FORM 4
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See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*
Needham, Mary Jo

(Last) (First) (Middle)State Route 2 South
P.O. Box 358

(Street)Chester, WV 26034

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker
or Trading Symbol

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. MNTG

3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)

4. Statement for
(Month/Year)

September 2001

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer Other

Officer/Other
Description Chief Financial Officer

7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X Individual Filing
Joint/Group Filing

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code and Voluntary Code (Instr. 8) Code \| V	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Amount \| A/D \| Price	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct(D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	09/21/2001	C \|	20,000 \| A \| $2.0000		D
Common Stock	09/21/2001	C \|	20,000 \| A \| $2.1563		D
Common Stock	09/21/2001	C \|	20,000 \| A \| $2.5000	60,000	D

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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Form 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	4. Transaction Code and Voluntary (V) Code (Instr.8) Code \| V	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of (Instr. 3,4 and 5)	6. Date Exercisable(DE) and Expiration Date(ED) (Month/Day/Year) (DE) \| (ED)	7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr.4)	10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.4)
1992 Employee Stock Option Plan	$2.0000	09/21/2001	C \|	(D) 20,000	02/24/1999 \| 02/23/2004	Common Stock - 20,000	$2.0000	0	D
1998 Employee Stock Option Plan	$2.1563	09/21/2001	C \|	(D) 20,000	01/27/1998 \| 01/26/2003	Common Stock - 20,000	$2.1563	0	D
2000 Stock Incentive Plan	$2.5000	09/21/2001	C \|	(D) 20,000	03/13/2000 \| 03/12/2010	Common Stock - 20,000	$2.5000	0	D
2001 Stock Incentive Plan	$7.3000				05/01/2001 \| 04/30/2011	Common Stock - 25,000		25,000	D

Explanation of Responses :

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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________________________________ __________________
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

Mary Jo Needham

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