Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Overview

Golden Entertainment, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries own and operate a diversified entertainment platform, consisting of a portfolio of gaming assets that focus on casino and branded tavern operations. The Company’s portfolio includes eight casino properties located in Nevada, as well as 71 branded taverns targeting local patrons located primarily in the greater Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area. Unless otherwise indicated, the term the “Company” refers to Golden Entertainment, Inc. together with its subsidiaries.

As of June 30, 2024, the Company conducted its business through three reportable segments: Nevada Casino Resorts, Nevada Locals Casinos and Nevada Taverns. Each reportable segment was comprised of the following properties and operations:


Reportable Segments						Location
Nevada Casino Resorts
The STRAT Hotel, Casino & Tower (“The STRAT”)						Las Vegas, Nevada
Aquarius Casino Resort (“Aquarius”)						Laughlin, Nevada
Edgewater Casino Resort (“Edgewater”)						Laughlin, Nevada
Nevada Locals Casinos
Arizona Charlie’s Boulder						Las Vegas, Nevada
Arizona Charlie’s Decatur						Las Vegas, Nevada
Gold Town Casino						Pahrump, Nevada
Lakeside Casino & RV Park						Pahrump, Nevada
Pahrump Nugget Hotel Casino (“Pahrump Nugget”)						Pahrump, Nevada
Nevada Taverns
71 branded tavern locations						Nevada

The Company completed the sales of Rocky Gap Casino Resort (“Rocky Gap”) on July 25, 2023 for aggregate cash consideration of $260.0 million, its distributed gaming operations in Montana on September 13, 2023 for cash consideration of $109.0 million plus working capital and other adjustments and net of cash transferred at closing, and its distributed gaming operations in Nevada on January 10, 2024 for cash consideration of $213.5 million plus working capital and other adjustments and net of cash transferred at closing. Prior to their sale, the operations of Rocky Gap were presented in the Company’s Maryland Casino Resort reportable segment, and the results of the distributed gaming operations in Montana were combined with the results of the distributed gaming operations in Nevada and presented in the Company’s Distributed Gaming reportable segment. Refer to the discussion in “Note 2 — Divestitures” and “Note 11 — Segment Information” for further information.

On April 22, 2024, the Company acquired the operations of Great American Pub (“GAP”), comprised of two tavern locations in Nevada, for cash consideration of $7.3 million. The acquired GAP taverns have been included in the Company’s Nevada Taverns reportable segment from the date of acquisition.

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, refer to the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”) previously filed with the SEC. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, which included 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 and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report.

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. Reclassifications were made to the

Company’s prior period consolidated financial statements to conform to the current period presentation, where applicable. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported net income.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no changes to the significant accounting policies disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report.

Net Income per Share

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 their anti-dilutive effect. Diluted net income per share excluded the weighted average effect of 441,814 shares of common stock for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 74,231 and 4,408 shares of common stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, related to time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) due to such shares being anti-dilutive. There were no anti-dilutive shares for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Recent 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 of the adoption of new accounting standards and the future adoption of the new accounting standards that are not yet effective on the Company’s financial statements, management currently believes that the following new standards have or may have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and disclosures:

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The ASU improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the impact of the adoption of this ASU to be material to its financial statements or disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The provisions of this ASU are intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures to address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the impact of the adoption of this ASU to be material to its financial statements or disclosures.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued accounting standards that are not yet effective are likely to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.