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PENN Entertainment’s core business is regional casinos across the United States. Customers wager on slot machines and table games, and PENN earns gaming revenue from wagers less winnings paid out. Guests also pay for meals and hotel stays, but gaming supplies most revenue and the physical properties remain the largest part of the business.
PENN also takes bets online through theScore Bet in selected U.S. jurisdictions and Ontario. It offers online casino games through Hollywood Casino in selected U.S. jurisdictions and theScore Casino in Ontario. Its theScore sports media app helps bring users into betting, while PENN Play links its retail and digital customer relationships. PENN has shifted its digital focus toward U.S. online casinos and Canadian operations, using sports betting to attract customers and encourage them to use its other offerings.
The business depends heavily on local customers’ discretionary spending and visits. Most operating real estate is leased, with GLPI the most significant landlord; PENN pays rent as well as maintenance, insurance and property taxes. Gaming licenses determine where and what it may offer, and some online operations also depend on third-party market-access agreements.
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PENN relies on regional casino cash flow and digital gaming execution while owing substantial rent under triple-net leases to Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), its principal casino landlord.
Caesars Entertainment competes with PENN for U.S. regional casino visitors and online sports betting and casino players, earning money from their gaming, hotel and dining spending. Watch how Caesars Rewards draws that spending across its properties and online wagering—the same customer wallets PENN is pursuing.
Boyd Gaming competes with PENN for regional slot and table-game spending, play on gaming machines at local venues, and online casino customers. Boyd's casino and Lattner gaming-machine revenue offers a comparison for PENN's visitor-driven business, where slots supplied approximately 86% of gaming revenue in 2025.
MGM Resorts International competes with PENN for regional casino spending and, through BetMGM, online sports betting and casino customers. Its regional gaming revenue is the closer comparison for PENN's casinos; MGM's Las Vegas Strip resorts typically earn more than half their net revenue outside gaming.
DraftKings competes with PENN for online sports betting and casino customers and replaced it as ESPN's exclusive sportsbook provider on December 1, 2025. Its Sportsbook and iGaming revenue shows the competing business to watch as PENN moves from ESPN BET to theScore Bet and refocuses on U.S. online casinos and Canada.
Flutter Entertainment's FanDuel competes with PENN's theScore Bet and Hollywood Casino for U.S. online wagering customers. FanDuel's sports betting and online casino business is the relevant part to watch, rather than Flutter's wider portfolio of brands.
Rush Street Interactive, Inc. competes with PENN for players who spend on online casino games and sports betting through apps and websites. Its customer spending and retention are worth watching as PENN puts more emphasis on U.S. online casinos; Rush Street says its own platform has helped improve both.
Bally's Corporation competes with PENN for spending at U.S. regional casinos and on online sports betting and casino games. Its U.S. casino business and Bally Bet Sportsbook & Casino are the relevant comparisons for PENN, rather than its global lottery and technology operations.
Churchill Downs competes with PENN for local gamblers' spending through regional casinos and racing-related wagering venues.
Red Rock Resorts, Inc.'s Las Vegas local casinos compete with PENN's M Resort for repeat casino visitors and their slot spending.
Accel Entertainment, Inc. competes with PENN's gaming-machine operations and regional casinos for local gaming spending by installing and running terminals in bars, restaurants and other local businesses. It shares the machines' net income with those venues, making terminal income the line to compare with PENN's video gaming business.
Monarch Casino & Resort Inc's Monarch Black Hawk competes with PENN's Black Hawk casinos for Colorado gaming visitors.
Full House Resorts, Inc.'s casinos compete with PENN for regional gaming customers in Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi and Colorado.
Century Casinos competes with PENN for North American regional customers' casino, lodging and dining spending. Its separate U.S. East, Midwest and West revenue lines give a more geographically focused comparison for PENN's regional casinos than its Canada and Poland businesses.
Boyd Gaming Corporation earningsBYD
Boyd Gaming’s report will show whether regional casino customers are still spending on gaming, a clue to the customer competition PENN’s casinos face.
Watch Boyd’s casino revenue. If it holds or grows, regional casino customers are still spending, supporting the environment in which PENN competes for similar visitors; if it falls, spending or visits in that market may be weakening, putting more pressure on PENN’s casinos. This is a market clue, not a substitute for PENN’s own results.
Rush Street Interactive, Inc. earningsRSI
Rush Street Interactive’s report will show how well it attracts and keeps online casino players, revealing the competitive challenge for PENN’s U.S. online casino business.
Read Rush Street Interactive’s online casino revenue alongside marketing expense. Revenue growth without a similar rise in marketing expense would suggest it is turning players into revenue efficiently, making PENN’s contest for online casino customers tougher. Weaker revenue, or growth that requires heavier marketing, would suggest weaker demand or less efficient customer acquisition; that may ease competitive pressure on PENN, but the cost of attracting players remains important.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
PENN’s Fed rate decision tracks the benchmark cost of borrowing across the economy, which can change interest paid on its variable-rate debt and the cost of financing its casino operations and projects.
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If it comes in above expectations
If the policy rate is above expectations, higher rates can raise interest expense on PENN’s variable-rate debt and leave less cash for operations and investment.
If it comes in below expectations
If the policy rate is below expectations, lower rates can ease interest expense on PENN’s variable-rate debt and leave more cash for operations and investment.
PENN Entertainment, Inc. earningsThis company
PENN Entertainment’s report will show whether its casinos can sustain revenue and operating earnings while its online gaming business grows and narrows its loss.
Read retail-segment revenue alongside segment Adjusted EBITDAR, the segment profit measure before triple-net lease rent. If both hold or rise, customer spending is translating into stronger casino operations; if revenue holds but EBITDAR weakens, costs or competition are squeezing those operations. Then compare Interactive gaming revenue with its Adjusted EBITDA loss: rising revenue and a narrower loss show the online business improving, while weaker revenue or a still-large loss shows that growth is not yet bringing comparable operating progress. The conclusion is whether the casinos are holding up and the online improvement is translating into better results.
DraftKings Inc. earningsDKNG
DraftKings’ report will show whether its sportsbook is drawing online bettors, a direct competitive comparison as PENN seeks those customers with theScore Bet.
Separate DraftKings’ sportsbook revenue from its online casino revenue. Growth in sportsbook revenue would show that this strong rival is still drawing revenue from online bettors, intensifying the contest for customers faced by PENN’s theScore Bet. If sportsbook revenue weakens while online casino revenue grows, the competitive pressure is more concentrated in casino games than sports betting. DraftKings’ results show how a rival is doing; they cannot by themselves prove whether PENN’s rebrand is working.
