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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15 (d)&nbsp;OF THE</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):<b>&#160; May&nbsp;15,
  2008 (May&nbsp;15, 2008)</b></font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SENECA GAMING CORPORATION</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <b>(716) 299-1100</b></font></p>
  
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  the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>
  
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  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)</font></p>
  
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  material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)</font></p>
  
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  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act
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  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.02.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Results of Operation and Financial Condition.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Seneca Gaming Corporation
  today issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal
  quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008.&#160; A
  copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information contained in
  this Current Report and in the press release attached as an exhibit hereto
  shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
  reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to
  the extent that it is expressly stated to be incorporated by specific reference
  in such filing.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election
  of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
  Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
  
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  T. Palmer, an Executive Director of Finance for Seneca Gaming Corporation, has
  been designated on an interim basis as the Corporation&#146;s principal financial
  officer for SEC reporting and Sarbanes Oxley purposes, as the Corporation
  continues its search for a new Chief Financial Officer.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Palmer has consented to serve in the
  foregoing capacity.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Palmer, 46,
  has served as the Corporation&#146;s Executive Director of Finance since July&nbsp;2007,
  and also served as the Corporation&#146;s Director of Finance and Administration
  from December&nbsp;2003 through September&nbsp;2004, after serving as Financial
  Controller from December&nbsp;2002 through December&nbsp;2003.&#160; In the interim, prior to rejoining the Seneca
  Gaming Corporation in 2007, Mr.&nbsp;Palmer was employed as the Director of
  Finance for Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado from May&nbsp;2006 through
  June&nbsp;2007, and as Financial Controller for Ameristar Casino in Vicksburg,
  Mississippi from October&nbsp;2004 through April&nbsp;2006.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Palmer has approximately 18 years of
  experience in the gaming industry, including with Harrah&#146;s Cherokee Casino in
  Cherokee, North Carolina, Beau Rivage Resort Hotel and Casino in Biloxi,
  Mississippi, and Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following exhibits are
  filed as part of this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K:</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit</font></p>
  
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  Announcing Financial Results for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March&nbsp;31, 2008</font></p>
  
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  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
  duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SENECA
    GAMING CORPORATION</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Registrant)</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:
    May&nbsp;15, 2008</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="43%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.12%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
    Barry W. Brandon</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Barry
    W. Brandon</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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    <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.12%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior
    Vice President and General Counsel</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release Announcing
    Financial Results for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March&nbsp;31, 2008</font></p>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, DC 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
  May 15,
  2008 (May 15, 2008)
  SENECA GAMING CORPORATION
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  Not Applicable
  333-117633
  54-2122988
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  310 Fourth Street
  Niagara Falls, NY (Seneca Nation
    Territory)
  14303
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
  (716) 299-1100
  Not Applicable
  (Former name or address, if changed since last report.)
  Check
  the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 2.02.              Results of Operation and Financial Condition.
  The Seneca Gaming Corporation
  today issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal
  quarter ended March 31, 2008.  A
  copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.
  The information contained in
  this Current Report and in the press release attached as an exhibit hereto
  shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
  reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to
  the extent that it is expressly stated to be incorporated by specific reference
  in such filing.
  Item 5.02.              Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election
  of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
  Certain Officers.
  Erik
  T. Palmer, an Executive Director of Finance for Seneca Gaming Corporation, has
  been designated on an interim basis as the Corporation's principal financial
  officer for SEC reporting and Sarbanes Oxley purposes, as the Corporation
  continues its search for a new Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Palmer has consented to serve in the
  foregoing capacity.  Mr. Palmer, 46,
  has served as the Corporation's Executive Director of Finance since July 2007,
  and also served as the Corporation's Director of Finance and Administration
  from December 2003 through September 2004, after serving as Financial
  Controller from December 2002 through December 2003.  In the interim, prior to rejoining the Seneca
  Gaming Corporation in 2007, Mr. Palmer was employed as the Director of
  Finance for Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado from May 2006 through
  June 2007, and as Financial Controller for Ameristar Casino in Vicksburg,
  Mississippi from October 2004 through April 2006.  Mr. Palmer has approximately 18 years of
  experience in the gaming industry, including with Harrah's Cherokee Casino in
  Cherokee, North Carolina, Beau Rivage Resort Hotel and Casino in Biloxi,
  Mississippi, and Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  The following exhibits are
  filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
  (d)
  Exhibit
  99.1
  Press Release
  Announcing Financial Results for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2008
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
  duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized.
  SENECA
    GAMING CORPORATION
  (Registrant)
  Date:
    May 15, 2008
  /s/
    Barry W. Brandon
  Name:
  Barry
    W. Brandon
  Title:
  Senior
    Vice President and General Counsel
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  *99.1
  Press Release Announcing
    Financial Results for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2008
  *              Filed herewith
  4