X0306 4 2015-01-08 0000356213 PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC. PNK 0001269955 SHANKS VIRGINIA E C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 3980 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY LAS VEGAS NV 89169 0 1 0 0 EVP and Chief Admin Officer Common Stock 2015-01-08 5 G 0 11767 0 D 90236 D Common Stock 2015-01-08 5 G 0 11767 0 A 69217 I By Shanks Family Trust This transaction involved a gift of shares by the reporting person to the Shanks Family Trust, a living trust, on January 8, 2015. These shares were previously reported as directly beneficially owned by the reporting person. /s/ Elliot D. Hoops, Attorney-In-Fact for Virginia E. Shanks 2015-01-09