X0306 4/A 2011-12-31 2012-01-04 0000906553 BOYD GAMING CORP BYD 0001186738 BOYD WILLIAM R 3883 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY NINTH FLOOR LAS VEGAS NV 89169 1 1 0 0 Vice President Common Stock 2046231 I By Trust Common Stock 33241 I By Trust * Comon Stock 43375 D By William R. Boyd Gaming Properties Trust. By the Sean William Johnson Education Trust (1997) of which William R. Boyd is Trustee.* * The reporting person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer except for those securities that are owned directly by the Reporting Person or to the extent of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in a trust or other entity which owns such securities. This amendment is being filed to delete the erroneous reference in the original Form 4 filing to the 12/31/2011 acquisition by gift of 37,551 shares of Common Stock by the William Richard Boyd Gaming Properties Trust of which the reporting person is the Trustee, Settlor and Beneficiary. That previously reported acquisition by gift did not actually take place. Brian A. Larson, Attorney-in-Fact for William R. Boyd 2013-02-27