United States SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K/A (Amendment No.1) (MARK ONE) [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 or [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ______TO______ Commission File No. 0-22088 MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ------------------------- NEVADA 88-0300760 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1175 W. MOANA LANE, SUITE 200 RENO, NEVADA 89509 (Address of principal (Zip code) executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (775) 825-3355 ------------------------- SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT: Name of each exchange Title of each class on which registered ------------------- ------------------- None None SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE (Title of Class) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES [ ] NO [X] Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. YES [ ] NO [X] Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES [X] NO [ ] Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ] Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer [ ] Accelerated Filer [X] Non-accelerated Filer [ ] Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). YES [ ] NO [X] The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by nonaffiliates as of June 30, 2005, based on the closing price as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market(SM) of $22.04 per share, was approximately $205,664,409. As of March 8, 2006, Registrant had 18,886,442 shares of Common Stock outstanding. EXPLANATORY NOTE We are filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, originally filed on March 16, 2006, for the sole purpose of refiling the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as required pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. These certifications are included in this filing as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2, respectively. Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as required pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, are also included in this filing as Exhibit 32.1 and 32.2, respectively. This Form 10-K/A does not otherwise modify or update any of the disclosures contained in the original filing on Form 10-K to reflect any events that occurred at a later date. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC. (Registrant) Date: April 25, 2006 By: /s/ BEN FARAHI ------------------------------------ Ben Farahi, Co-Chairman of the Board, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date ------------------ -------------------------------------- -------------- /S/ JOHN FARAHI Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, April 25, 2006 ------------------ Chief Executive Officer (Principal John Farahi Executive Officer) and Director /S/ BOB FARAHI Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, April 25, 2006 ------------------ President, and Director Bob Farahi /S/ BEN FARAHI Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, April 25, 2006 ------------------ Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Financial Ben Farahi Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) and Director /S/ CRAIG. F. SULLIVAN Director April 25, 2006 ------------------ Craig F. Sullivan /S/ RONALD R. ZIDECK Director April 25, 2006 ------------------ Ronald R. Zideck /S/ CHARLES W. SCHARER Director April 25, 2006 ------------------ Charles W. Scharer EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 I, Ben Farahi, Chief Financial Officer of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control and reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. Date: April 25, 2006 By: /s/ Ben Farahi --------------- Ben Farahi Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer EXHIBIT 31.2 I, John Farahi, Chief Executive Officer of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control and reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. Date: April 25, 2006 By: /s/ John Farahi --------------- John Farahi Chief Executive Officer EXHIBIT 32.1 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, John Farahi, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to and for purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 1. To the best of my knowledge, the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 2. To the best of my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and results of operations of the Company for the periods indicated. /S/ JOHN FARAHI --------------- John Farahi Chief Executive Officer April 25, 2006 EXHIBIT 32.2 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, Ben Farahi, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to and for purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 1. To the best of my knowledge, the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 2. To the best of my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and results of operations of the Company for the periods indicated. /S/ BEN FARAHI -------------- BEN FARAHI Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer April 25, 2006