or until the Indemnitee resigns or is removed.

     2.   INDEMNITY ARRANGEMENT.

     (a)  The Company will indemnify the Indemnitee in the event that the 
Indemnitee was, is, or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, 
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed 
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proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, formal 
or informal, and any appeals therefrom (a "PROCEEDING"), by reason of the 
fact that the Indemnitee is or was or had agreed to become a director, 
officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving as or had 
agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, 
partner, member, trustee, employee, or agent (each an "AUTHORIZED CAPACITY") 
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, or 
other enterprise (each "ANOTHER ENTITY"), or by reason of any action alleged 
to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against any and all costs, 
charges, and expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines, and 
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee 
in connection with such Proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and 
in a manner that the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed 
to the best interests of the Company, and that, with respect to any criminal 
action, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was 
lawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, 
conviction, or upon a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE or its equivalent will not, of 
itself, adversely affect the right of the Indemnitee to indemnification or 
create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the foregoing standard 
of conduct to the extent applicable thereto.

     (b)  The Company will indemnify the Indemnitee when the Indemnitee was 
or is involved in as witness, deponent, or other participant in or is 
threatened to be made so involved in any Proceeding by or in the right of the 
Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the 
Indemnitee is or was or had agreed to become a director, officer, employee, 
or agent of the Company, or is or was serving or had agreed to serve at the 
request of the Company in an Authorized Capacity of or for Another Entity, 
against any and all costs, charges, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) 
actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the 
defense or settlement of such Proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good 
faith and in a manner that the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not 
opposed to the best interests of the Company, except that no indemnification 
will be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which the 
Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless and 
only to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines upon 
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all 
the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled 
to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

     (c)  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the 
Indemnitee will not be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses 
hereunder in  connection with any Proceeding initiated by the Indemnitee 
against the Company (except for any Proceeding to enforce the terms of this 
Agreement) unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of 
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Indemnitee will not be entitled to any payment by the Company (i) in 
connection with any fine or similar governmental imposition which the Company 
is prohibited by applicable law from paying and that results from a final, 
non-appealable order; or (ii) to the extent based upon or attributable to the 
Indemnitee gaining in fact a personal profit to which the Indemnitee was not 
legally entitled, including, without limitation, profits made from the 
purchase and sale of equity securities of the Company that are recoverable by 
the Company pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), and profits arising from transactions in 
securities that were effected in violation of Section 10(b) or Section 14(e) 
of the Exchange Act, including Rule 10b-5 and Rule 14e-3 promulgated 
thereunder.

     (d)  No change in the Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or 
in the Nevada General Corporation Law subsequent to the date of this 
Agreement will have the effect of limiting or eliminating the indemnification 
available under this Agreement.  The rights to indemnification and to 
advancement of expenses set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws 
of the Company as of the date hereof will be deemed to be contractual rights 
of the Indemnitee, and are in addition to the rights under this Agreement.  
This Agreement will not in any way limit the rights of the Indemnitee under 
applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company.  
If any change after the date of this Agreement in any applicable law, statute 
or rule expands the power of the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee, such 
change will to the same extent expand the Indemnitee's rights and the 
Company's obligations under this Agreement.  If any change in any applicable 
law, statute, or rule diminishes the power of the Company to Indemnify the 
Indemnitee, such change, except to the extent otherwise required by law, 
statute, or rule to be applied to this Agreement, will have no effect on this 
Agreement or the parties' rights and obligations under this Agreement.

     3.   PROCEDURES RELATING TO INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF 
          EXPENSES.

     (a)  In order to be indemnified under this Agreement, Indemnitee will 
submit to the Company, to the attention of the Secretary, a statement of 
request for indemnification, together with such documents supporting the 
request as are reasonably available to the Indemnitee and are reasonably 
necessary to determine whether, and to what extent, the Indemnitee is 
entitled to indemnification under this Agreement.  Upon receipt of any such 
indemnification statement, the Company will promptly advise the Board of 
Directors of the Company in writing that such request has been made.

     (b)  The Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification under this 
Agreement will be determined promptly following the Indemnitee's submission 
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event, not less than thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Company 
of the  request.  The Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification under this 
Agreement will be determined by majority vote of a quorum consisting of 
directors who are or were not parties to the Proceeding ("DISINTERESTED 
DIRECTORS"), or by written opinion of independent legal counsel selected by a 
majority of the Disinterested Directors.  Independent legal counsel will be a 
law firm or member of a law firm that neither at the time in question or 
three years preceding such time has been retained to represent the Company or 
its affiliates, or the Indemnitee in any material matter.  The Company will 
pay the fees and expenses of such independent legal counsel.

     (c)  Submission of a request for indemnification and supporting 
documentation to the Company will create a presumption that the Indemnitee is 
entitled to indemnification.

     (d)  If a determination is made or deemed to have been made that the 
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company will pay to the 
Indemnitee, the amounts to which the Indemnitee is entitled within ten (10) 
business days after such determination is made.

     (e)  In order to obtain advancement of expenses, the Indemnitee will 
submit to the Company a written undertaking, executed personally or on the 
Indemnitee's behalf (the "UNDERTAKING"), stating that (i) the Indemnitee 
incurred or will incur actual expenses in defending a Proceeding and (ii) if 
and to the extent required by law at the time of such advance, the Indemnitee 
undertakes to repay such amounts advanced as to which it may ultimately be 
determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled.  Upon receipt of an 
Undertaking, the Company will make, within ten (10) business days make 
payment of the costs, charges and expenses requested.

     4.   CHANGE IN CONTROL.

     (a)  The Company agrees that if there is a Change in Control of the 
Company, then with respect to all matters thereafter arising concerning the 
rights of Indemnitee to indemnify payments and advances under this Agreement, 
or any Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaw provision now or hereinafter in 
effect relating to an Indemnifiable Event the Company will seek legal advice 
from independent legal counsel selected by the Indemnitee and approved by the 
Company, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.  Such counsel will 
render a written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to 
what extent the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this 
Agreement and under applicable law.  The Company agrees to pay the reasonable 
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     (b)  Change in Control:  A "CHANGE IN CONTROL" will be deemed to have 
occurred if (i) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who 
at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors and any 
new directors, whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for 
election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least 
three quarters of the directors then still in office who neither were 
directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for 
election was previously so approved the ("INCUMBENT DIRECTORS") cease for any 
reason to constitute a majority thereof; or (ii) any individual, partnership, 
firm, corporation or other entity is or becomes the beneficial owner (as 
defined under Rule 13-d as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, as amended) directly or indirectly, of securities representing 30% or 
more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding 
securities, in a transaction that has not been approved by the Incumbent 
Directors; (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or 
consolidation that has not been approved by the Incumbent Directors; or (iv) 
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the 
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or 
a majority of the Company's assets.

     (c)  "INDEMNIFIABLE EVENTS" mean any events or occurrences related to 
the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or 
is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or 
trustee of an Authorized Entity, or by reason of any act or omission by 
Indemnitee in such capacity.

     5.   DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS.  The Company will not be liable under this 
Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the 
Indemnitee to the extent the Indemnitee has actually received payment under 
any insurance policy, or otherwise, of the amount otherwise payable hereunder.

     6.   PARTIAL INDEMNITY.  If the Indemnitee is entitled under any 
provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a 
portion of the expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in 
settlement, but not for a total amount thereof, the Company will indemnify 
Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is entitled.

     7.   ENFORCEMENT.  If a request for indemnification or advancement of 
expenses made to the Company is not timely paid as specified under this 
Agreement, the Indemnitee will be entitled to seek judicial enforcement of 
the Company's obligations to make such payments.  In the event that it is 
determined that the  Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or advancement 
of expenses under this Agreement, the Company will pay the costs of 
enforcement of the Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement.


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     8.   NONEXCLUSIVITY.  The right to indemnification and advancement of 
expenses provided by this Agreement is not exclusive of an other right to 
which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Bylaws, Nevada General Corporation 
Law, any other statute, insurance policy, agreement, vote of stockholders, or 
of directors or otherwise, as to actions in Indemnitee's official capacity 
with the Company.

     9.   SEVERABILITY.  The provisions of this Agreement will be severable 
in the event that any of the provisions hereof is held by a court of 
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable in any 
respect, and the validity and enforceability of any such provision in every 
other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way 
impaired and shall remain enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

     10.  GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the 
State of Nevada without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement 
as of the date first above written.

                                       ANCHOR GAMING


                                       By:
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                                       Title:
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                                       INDEMNITEE



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                                       Glen J. Hettinger






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