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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-15-077091
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NT 10-Q
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151109
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20151109

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000921738
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOTELS & MOTELS [7011]
		IRS NUMBER:				232234473
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NT 10-Q
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24206
		FILM NUMBER:		151214785

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		825 BERKSHIRE BLVD STE 200
		STREET 2:		WYOMISSING PROFESSIONAL CENTER
		CITY:			WYOMISSING
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19610
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6103732400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		825 BERKSHIRE BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			WYOMISSING
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19610
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>   Washington, D.C. 20549<br><br></font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SEC FILE   NUMBER<br> &nbsp;0-24206</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Check one):</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Form 10-K</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Form 20-F</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Form 10-D</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Form N-CSR</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For Period Ended:</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 30, 2015</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Transition Report on   Form 10-K</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Transition Report on   Form 20-F</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Transition Report on   Form 11-K</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Transition Report on   Form 10-Q</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Transition Report on Form   N-SAR</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the Transition Period Ended:</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART III &#151; NARRATIVE</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">State below in reasonable detail why Forms&nbsp;10</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">K, 20</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">F, 11</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">K, 10</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Q, 10</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D, N</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SAR, N</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CSR, or the transition report or </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Penn National Gaming, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is unable to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2015 within the prescribed time period for the reasons set forth below.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As described in Item 4.02 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2015, the Company is changing the classification of its master lease (the &#147;Master Lease&#148;) with Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (&#147;GLPI&#148;) from an operating lease to a financing transaction.&#160; Accordingly, the Audit Committee has determined that the Company will restate previously issued financial statements for its fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, and interim financial statements for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014, March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, and, as a result, those financial statements should no longer be relied upon.&#160; Additionally, management&#146;s evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures and management&#146;s report on internal controls over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2014, the opinion of Ernst &amp; Young LLP (&#147;EY&#148;), the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, on the consolidated financial statements for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2014, as well as EY&#146;s opinion on the effectiveness of the Company&#146;s internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 should also no longer be relied upon.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company is currently evaluating the effects that the restatement will have on the Company&#146;s previously recorded goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges in 2013 and 2014 and is not in a position to timely file the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2015 without unreasonable effort or expense.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company anticipates that it will complete and file the restated financial statements (inclusive of the September 30, 2015 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) at or about the time by which it typically files its Annual Report on Form 10-K, or sooner if possible.&#160; The Company anticipates that it will disclose a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting in its restated Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2014.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If so, attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively   and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable   estimate of the results cannot be made.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On October 22, 2015, the Company reported revenue of $739.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015, compared to revenue of $645.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.&#160; The increase in revenue reflects year-over-year improvements in regional gaming trends and a benefit from the first full quarterly contributions from Plainridge Park Casino and the Company&#146;s two Ohio racing and video lottery terminal facilities that opened in the third quarter of 2014.&#160; The Company also continued to grow during the quarter with the completed acquisitions of Tropicana Las Vegas, Inc. and Illinois Gaming Investors, LLC (d/b/a Prairie State Gaming), for which the Company realized a partial quarter of contributions to operations, net of transaction costs. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As noted in Part III, the Company is currently evaluating the effects that the restatement will have on the Company&#146;s previously recorded goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges in 2013 and 2014.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On October 28, 2015, the Company disclosed that it anticipates that, as a result of a change in lease classification, it will report additional liabilities of approximately $3.5 billion as of September 30, 2015, which represents the present value of the future minimum lease payments to GLPI under the Master Lease at the lease inception date of November 1, 2013, less principal reductions to this obligation since that time.&#160; Additionally, the Company anticipates reporting assets of approximately $2.0 billion as of September 30, 2015 on its balance sheet for the real property leased from GLPI under the Master Lease.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company does not expect the adjustments in the restatement to have an impact on its cash position, cash flows, leverage ratios under its senior credit facility and other debt instruments (as the terms of those obligations require the Master Lease to be treated as an operating lease regardless of the treatment required under GAAP), revenues and rental payments or other obligations under the Master Lease. &#160;At September 30, 2015, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $223.5 million and total debt (excluding the financing obligation to GLPI under the Master Lease of approximately $3.5 billion) of $1.67 billion.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Form 12b-25 contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.&#160; These statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;estimates,&#148; &#147;projects,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;seeks,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should&#148; or &#147;anticipates&#148; or the negative or other variations of these or similar words.&#160; Although the Company believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of the Company&#146;s knowledge of its business, there can be no assurance that actual results, including the impact of the restatement, will not differ materially from our expectations.&#160; Meaningful factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited to, risks relating to the final impact of the restatement on the Company&#146;s financial statements; the impact of the restatement on the Company&#146;s evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting; delays in the preparation of the financial statements; the risk that additional information will come to light during the course of the preparation of restated financial statements that alters the scope or magnitude of the restatement; potential reviews, litigation or other proceedings by governmental authorities, stockholders or other parties; the risk that the Company will be unable to obtain any required waivers under the Company&#146;s note indenture with respect to a significant delay in filing periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission; risks relating to the Company&#146;s liquidity and ability to raise capital; risks related to the impact of the restatement on the Company&#146;s reputation, development projects, joint ventures and other commercial contracts; and other factors as discussed in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, each as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; The Company does not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statements except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this Form 12b-25 may not occur.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Saul V. Reibstein</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Saul V. Reibstein</font></p>
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