North Metro Harness Initiative Racetrack and Card Room

Southwest Casino Corporation Confirms Groundbreaking for North Metro Harness Initiative Racetrack and Card Room

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southwest Casino Corporation (OTCBB:SWCC) confirmed today that the previously announced groundbreaking ceremony for the North Metro Harness Initiative racetrack and card room will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. local time. The groundbreaking will be held at the North Metro harness track and card room site in Columbus, Minnesota. Southwest owns a 50% membership interest in North Metro Harness Initiative, LLC, which will build the harness track and 50-table card room on the north side of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

“After three years of hard work, we are looking forward to celebrating the groundbreaking. Even January weather in Minnesota can’t cool our excitement for this event,” said Jim Druck, CEO of Southwest Casino Corporation.

About Southwest Casino Corporation

Southwest Casino Corporation develops, owns, operates, manages and provides consulting services to casinos, gaming facilities and related amenities. Southwest owns and operates three casinos in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Southwest manages the Lucky Star Casino facilities in Concho and Clinton, Oklahoma under a management agreement with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and has entered into an agreement, which must be approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission, to manage a casino for the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. Southwest owns a 50 percent membership interest in North Metro Harness Initiative, LLC, which holds licenses to develop and operate a harness racetrack in Columbus, Minnesota in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Southwest’s corporate offices are located at 2001 Killebrew Drive, Suite 350, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425.

This Press Release does not constitute an offer of to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, and entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Southwest Casino Corporation does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements; however, it may choose from time to time to update them and if it should do so, it will disseminate the updates to the investing public.

Contacts

Southwest Casino Corporation
Thomas E. Fox, President and Chief Financial Officer
952-853-9990