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Significant Accounting Policies | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Significant Accounting Policies | Significant Accounting Policies Principles of Consolidation: The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Penn National Gaming, 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. Use of Estimates: The preparation of unaudited Condensed 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: We view each of our gaming and racing properties as an operating segment with the exception of our two properties in Jackpot, Nevada, which we view as one operating segment. We consider our combined VGT operations, by state, to be separate operating segments. See Note 17, “Segment Information,” for further information. For financial reporting purposes, we aggregate our operating segments into the following four reportable segments:
| Location |  | Real Estate Assets Lease or Ownership Structure
Northeast segment |  |  |
Ameristar East Chicago | East Chicago, Indiana |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
Greektown Casino-Hotel | Detroit, Michigan |  | Greektown Lease
Hollywood Casino Bangor | Bangor, Maine |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races | Charles Town, West Virginia |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Columbus | Columbus, Ohio |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg | Lawrenceburg, Indiana |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course | Grantville, Pennsylvania |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Toledo | Toledo, Ohio |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway | Dayton, Ohio |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course | Youngstown, Ohio |  | Penn Master Lease
Marquee by Penn (1) | Pennsylvania |  | N/A
Meadows Racetrack and Casino | Washington, Pennsylvania |  | Meadows Lease
Plainridge Park Casino | Plainville, Massachusetts |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
South segment (2) |  |  |
1 st Jackpot Casino | Tunica, Mississippi |  | Penn Master Lease
Ameristar Vicksburg | Vicksburg, Mississippi |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
Boomtown Biloxi | Biloxi, Mississippi |  | Penn Master Lease
Boomtown Bossier City | Bossier City, Louisiana |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
Boomtown New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Tunica | Tunica, Mississippi |  | Penn Master Lease
L’Auberge Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
L’Auberge Lake Charles | Lake Charles, Louisiana |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
Margaritaville Resort Casino | Bossier City, Louisiana |  | Margaritaville Lease
West segment |  |  |
Ameristar Black Hawk | Black Hawk, Colorado |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
Cactus Petes and Horseshu | Jackpot, Nevada |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
M Resort | Henderson, Nevada |  | Penn Master Lease
Tropicana Las Vegas | Las Vegas, Nevada |  | Owned (3)
Zia Park Casino | Hobbs, New Mexico |  | Penn Master Lease
Midwest segment |  |  |
Ameristar Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs, Iowa |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
Argosy Casino Alton (4) | Alton, Illinois |  | Penn Master Lease
Argosy Casino Riverside | Riverside, Missouri |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Aurora | Aurora, Illinois |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino Joliet | Joliet, Illinois |  | Penn Master Lease
Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway (5) | Kansas City, Kansas |  | Owned - JV
Hollywood Casino St. Louis | Maryland Heights, Missouri |  | Penn Master Lease
Prairie State Gaming (1) | Illinois |  | N/A
River City Casino | St. Louis, Missouri |  | Pinnacle Master Lease
(1) | VGT route operations
(2) | Resorts Casino Tunica ceased operations on June 30, 2019, but remains subject to the Penn Master Lease.
(3) | As noted in Note 18, “Subsequent Events,” in April 2020, we entered into a sale-leaseback transaction with GLPI for the real estate assets used in the operations of Tropicana.
(4) | The riverboat is owned by us and not subject to the Penn Master Lease.
(5) | Pursuant to a joint venture (“JV”) with International Speedway Corporation (“International Speedway”) and includes the Company’s 50% investment in Kansas Entertainment, LLC (“Kansas Entertainment”), which owns Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway.
Revenue Recognition: Our revenue from contracts with customers consists primarily of gaming wagers, food and beverage transactions, retail transactions, hotel room sales, racing wagers, and sports betting wagers. See Note 4, “Revenue Disaggregation,” for information on our revenue by type and geographic location. Complimentaries associated with Gaming Contracts Food and 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. Revenues recorded to food, beverage, hotel and other and offset to gaming revenues were as follows:
| For the three months ended March 31,
(in millions) | 2020 |  | 2019
Food and beverage | $ | 54.0 |  |  | $ | 64.5 |
Hotel | 30.9 |  |  | 36.6 |
Other | 3.2 |  |  | 4.3 |
Total complimentaries associated with gaming contracts | $ | 88.1 |  |  | $ | 105.4 |
Customer-related Liabilities The Company has three general types of liabilities related to contracts with customers: (i) the obligation associated with its my choice 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 iGaming market access. Our my choice program allows members to utilize their reward membership cards 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 my choice program earn credit toward tier status, which entitles them to receive certain other benefits, such as gifts. The obligation associated with our my choice program, which is included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” within our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $37.8 million and $36.2 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, 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) outstanding tickets generated by slot machine play or pari-mutuel wagering, (iv) outstanding chip liabilities, (v) unclaimed jackpots, and (vi) gift cards redeemable at our properties. Unpaid wagers primarily relate to the Company’s obligation to settle outstanding slot tickets, pari-mutuel racing tickets and gaming chips with customers 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 $31.5 million and $42.2 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, of which $0.6 million were classified as long-term in both periods. The current portion and long-term portion of our advance payments on goods and services yet to be provided and for unpaid wagers are included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” within our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively. During the third quarter of 2019, Penn Interactive entered into multi-year agreements with sports betting operators for online sports betting and related iGaming market access across our portfolio, of which we received cash and equity securities, including ordinary shares and warrants, specific to two operator agreements. Deferred revenue associated with third-party sports betting operators for online sports betting and related iGaming market access, which is included in “Other long-term liabilities” within our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $44.0 million and $43.6 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. 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 wagering occurs. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, these expenses, which were recorded primarily in gaming expense within the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, were $336.3 million and $386.5 million, respectively. Correction of Cash Flow Classification: Subsequent to the issuance of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019, we concluded that the $261.1 million in proceeds from the Margaritaville Resort Casino (“Margaritaville”) sale-and-leaseback transaction was incorrectly classified as cash provided by financing activities rather than cash provided by investing activities within our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2019 correctly reflects such amount as cash provided by investing activities.

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