<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001437749-15-019364.txt : 20151102
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-15-019364
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151029
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151102

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001071255
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990]
		IRS NUMBER:				411913991
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24993
		FILM NUMBER:		151191080

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		130 CHESHIERE LANE
		CITY:			MINNETONKA
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55305
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6124499092

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6595 S JONES BLVD
		CITY:			LAS VEGAS
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89118

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LAKES ENTERTAINMENT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020806

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LAKES GAMING INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980929
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<P id=PARA13 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 29, 2015</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 3.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities </B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA53 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA52 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">As previously disclosed, on July 31, 2015, Golden Entertainment, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued an aggregate of 8,229,908 shares of its common stock in connection with the merger (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;) of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with and into Sartini Gaming, Inc. (&#8220;Sartini Gaming&#8221;), pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 25, 2015, by and among the Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Sartini Gaming and The Blake L. Sartini and Delise F. Sartini Family Trust, as sole shareholder of Sartini Gaming (the &#8220;Sartini Trust&#8221;), as amended (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;). 7,772,736 of such shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock were issued to the Sartini Trust as consideration in the Merger, and the remaining 457,172 shares were issued to certain former holders of warrants of a subsidiary of Sartini Gaming as consideration for the repurchase of such warrants by the Company in connection with the closing of the Merger.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA112.12 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date: November 2, 2015&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA112.14 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;</FONT>Matthew W. Flandermeyer</P></TD>
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<P id=PARA112.18 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Name: Matthew W. Flandermeyer</FONT></P></TD>
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