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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-18-013480
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180228
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180228
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180228

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24206
		FILM NUMBER:		18651959

	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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>February&nbsp;28, 2018</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PENN NATIONAL GAMING,&nbsp;INC.</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;">On February&nbsp;28, 2018, Penn National Gaming,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;Penn&#148;) issued a press release announcing the date, time and location of its special meeting to be held in connection with Penn&#146;s pending acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc.&#160; A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Penn National Gaming,&nbsp;Inc. Announces March&nbsp;29, 2018 as Date for Special Meeting</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;">WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA &#151; February&nbsp;28, 2018 &#151; Penn National Gaming,&nbsp;Inc. (NASDAQ:&#160; PENN) (&#147;Penn&#148;) today announced that Penn will hold a special meeting of shareholders on March&nbsp;29, 2018 in connection with Penn&#146;s pending acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc. (NASDAQ:&#160; PNK) (&#147;Pinnacle&#148;).&#160; The Penn meeting will take place at 11:00 a.m.&nbsp;Eastern Time.&#160; Penn has set February&nbsp;27, 2018 as the record date for the special meeting.</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&#146;s special meeting will be held at 825 Berkshire Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;200, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19160.&#160; Penn shareholders will vote on whether to approve the issuance of shares of common stock of Penn to stockholders of Pinnacle in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December&nbsp;17, 2017, by and among Penn, Franchise Merger Sub,&nbsp;Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn, and Pinnacle.&#160; Shareholders of Penn as of the record date of the special meeting will receive the joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the merger and be entitled to vote at the special meeting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pinnacle will also hold a special meeting of stockholders on March&nbsp;29, 2018 to vote on matters related to the proposed acquisition of Pinnacle by Penn.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Important Additional Information</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the proposed transaction, on February&nbsp;8, 2018, Penn filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 that contains a joint proxy statement of Penn and Pinnacle and also constitutes a prospectus of Penn (the &#147;joint proxy statement/prospectus&#148;).&#160; The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on February&nbsp;28, 2018 and Penn and Pinnacle commenced mailing the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus to their respective shareholders and stockholders on February&nbsp;28, 2018.&#160; This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. SHAREHOLDERS OF PENN AND STOCKHOLDERS OF PINNACLE ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors may obtain a free copy of the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about Penn and Pinnacle, without charge, at the SEC&#146;s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Penn can be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to Justin Sebastiano, Penn National Gaming,&nbsp;Inc., 825 Berkshire Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;200, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610, Tel. No.&nbsp;(610) 401-2029. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Pinnacle can be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to Vincent Zahn, Pinnacle</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc., 3980 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, Tel. No.&nbsp;(702) 541-7777.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Participants in the Solicitation</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Penn, Pinnacle, and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction.&#160; Information regarding Penn&#146;s directors and executive officers is available in Penn&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;24, 2017, and its proxy statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;25, 2017. Information regarding Pinnacle&#146;s directors and executive officers is available in Pinnacle&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;28, 2017, and its proxy statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;14, 2017. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus of Penn and Pinnacle and other relevant materials filed with the SEC. Free copies of this document may be obtained as described in the preceding paragraph.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Forward-Looking Statements</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This communication may contain certain forward-looking statements, including certain plans, expectations, goals, projections, and statements about the benefits of the proposed transaction, Penn&#146;s and Pinnacle&#146;s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, the expected timing of completion of the transaction, and other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Statements that do not describe historical or current facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;target,&#148; &#147;goal,&#148; or similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as &#147;will,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;might,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;would,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; or similar variations. The forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor provided by Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">While there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete, below are certain factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements including:&#160; risks related to the acquisition of Pinnacle by Penn and the integration of the businesses and assets to be acquired; the possibility that the proposed transaction does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder or other approvals are not received or other conditions to the closing are not satisfied on a timely basis or at all; the risk that the financing required to fund the transaction is not obtained on the terms anticipated or at all; the possibility that the Boyd Gaming Corporation and/or Gaming and Leisure Properties,&nbsp;Inc. transactions do not close in a timely fashion or at all; potential adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement or completion of the transaction; potential litigation challenging the transaction; the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the transaction are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">issues arising from, the integration of the two companies; the possibility that the anticipated divestitures are not completed in the anticipated timeframe or at all; the possibility that additional divestitures may be required; the possibility that the transaction may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events; diversion of management&#146;s attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities; litigation relating to the transaction; risks associated with increased leverage from the transaction; and other factors discussed in the sections entitled &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148; in Penn&#146;s and Pinnacle&#146;s respective most recent Annual Reports on Form&nbsp;10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q and Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K as filed with the SEC.&#160; Other unknown or unpredictable factors may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are difficult to anticipate and are generally beyond the control of Penn and Pinnacle.&#160; Neither Penn nor Pinnacle undertakes any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless required to do so by law.</font></p>
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