EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ameristar
Casinos, Inc. (the "Company") for the period ending September 30, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Thomas M. Steinbauer, Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
        15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
        respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
        Company.

                                     /s/ Thomas M. Steinbauer

                                     Thomas M. Steinbauer
                                     Senior Vice President of Finance
                                     November 14, 2002