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<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summary financial information from Trump's Castle Hotel &
Casino, Inc.  This data has been extracted from the Consolidated Balance Sheets
and Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine month periods
ended September 30, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
Financial Statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> TRUMP'S CASTLE HOTEL & CASINO, INC.
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