Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income taxes
Income Taxes	Note 5. Income Taxes Prior to the Merger Date, the Company was taxed as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code pursuant to which income taxes were primarily the responsibility of the partners. On September 18, 2014, as part of the Merger with MTR Gaming, the Company became a C corporation subject to federal and state corporate-level income taxes at prevailing corporate tax rates. The Company files a US federal tax return, and various state and local income tax returns. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to US federal or state and local tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2011. The Company estimates an annual effective income tax rate based on projected results for the year and applies this rate to income before taxes to calculate income tax expense. Any refinements made due to subsequent information that affects the estimated annual effective income tax rate are reflected as adjustments in the current period. The Company is estimating its operating results will be at or about break-even, but incurs significant tax expense related to tax amortization of indefinite lived gaming licenses (i.e. Naked Credits) as noted below. This unusual circumstance may result in significant variations in the customary relationship between income tax expense and pretax accounting income in interim periods. The Company is applying the guidance of ASC 740-270-30-18 and applying the actual effective tax rate for the year to date operations as the best estimate of the annual effective tax rate. The income tax provision results in an effective tax rate that has an unusual relation to our pretax income (loss). This is due to the federal and state valuation allowances on deferred tax assets as discussed below. The difference between the effective rate and the statutory rate is attributed primarily to the federal and state valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets. As a result of net operating losses and the net deferred tax asset position (after exclusion of certain deferred tax liabilities that generally cannot be offset against deferred tax assets, known as "Naked Credits"), the Company expects to continue to provide for a full valuation allowance against substantially all of our net federal and state deferred tax assets. For income tax purposes the Company amortizes or depreciates certain assets that have been assigned an indefinite life for book purposes. The incremental amortization or depreciation deductions for income tax purposes result in an increase in certain deferred tax liabilities that cannot be used as a source of future taxable income for purposes of measuring our need for a valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets. Therefore, we expect to record non cash deferred tax expense as we amortize these assets for tax purposes. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company's tax expense was $1.0 million. There was no income tax expense during the three months ended March 31, 2014 because the Company was a partnership for income tax purposes. As of March 31, 2015, there are no unrecognized tax benefits and the Company does not expect a significant increase or decrease to the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.

Note 5. Income Taxes

Prior to the Merger Date, the Company was taxed as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code pursuant to which income taxes were primarily the responsibility of the partners. On September 18, 2014, as part of the Merger with MTR Gaming, the Company became a C corporation subject to federal and state corporate-level income taxes at prevailing corporate tax rates. The Company files a US federal tax return, and various state and local income tax returns. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to US federal or state and local tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2011.

The Company estimates an annual effective income tax rate based on projected results for the year and applies this rate to income before taxes to calculate income tax expense. Any refinements made due to subsequent information that affects the estimated annual effective income tax rate are reflected as adjustments in the current period. The Company is estimating its operating results will be at or about break-even, but incurs significant tax expense related to tax amortization of indefinite lived gaming licenses (i.e. Naked Credits) as noted below. This unusual circumstance may result in significant variations in the customary relationship between income tax expense and pretax accounting income in interim periods. The Company is applying the guidance of ASC 740-270-30-18 and applying the actual effective tax rate for the year to date operations as the best estimate of the annual effective tax rate.

The income tax provision results in an effective tax rate that has an unusual relation to our pretax income (loss). This is due to the federal and state valuation allowances on deferred tax assets as discussed below.

The difference between the effective rate and the statutory rate is attributed primarily to the federal and state valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets. As a result of net operating losses and the net deferred tax asset position (after exclusion of certain deferred tax liabilities that generally cannot be offset against deferred tax assets, known as "Naked Credits"), the Company expects to continue to provide for a full valuation allowance against substantially all of our net federal and state deferred tax assets.

For income tax purposes the Company amortizes or depreciates certain assets that have been assigned an indefinite life for book purposes. The incremental amortization or depreciation deductions for income tax purposes result in an increase in certain deferred tax liabilities that cannot be used as a source of future taxable income for purposes of measuring our need for a valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets. Therefore, we expect to record non cash deferred tax expense as we amortize these assets for tax purposes.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company's tax expense was $1.0 million. There was no income tax expense during the three months ended March 31, 2014 because the Company was a partnership for income tax purposes. As of March 31, 2015, there are no unrecognized tax benefits and the Company does not expect a significant increase or decrease to the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.