FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.61

FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to the Employment Agreement (this “First Amendment”), dated as of December 18, 2006, is entered into by and among Peninsula Gaming, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Employer”), Peninsula Gaming Partners, LLP (“PGP”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (“Employee”).

WHEREAS, Employer and Employee entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2004, (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to further amend the Agreement subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and understandings set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration the adequacy and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.             Clause (b) of Section 4 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting last two sentences thereof in their entirety and replacing them with the following:

“Upon any termination of this Agreement or of Employee’s employment with the Employer hereunder for any reason, all Granted Units which shall have vested as of the date of termination or expiration of the Term, shall, upon the request of the Employee be redeemed by PGP for cash at the fair market value thereof (as determined below), within 90 days of the date of such request. For purposes of determining “fair market value” in connection with any redemption hereunder, “fair market value” shall be determined by the Board of Managers of PGP in its reasonable discretion.”

2.             Except as herein amended; the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is ratified in all respects. During the Effective Period, each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import, and each reference to the Agreement in any other agreements, documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement, as amended by this First Amendment.

3.             Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

4.             This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

	PENINSULA GAMING, LLC
	By:	/s/ M. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: M. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Chief Executive Officer
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
	PENINSULA GAMING PARTNERS, LLP
	By:	/s/ M. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: M. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Chief Executive Officer