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<documentType>4</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-05-09</periodOfReport>
<issuer><issuerCik>0001162556</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DOVER DOWNS GAMING &amp; ENTERTAINMENT INC</issuerName>
<issuerTradingSymbol>DDE</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner><reportingOwnerId><rptOwnerCik>0001181797</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WEAVER EUGENE W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
<reportingOwnerRelationship>
<isDirector>0</isDirector><isOfficer>0</isOfficer><isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner><isOther>0</isOther></reportingOwnerRelationship></reportingOwner><nonDerivativeSecurity><securityTitle><value>Common Stock, $.10 par value</value></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-05-09</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>S</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>600</value></transactionShares><transactionValue><value>9.99</value></transactionValue><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>D</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>96000</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>I</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value>LLC</value></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeSecurity><nonDerivativeSecurity><securityTitle><value>Common Stock, $.10 par value</value></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-05-09</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>S</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>400</value></transactionShares><transactionValue><value>9.98</value></transactionValue><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>D</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>95600</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>I</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value>LLC</value></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeSecurity><nonDerivativeSecurity><securityTitle><value>Common Stock, $.10 par value</value></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-05-12</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>S</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>1400</value></transactionShares><transactionValue><value>9.99</value></transactionValue><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>D</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>94200</value><footnoteId id="F1"/><footnoteId id="F2"/></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>I</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value>LLC</value></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeSecurity><footnotes><footnote id="F1">Table I Non-Derivative Securities - additional securities held:  84,850 Common Stock, $.10 par value, held directly; 17,000 Common Stock, $.10 par value, held by wife; 17,220 Common Stock, $.10 par value, held in trust.</footnote><footnote id="F2">Table II Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned:  800,000 Class A Common Stock held directly; 60,000 Class A Common Stock held by wife; 420,000 Class A Common Stock held by Limited Partnership.  Reporting Person directly owns 23.86% of the partnership and disclaims beneficial interest in 76.14% of it.  Class A Common Stock is convertible into Common Stock at any time on a share for share basis at the option of the holder thereof.</footnote></footnotes><ownerSignature><signatureName>Elia D. Trowbridge By Power of Attorney </signatureName><signatureDate>2003-05-13</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

