| Pay Rank | CEO | Company | Tenure as CEO | Salary ($K) | Bonus ($K) | Other ($K) | Worth of Long Term Stock Options ($K) | Total ($K) | Value of In-the-Money Options ($K) | HVS Value Index |
| Includes other annual compensation, restricted stock awards and LTIPs | Black Scholes value of stock options granted in 1995 | Includes both exercisable and unexercisable options | HVS Pay-For-Performance Value Index is based on a average of 100.0 | |||||||
| 1 | Steve Wynn | Mirage Resorts | 1989 | 2,500 | 1,250 | 4 | 19,385 | 23,140 | 136,413 | 109.2 |
| 2 | Rand Araskog | ITT | 1979 | 2,000 | 2,331 | 3,682 | 12,640 | 20,653 | 17,838 | 107.7 |
| 3 | Clyde Turner | Circus Circus | 1994 | 802 | 0 | 39 | 19,179 | 20,020 | 17,156 | 106.5 |
| 4 | Terrence Lanni | MGM Grand | 1995 | 583 | 0 | 85 | 15,056 | 15,724 | 0 | 107.2 |
| 5 | Micky Arison | Carnival | 1979 | 179 | 1,035 | 0 | 9,962 | 11,176 | 3,500 | 109.5 |
| 6 | Arthur Goldberg | Bally Entertainment | 1993 | 2,200 | 1,000 | 3,004 | 3,118 | 9,322 | 27,699 | 110.5 |
| 7 | David Hanlon | International Game Technology | 1995 | 377 | 476 | 149 | 4,851 | 5,853 | 0 | 104.2 |
| 8 | Phillip Satre | Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. | 1994 | 477 | 134 | 136 | 4,900 | 5,646 | 3,249 | 114.3 |
| 9 | I.G. Davis | Captial Gaming International | 1993 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 4,649 | 5,144 | 0 | 100.7 |
| 10 | Don Kornstein | Jackpot Enterprises | 1974 | 529 | 220 | 0 | 4,022 | 4,771 | 613 | 105.1 |
| 11 | Nicholas Ribis | Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts | 1995 | 1,356 | 933 | 933 | 903 | 4,126 | 2,867 | 112.7 |
| 12 | Steve Greathouse | Alliance Gaming | 1994 | 338 | 1,313 | 5 | 2,246 | 3,902 | 3,031 | 107.1 |
| 13 | Guy Snowden | GTECH | 1980 | 434 | 2,302 | 244 | 0 | 2,979 | 0 | 104.8 |
| 14 | Frank Fertitta | Station Casinos | 1992 | 959 | 365 | 136 | 812 | 2,272 | 0 | 105.9 |
| 15 | James Ernst | Casino Magic | 1995 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 1,529 | 1,556 | 0 | 106.2 |
| 16 | Louis Nicastro | WMS Industries | 1974 | 683 | 300 | 415 | 0 | 1,397 | 0 | 104.6 |
| 17 | Thomas Yturbide | Harvey's Casino Resorts | 1993 | 400 | 148 | 804 | 0 | 1,352 | 110 | 117.0 |
| 18 | William Malloy | Scientific Games | 1991 | 173 | 400 | 3 | 697 | 1,273 | 11,577 | 166.8 |
| 19 | Thomas Gallagher | Griffin Gaming & Entertainment | 1995 | 200 | 181 | 13 | 833 | 1,227 | 53 | 152.3 |
| 20 | Gary Primm | Primadonna Resorts | 1993 | 827 | 20 | 320 | 0 | 1,166 | 0 | 103.5 |
| 21 | Thomas Long | Argosy Gaming | 1993 | 600 | 150 | 388 | 0 | 1,138 | 0 | 95.3 |
| 22 | Paul Rubell | Aztar | 1990 | 516 | 0 | 586 | 0 | 1,102 | 2,961 | 117.6 |
| 23 | Barron Hilton | Hilton Hotels | 1966 | 650 | 350 | 3 | 0 | 1,003 | 0 | 139.1 |
| 24 | Jack Pratt | Hollywood Casino | 1993 | 566 | 205 | 226 | 0 | 997 | 0 | 86.7 |
| 25 | Lorne Well | Autotote | 1992 | 409 | 0 | 547 | 0 | 956 | 347 | 91.9 |
| 26 | Ronald Tassinari | American Casino | 1979 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 487 | 867 | 520 | 150.2 |
| 27 | Lyle Berman | Grand Casinos | 1991 | 500 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 820 | 0 | 182.7 |
| 28 | Craig Neilsen | Ameristar Casinos | 1993 | 375 | 375 | 28 | 0 | 778 | 0 | 95.1 |
| 29 | Andrew Tompkins | Lady Luck | 1993 | 660 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 664 | 0 | 71.9 |
| 30 | Michael Wordeman | SoDak Gaming | 1989 | 279 | 161 | 12 | 183 | 635 | 255 | 99.3 |
| 31 | J. Kell Houssels | Showboat | 1995 | 328 | 240 | 51 | 0 | 618 | 845 | 150.1 |
| 32 | Anthony Marnell | Rio Hotel & Casino | 1990 | 465 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 577 | 974 | 128.7 |
| 33 | Stephen Vanderwoude | Video Lottery Technology | 1994 | 135 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 525 | 0 | 75.9 |
| 34 | Edward Ellers | President Riverboat Casinos | 1995 | 360 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 504 | 347 | 63.3 |
| 35 | Richard Gillman | Bally Gaming | 1991 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 496 | 0 | 94.2 |
| 36 | Norbert Jansen | Boardwalk Casino | 1994 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 493 | 0 | 123.1 |
| 37 | Pete Cladlanos | Sands Regent | 1978 | 364 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 422 | 0 | 84.2 |
| 38 | R.D. Hubbard | Hollywood Park | 1991 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 128.8 |
| 39 | Timothy Parrott | Boomtown | 1992 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 357 | 1,733 | 63.8 |
| 40 | Thomas Martin | Elsinore Corporation | 1995 | 343 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 346 | 0 | 90.7 |
| 41 | John Breeding | Shuffle Master | 1983 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 322 | 341 | 205.0 |
| 42 | Paul Lowden | Santa Fe Gaming | 1993 | 315 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 319 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 43 | Steven Weiss | Casino Data Systems | 1990 | 227 | 0 | 10 | 78 | 314 | 917 | 203.5 |
| 44 | Albert Barber | Stuart Entertainment | 1994 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 338 | 114.1 |
| 45 | David Thompson | Mikohn Gaming | 1988 | 291 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 293 | 0 | 43.8 |
| 46 | Nathan Katz | Global Casinos, Inc. | 1993 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 253 | 0 | 22.1 |
| 47 | Bradly Olah | IGCA | 1993 | 125 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 239 | 313 | 60.0 |
| 48 | Paul Endy | Paul-Son Gaming | 1994 | 198 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 0 | 78.1 |
| 49 | John Pilger | Casino Resource | 1984 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 214 | 53 | 159.2 |
| 50 | John Acres | Acres Gaming | 1985 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 51 | Robert Greenlee | Black Hawk Gaming | 1991 | 75 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 172 | 0 | 74.4 |
| 52 | John Farahl | Monarch Casino | 1993 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 34.0 |
| 53 | Frederick Brunn | ILTS | 1994 | 141 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 13.1 |
| 54 | Charles Reddlen | Europa Cruises | 1992 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 3.1 |
| 55 | Paul Montie | Lone Star Casino | 1992 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | .3 |