UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Basham, Robert Danker
   2202 North Westshore Boulevard, 5th Floor
   Tampa, Florida  33607
   United States
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
   OSI
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4. Statement for Month/Year
   12/12/02
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   President, Chief Operating Officer
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
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Common Stock, par value $.0|12/12/|J   |-|100,000           |N/A|N/A        |112,853(1)(3)      |D     |                           |
1                          |02    |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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Common Stock, par value $.0|-     |-   |-|-                 |-  |-          |7,820,060(1)       |I     |(2)                        |
1                          |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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Common Stock, par value $.0|12/12/|J   |-|1,912,973         |N/A|N/A        |2,012,973(1)       |I     |(3)                        |
1                          |02    |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Represents number of shares beneficially owned immediately after the
reported transaction.
(2) Owned by Multi-Venture Partners, Ltd., a Nevada limited partnership
("MVP"). The reporting person is a limited partner in MVP and owns an interest
in the General Partner of MVP.
(3) On December 12, 2002, Mr. Basham contributed 2,012,973 shares to the Robert
D. Basham Irrevocable Trust Agreement of 2002 of which the reporting person is
the beneficiary.  Mr. Basham
continues to report beneficial ownership of all of the common stock held by the
trust. The foregoing transaction is exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule
16a-13 as a change in form of beneficial
ownership.   The shares are now reported as indirectly owned as reflected in
Table 1.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Robert D. Basham
DATE
12-16-02