Ameristar Casinos Increases Cash Dividend by 19%

LAS VEGAS, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 01/30/12 -- Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASCA) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share, payable March 15, 2012 to stockholders of record as of Feb. 29, 2012. This represents an annual rate of $0.50 per share, a 19% increase over the annual dividend for 2011.