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The Company also manages a casino in southwestern Michigan for a Native American tribe and has contracts to develop and manage the Graton Resort and Casino in Sonoma County, California, which commenced construction in June 2012 and is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2013.  In addition, the Company operates real money online poker in Nevada through its majority-owned subsidiary, Fertitta Interactive LLC ("Fertitta Interactive").&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which only include normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods have been made. The interim results reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year. 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Examples of obligations within this guidance are debt arrangements, other contractual obligations, and settled litigation and judicial rulings.  Upon adoption, the guidance is required to be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented for any obligations that exist at the beginning of an entity's fiscal year of adoption which are within its scope.  This guidance will be effective for the Company for the first quarter of 2014, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that the adoption of this guidance will have on its financial position and results of operations. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;A variety of proposed or otherwise potential accounting guidance is currently under study by standard-setting organizations and certain regulatory agencies.  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The Company also manages a casino in southwestern Michigan for a Native American tribe and has contracts to develop and manage the Graton Resort and Casino in Sonoma County, California, which commenced construction in June 2012 and is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2013.  In addition, the Company operates real money online poker in Nevada through its majority-owned subsidiary, Fertitta Interactive LLC ("Fertitta Interactive").&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which only include normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods have been made. The interim results reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year. 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