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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation: The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.
Principles of Consolidation Principles of Consolidation: The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of PENN Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates that do not meet the consolidation criteria of the authoritative guidance for voting interest entities (“VOEs”) or variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are accounted for under the equity method. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Reclassifications Reclassifications: Certain reclassifications have been made to conform the prior period presentation.
Use of Estimates Use of Estimates: The preparation of unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, (ii) the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and (iii) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
Segment Information
Segment Information: We have five reportable segments: Northeast, South, West, Midwest, and Interactive. Our gaming and racing properties are grouped by geographic location, and each is viewed as an operating segment with the exception of our two properties in Jackpot, Nevada, which are viewed as one operating segment. We consider our combined Video Gaming Terminal (“VGT”) operations, by state, to be separate operating segments. Interactive includes all of our iCasino and online sports betting operations, management of retail sports betting, media, and our proportionate share of earnings attributable to our equity method investment in Barstool Sports, Inc. (“Barstool Sports”). See Note 16, “Segment Information,” for further information. For financial reporting purposes, we aggregate our operating segments into the following reportable segments:
LocationReal Estate Assets Lease or Ownership Structure
Northeast segment
Ameristar East ChicagoEast Chicago, IndianaPinnacle Master Lease
Hollywood Casino at GreektownDetroit, MichiganGreektown Lease
Hollywood Casino BangorBangor, MainePENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town RacesCharles Town, West VirginiaPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino ColumbusColumbus, OhioPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino LawrenceburgLawrenceburg, IndianaPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino MorgantownMorgantown, PennsylvaniaMorgantown Lease
Hollywood Casino at PENN National Race CourseGrantville, PennsylvaniaPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino PerryvillePerryville, MarylandPerryville Lease
Hollywood Casino ToledoToledo, OhioPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino YorkYork, PennsylvaniaOperating Lease (not with REIT Landlord)
Hollywood Gaming at Dayton RacewayDayton, OhioPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race CourseYoungstown, OhioPENN Master Lease
Marquee by PENN (1)
PennsylvaniaN/A
Hollywood Casino at Meadows RacetrackWashington, PennsylvaniaMeadows Lease
Plainridge Park CasinoPlainville, MassachusettsPinnacle Master Lease
South segment
1st Jackpot Casino
Tunica, MississippiPENN Master Lease
Ameristar VicksburgVicksburg, MississippiPinnacle Master Lease
Boomtown BiloxiBiloxi, MississippiPENN Master Lease
Boomtown Bossier CityBossier City, LouisianaPinnacle Master Lease
Boomtown New OrleansNew Orleans, LouisianaPinnacle Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Gulf CoastBay St. Louis, MississippiPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino TunicaTunica, MississippiPENN Master Lease
L’Auberge Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LouisianaPinnacle Master Lease
L’Auberge Lake CharlesLake Charles, LouisianaPinnacle Master Lease
Margaritaville Resort CasinoBossier City, LouisianaMargaritaville Lease
West segment
Ameristar Black HawkBlack Hawk, ColoradoPinnacle Master Lease
Cactus Petes and HorseshuJackpot, NevadaPinnacle Master Lease
M ResortHenderson, NevadaPENN Master Lease
Tropicana Las VegasLas Vegas, NevadaTropicana Lease
Zia Park CasinoHobbs, New MexicoPENN Master Lease
Midwest segment
Ameristar Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IowaPinnacle Master Lease
Argosy Casino Alton (2)
Alton, IllinoisPENN Master Lease
Argosy Casino RiversideRiverside, MissouriPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino AuroraAurora, IllinoisPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino JolietJoliet, IllinoisPENN Master Lease
Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway (3)
Kansas City, KansasOwned - JV
Hollywood Casino St. LouisMaryland Heights, MissouriPENN Master Lease
Prairie State Gaming (1)
IllinoisN/A
River City CasinoSt. Louis, MissouriPinnacle Master Lease
(1)VGT route operations
(2)The riverboat is owned by us and not subject to the PENN Master Lease.
(3)Pursuant to a joint venture (“JV”) with NASCAR and includes the Company’s 50% investment in Kansas Entertainment, LLC (“Kansas Entertainment”), which owns Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway.
Revenue Recognition and Customer-related Liabilities
Revenue Recognition: Our revenue from contracts with customers consists primarily of gaming wagers, inclusive of sports betting and iCasino products, food and beverage transactions, retail transactions, hotel room sales, racing wagers, management services related to the management of external operations and third-party revenue sharing agreements. See Note 5, “Revenue Disaggregation,” for information on our revenue by type and geographic location.
Complimentaries Associated with Gaming Contracts
Food, beverage, hotel, and other services furnished to patrons for free as an inducement to gamble or through the redemption of our customers’ loyalty points are recorded as food, beverage, hotel, and other revenues, at their estimated standalone selling prices with an offset recorded as a reduction to gaming revenues. The cost of providing complimentary goods and services to patrons as an inducement to gamble as well as for the fulfillment of our loyalty point obligation is included in food, beverage, hotel, and other expenses
Customer-related Liabilities
The Company has three general types of liabilities related to contracts with customers: (i) the obligation associated with its mychoice program (loyalty points and tier status benefits), (ii) advance payments on goods and services yet to be provided and for unpaid wagers, and (iii) deferred revenue associated with third-party sports betting operators for online sports betting and related iCasino market access.
Our mychoice program allows members to earn loyalty points that are redeemable for slot play and complimentaries, such as food and beverage at our restaurants, lodging at our hotels and products offered at our retail stores across the vast majority of our properties. In addition, members of the mychoice program earn credit toward tier status, which entitles them to receive certain other benefits, such as gifts and free play. The obligation associated with our mychoice program, which is included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” within our unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $43.4 million and $37.6 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, and consisted principally of the obligation associated with the loyalty points. Our loyalty point obligations are generally settled within six months of issuance. Changes between the opening and closing balances primarily relate to the timing of our customers’ election to redeem loyalty points as well as the timing of when our customers receive their earned tier status benefits.
The Company’s advance payments on goods and services yet to be provided and for unpaid wagers primarily consist of the following: (i) deposits on rooms and convention space, (ii) money deposited on behalf of a customer in advance of their property visit (referred to as “safekeeping” or “front money”), (iii) money deposited in an online wallet not yet wagered or wagered and not yet withdrawn, (iv) outstanding tickets generated by slot machine play or pari-mutuel wagering, (v) outstanding chip liabilities, (vi) unclaimed jackpots, and (vii) gift cards redeemable at our properties. Unpaid wagers primarily relate to the Company’s obligation to settle outstanding slot tickets, pari-mutuel racing tickets, gaming chips with customers and online wagers not yet withdrawn and generally represent obligations stemming from prior wagering events, of which revenue was previously recognized. The Company’s advance payments on goods and services yet to be provided and for unpaid wagers were $93.2 million and $112.0 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Advance payments on goods and services yet to be provided and for unpaid wagers are included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” within our unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets.
PENN Interactive Ventures, LLC (“PENN Interactive”) enters into multi-year agreements with sports betting operators for online sports betting and related iCasino market access across our portfolio of properties. Deferred revenue associated with third-party sports betting operators for online sports betting and related iCasino market access, which is included in “Other long-term liabilities” within our unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets was $55.4 million and $52.2 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
Advertising Advertising: The Company expenses advertising costs the first time the advertising takes place or as incurred. Advertising expenses, which generally relate to media placement costs and are primarily included in “Gaming” expenses within the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations, were $18.5 million, and $42.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $15.3 million and $32.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
Gaming and Racing Taxes Gaming and Racing Taxes: We are subject to gaming and pari-mutuel taxes based on gross gaming revenue and pari-mutuel revenue in the jurisdictions in which we operate. The Company primarily recognizes gaming and pari-mutuel tax expense based on the statutorily required percentage of revenue that is required to be paid to state and local jurisdictions in the states where or in which the wagering occurs, as well as taxes on revenues derived from arrangements which allow for third-party partners to operate online casinos and online sportsbooks under our gaming licenses. Additionally, some states require us to prepay annual assessments to support the operations of local regulatory authorities. We consider these prepaid costs to be a type of gaming and racing tax. Gaming and racing taxes are recorded in “Gaming” expense or “Food, beverage, hotel, and other” expenses within the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations, and were $486.8 million and $959.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $515.9 million and $933.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
Foreign Currency Translations Foreign Currency Translation: The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the local currency in which the subsidiary operates. Balance sheet accounts are translated at the exchange rate in effect at each balance sheet date. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are recorded to other comprehensive income. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates during the year. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in “Other” within our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss: Comprehensive income (loss) includes net income and all other non-stockholder changes in equity, or other comprehensive income (loss). The balance of accumulated other comprehensive loss consists solely of foreign currency translation adjustments.
Earnings Per Share Earnings Per Share: Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income applicable to common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the additional dilution, if any, for all potentially-dilutive securities such as stock options, unvested restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) (collectively with RSAs, “restricted stock”), outstanding convertible preferred stock and convertible debt.Holders of the Company’s Series D Preferred Stock (as defined in Note 10, “Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Affiliates”) are entitled to participate equally and ratably in all dividends and distributions paid to holders of PENN Common Stock irrespective of any vesting requirement. Accordingly, the Series D Preferred Stock shares are considered a participating security and the Company is required to apply the two-class method to consider the impact of the preferred shares on the calculation of basic and diluted EPS. The holders of the Company’s Series D Preferred Stock are not obligated to absorb losses; therefore, in reporting periods where the Company is in a net loss position, it does not apply the two-class method. In reporting periods where the Company is in a net income position, the two-class method is applied by allocating all earnings during the period to common shares and preferred shares.
Voting Interest Entities and Variable Interest Entities Voting Interest Entities and Variable Interest Entities: The Company consolidates all subsidiaries or other entities in which it has a controlling financial interest. The consolidation guidance requires an analysis to determine if an entity should be evaluated for consolidation using the VOE model or the VIE model. Under the VOE model, controlling financial interest is generally defined as a majority ownership of voting rights. Under the VIE model, controlling financial interest is defined as (i) the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the entity and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses of or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the entity. For those entities that qualify as a VIE, the primary beneficiary is generally defined as the party who has a controlling financial interest in the VIE. The Company consolidates the financial position and results of operations of every VOE in which it has a controlling financial interest and VIEs in which it is considered to be the primary beneficiary.
New Accounting Pronouncements In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting” (“ASU 2020-04”). ASU 2020-04 provides an optional expedient and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. In response to the concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates and, particularly, the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (referred to as “LIBOR”), regulators in several jurisdictions around the world have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction-
based and less susceptible to manipulation. ASU 2020-04 also provides companies with optional guidance to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. The interest rates associated with the Company’s previous borrowings under its Senior Secured Credit Facilities (as defined in Note 8, “Long-term Debt”) were tied to LIBOR. Subsequent to the amendment of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities on May 3, 2022, the Company’s borrowings are tied to SOFR (see Note 8, “Long-term Debt”). The adoption of ASU 2020-04 did not have an impact on our unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
In August 2020, The FASB issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Topic 470) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Topic 814): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”). ASU 2020-06 eliminates the number of accounting models used to account for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock. The update also amends the disclosure requirements for convertible instruments and EPS in an effort to increase financial reporting transparency.
The new standard impacts the Company’s existing 2.75% convertible senior notes due May 2026 (“Convertible Notes”) which prior to adoption of the new standard, were accounted for under the cash conversion feature model. The cash conversion feature model is eliminated under the new standard and entities will no longer separately present in stockholders’ equity an embedded conversion feature of a debt instrument.
The new guidance also requires the use of the if-converted method when calculating diluted EPS for convertible instruments and the treasury stock method should no longer be used. Under the new guidance, convertible instruments that may be settled in cash or shares (e.g., the Company’s Convertible Notes) are to be included in the calculation of diluted EPS if the effect is more dilutive, with no option for rebutting the presumption of share settlement based on stated policy or past experience. Each of these requirements are consistent with Company’s previous method for calculating diluted EPS.
The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2022, using the modified retrospective approach. Adoption of ASU 2020-06 resulted in reclassification of the $88.2 million cash conversion feature related to the Company’s Convertible Notes, from stockholders’ equity to liabilities. As a result of the adoption, the Company recognized as a cumulative effect adjustment, an increase to the January 1, 2022 opening balance of retained earnings of $18.9 million, net of taxes.