	showboat sbo to take charge sees rd qtr loss showboat inc will take a charge of to mln dlrs pretax against results for the third quarter ended march director and assistant to the president j kell houssels iii told reuters he said the charge results from pre operating expenses of its recently opened atlantic city n j showboat hotel casino and bowling center and will cause a loss for the third quarter and probably for all of fiscal as well but houssels said showboat s ings for fiscal should show a sharp increase from fiscal levels due to the contribution of the new atlantic city facility showboat ed dlrs in last year s third quarter for all of fiscal it ed dlrs houssels said showboat since the opening of the atlantic city hotel casino showboat has had to start charging interest expenses connected with debt it sold to finance the facility directly against income rather than capitalizing the interest as it had been able to do previously showboat opened the hotel during its third quarter and gaming began last thursday on a regular basis after test gaming was completed earlier in the week reuter 
