CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 479,598	$ 277,953
Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,161 and $2,983	106,837	62,805
Prepaid expenses	62,971	43,780
Other current assets	28,252	16,494
Total current assets	677,658	401,032
Property and equipment, net	6,868,768	2,756,669
Investment in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates	128,488	148,912
Goodwill	1,228,422	1,008,097
Other intangible assets, net	1,856,868	422,606
Deferred income taxes	80,612	390,943
Loan to the JIVDC, net of allowance for loan losses of $0 and $64,052	0	20,900
Other assets	120,196	85,653
Total other assets	3,414,586	2,077,111
Total assets	10,961,012	5,234,812
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	30,551	26,048
Accrued expenses	204,656	125,688
Accrued interest	15,793	13,528
Accrued salaries and wages	139,159	111,252
Gaming, pari-mutuel, property, and other taxes	105,767	69,645
Current maturities of long-term debt	62,140	35,612
Current portion of financing obligations	67,777	56,248
Other current liabilities	112,593	91,988
Total current liabilities	738,436	530,009
Long-term debt, net of current maturities and debt issuance costs	2,350,088	1,214,625
Long-term financing obligations, net of current portion	7,080,638	3,482,573
Noncurrent tax liabilities	32,360	34,099
Other noncurrent liabilities	28,269	46,652
Total liabilities	10,229,791	5,307,958
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock ($0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 118,855,201 and 93,392,635 shares issued, and 116,687,808 and 91,225,242 shares outstanding)	1,188	933
Treasury stock, at cost, (2,167,393 shares held in both periods)	(28,414)	(28,414)
Additional paid-in capital	1,726,401	1,007,606
Accumulated deficit	(967,949)	(1,051,818)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	0	(1,453)
Total Penn National Gaming, Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit)	731,226	(73,146)
Non-controlling interest	(5)	0
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	731,221	(73,146)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	10,961,012	5,234,812
Series B Preferred stock
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Series B Preferred stock ($0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding)	0	0
Series C Preferred stock
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Series B Preferred stock ($0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding)	$ 0	$ 0