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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  from  Trump's  Castle
Funding,  Inc. This data has been extracted from the Consolidated Balance sheets
and  Consolidated  Statement of  Operations  for the three and six month periods
ended June 30,  1998 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
Financial Statements.
</LEGEND>
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