Exhibit 4.5B

                                 DIAMOND JO, LLC
                     THE OLD EVANGELINE DOWNS CAPITAL CORP.

                $233,000,000 8 3/4% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2012

                  JOINDER TO THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                                                   June 16, 2004



JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.
11100 Santa Monica Boulevard
10th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90025


Ladies and Gentlemen:

            Reference  is  made  to  the  Registration   Rights  Agreement  (the
"REGISTRATION  RIGHTS AGREEMENT") dated April 16, 2004, by and among Diamond Jo,
LLC, a Delaware limited  liability  company (the "COMPANY"),  The Old Evangeline
Downs Capital Corp., a Delaware  corporation  ("CAPITAL" and,  together with the
Company,  the  "ISSUERS"),  and the  Guarantors  listed on the  signature  pages
thereto  under the  heading  "Guarantors,"  on the one  hand,  and  Jefferies  &
Company,  Inc. (the "INITIAL PURCHASER"),  on the other hand.  Capitalized terms
used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective  meanings  assigned
to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement.

            This letter  agreement is being executed and delivered  concurrently
with the consummation of the Reorganization Transactions.

            1. Joinder.  Peninsula  Gaming,  LLC, a Delaware  limited  liability
company  (the  "PARENT  ISSUER"),  hereby  agrees  to be  bound  by  the  terms,
conditions and other  provisions of the  Registration  Rights Agreement with all
attendant rights, duties and obligations stated therein, with the same force and
effect as if originally named as an "Issuer" therein and as if the Parent Issuer
had executed the Registration Rights Agreement on the date thereof.

            2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED,
AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,  SECTIONS 5 1401 AND 5 1402
OF THE NEW YORK  GENERAL  OBLIGATIONS  LAW AND  RULE  327(b)  OF NEW YORK  CIVIL
PRACTICE  LAWS AND RULES.  EACH  ISSUER AND EACH  GUARANTOR  HEREBY  IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE  JURISDICTION  OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH
OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH
OF  MANHATTAN  IN THE  CITY OF NEW  YORK  IN  RESPECT  OF ANY  SUIT,  ACTION  OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING




TO THIS  AGREEMENT,  AND  IRREVOCABLY  ACCEPTS  FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS
PROPERTY,  GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY,  JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS.
EACH ISSUER AND EACH GUARANTOR  IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY
EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER  APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION THAT IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH
ISSUER AND EACH  GUARANTOR  IRREVOCABLY  CONSENTS,  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY
EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER  APPLICABLE LAW, TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED  COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES
THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH ISSUER OR SUCH
GUARANTOR,  AS THE CASE MAY BE, AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN, SUCH SERVICE TO
BECOME  EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH  MAILING.  NOTHING  HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE
RIGHT OF ANY  PARTY TO THIS  AGREEMENT  TO SERVE  PROCESS  IN ANY  OTHER  MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL  PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE  PROCEED AGAINST
ANY OTHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

            3. Counterparts. This letter agreement may be executed in any number
of  counterparts  and by the parties  hereto in separate  counterparts,  each of
which when so executed  shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

            4.  Amendments.  No  amendment  or waiver of any  provision  of this
letter agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom,  shall
in any event be effective  unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
parties hereto.

            5.  Headings.   The  headings  in  this  letter  agreement  are  for
convenience  of  reference  only and  shall not limit or  otherwise  affect  the
meaning hereof.

                            [signature pages follow]





            If the foregoing is in accordance  with your  understanding  of this
letter agreement,  kindly sign and return to us a counterpart thereof, whereupon
this  instrument  will  become  a  binding  agreement  among  the  Issuers,  the
Guarantors,  the  Parent  Issuer  party  hereto  and the  Initial  Purchaser  in
accordance with its terms.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            PENINSULA GAMING, LLC


                                            By:/s/M. BRENT STEVENS
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                                               Name:  M. Brent Stevens
                                               Title: Chief Executive Officer







ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:

JEFFERIES & Company, Inc.



By: /s/STEVE CROXTON
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   Name: Steve Croxton
   Title:  Managing Director