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Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation | Note 1 – Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation Overview Golden Entertainment, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Golden”) is a diversified group of gaming companies that focus on distributed gaming (including tavern gaming) and casino and resort operations. On October 20, 2017, the Company completed the acquisition of American Casino & Entertainment Properties, LLC (“American”), and the results of operations of American and its subsidiaries will be included in the Company’s results from and after such date. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market, and the Company’s ticker symbol is “GDEN.” The Company conducts its business through two reportable operating segments: Distributed Gaming and Casinos. The Company’s Distributed Gaming segment involves the installation, maintenance and operation of gaming and amusement devices in certain strategic, high-traffic, non-casino locations (such as grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants, bars, taverns, saloons and liquor stores) in Nevada and Montana, and the operation of traditional, branded taverns targeting local patrons, primarily in the greater Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area. The Company’s Casinos segment involves the operation of eight casino and resort properties in Nevada and Maryland, comprising the Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower, Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin, Nevada, the Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Flintstone, Maryland, and the Pahrump Nugget Hotel Casino, Gold Town Casino and Lakeside Casino & RV Park in Pahrump, Nevada. The casino properties in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada were added to the Company’s casino portfolio in October 2017 as a result of the Company’s acquisition of American. Basis of Presentation The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) applicable to interim financial information. Accordingly, certain information normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) has been condensed and/or omitted. For further information, please refer to the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K previously filed with the SEC. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s results for the periods presented. Results for interim periods should not be considered indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain minor reclassifications have been made to the prior year period amounts to conform to the current presentation. Additionally, in the current year there was a $6.1 million reclassification of year to date activity from other operating expense to gaming expense in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. Net Income per Share For all periods, basic net income per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted-average common shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share in profitable periods reflects the effect of all potentially dilutive common shares outstanding by dividing net income by the weighted-average of all common and potentially dilutive shares outstanding. In the event of a net loss, diluted shares are not considered because of the anti-dilutive effect. New Accounting Pronouncements Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), in the form of Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs. While management continues to assess the possible impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements of the future adoption of new accounting standards that are not yet effective, management currently believes that the following new standards may have a material impact on the Company's financial statements and disclosures: In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements. ASU 2017-09 provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods therein, and early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the standard as of January 1, 2018. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, which addresses goodwill impairment testing. Instead of determining goodwill impairment by calculating the implied fair value of goodwill, an entity should perform goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. ASU 2017-04 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods therein, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations, which clarified the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions of assets or businesses. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods therein. The Company will adopt the standard as of January 1, 2018. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which replaces the existing guidance. ASU 2016-02 requires a dual approach for lessee accounting under which a lessee would account for leases as finance leases or operating leases. Both finance leases and operating leases will result in the lessee recognizing a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods therein, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued a comprehensive new revenue recognition model, ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which created a new Topic 606 (“ASC 606”). The new guidance is intended to clarify the principles for recognizing revenue and to develop a common revenue standard for GAAP applicable to revenue transactions. Existing industry guidance will be eliminated, including revenue recognition guidance specific to the gaming industry. The FASB has recently issued several amendments to the standard, including clarification on accounting for and identifying performance obligations. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those reporting periods. The guidance should be applied using the full retrospective method or retrospectively with the cumulative effect initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application. The Company anticipates adopting this standard effective January 1, 2018. The Company is currently in the process of its analysis and anticipates this standard will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements. As described below, the Company expects the most significant effect will be related to the accounting for customer loyalty programs and casino promotional allowances. However, the quantitative effects of these changes have not yet been determined and are still being analyzed. The Company is currently assessing the full effect that the adoption of this standard will have on its financial statements. The customer loyalty programs affect revenues from the Company’s four core business operations: gaming, food and beverage, rooms and other operations. Currently, the Company estimates the cost of fulfilling the redemption of player rewards, after consideration of breakage, based upon the cost of historical redemptions. Upon adoption of the new guidance, player rewards will no longer be recorded at cost, and a deferred revenue model will be used to account for the classification and timing of revenue recognized as well as the classification of related expenses when player rewards are redeemed. The Company expects that its current presentation which reflects revenues gross for complementary goods and services provided to guests, with a corresponding offsetting amount included in promotional allowances, will no longer be allowed. Instead, revenues will be allocated among its departmental classifications based on the relative standalone selling prices of the goods and services provided to guests. The Company currently anticipates that this methodology will result in a reduction of its reported gaming revenues by an amount equivalent to its reported promotional allowance revenues. No other recently issued accounting standards that are not yet effective have been identified that management believes are likely to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements.

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