EXHIBIT 99.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Bruce C. Hinckley, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(3) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(4) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/    BRUCE C. HINCKLEY	November 14, 2002
Bruce C. Hinckely Chief Financial Officer