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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information from Trump's Castle
Associates, L.P. 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, 1998 and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such Financial Statements.
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-END>                                  SEP-30-1998                            SEP-30-1998
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<FN>
<F1>Asset values represent net amounts.
<F2>Represents depreciatioin and amortization expenses.
</FN>
         

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