Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: Nasdaq) announced today that it will release its 2017 first quarter financial results at 7:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 27, 2017 and will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast at 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Both the call and webcast are open to the general public.

The conference call number is 212/231-2936; please call five minutes in advance to ensure that you are connected prior to the presentation. Interested parties may also access the live call on the Internet at www.pngaming.com; allow 15 minutes to register and download and install any necessary software. Questions and answers will be reserved for call-in analysts and investors. A replay of the call can be accessed for thirty days on the Internet at www.pngaming.com.

About Penn National Gaming

Penn National Gaming is a diversified, multi-jurisdictional owner and manager of gaming and racing facilities and video gaming terminal operations. The Company recently expanded into social online gaming offerings via its Penn Interactive Ventures, LLC division and its recent acquisition of Rocket Speed, Inc. (formerly known as Rocket Games, Inc.). Penn National currently owns, manages, or has ownership interests in twenty-seven facilities in the following seventeen jurisdictions: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, and Ontario, Canada. Penn National recently agreed to acquire the holding companies for the gaming operations of Bally’s Casino Tunica and Resorts Casino Tunica, with the transaction expected to close in the second quarter of 2017.

Forward-Looking Statements

The discussion in this press release may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as “expects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “should” or “anticipates” or the negative or other variation of these or similar words, or by discussions of future events, strategies or risks and uncertainties. Such forward looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about Penn National Gaming and its subsidiaries, including risks relating to required regulatory approvals and other conditions to closing the acquisitions described herein, the successful integration of such acquisitions and our ability to realize potential synergies or projected financial results from such acquisitions, and accordingly, any forward looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors described in Penn National Gaming’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written and oral forward looking statements attributable to Penn National Gaming or persons acting on the Company’s behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included herein. Penn National Gaming undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements except as required by law.