Ballys Corp

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Description of Business

Bally’s Corporation (the “Company,” or “Bally’s”) is a global gaming, hospitality and entertainment company with casinos and resorts and online gaming (“iGaming”) businesses. The Company owns and manages the following properties within its Casinos & Resorts reportable segment:

(1) Includes Bally’s Black Hawk North Casino, Bally’s Black Hawk West Casino and Bally’s Black Hawk East Casino.

(2) Properties leased from Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (“GLPI”). Refer to Note 15 “Leases” for further information.

(3) Temporary casino facility as permanent casino resort is constructed. Site of future permanent casino resort is leased from GLPI.

The Company’s International Interactive reportable segment primarily includes the interactive activities in Europe and Asia of Gamesys Group Ltd. (“Gamesys”), an iCasino and online bingo platform provider and operator.

The North America Interactive reportable segment includes a portfolio of sports betting, iGaming, and free-to-play gaming brands, and the North American operations of Gamesys.

Refer to Note 18 “Segment Reporting” for further information.

Agreement and Plan of Merger

On July 25, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with SG Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), The Queen Casino & Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation and affiliate of Parent (“Queen”), Epsilon Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub I”), Epsilon Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub II”, and together with the Company and Merger Sub I, the “Company Parties”), and, solely for purposes of specified provisions thereof, SG CQ Gaming LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SG Gaming” and together with Parent and Queen, the “Buyer Parties”).

The Merger Agreement provides, among other things and on the terms and subject to the conditions therein, in connection with the closing of the transaction, (i) SG Gaming will contribute to the Company all shares of common stock of Queen that it owns (the “Queen Share Contribution”) in exchange for 26,909,895 shares of common stock of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) based on a 2.45368905950 share exchange ratio, (ii) the Company will issue approximately 3,542,205 shares of Company Common Stock to the other stockholders of Queen, (iii) immediately thereafter, Merger Sub I will merge into the Company (the “Company Merger”), with the Company surviving the Company Merger and (iv) immediately thereafter, Merger Sub II will merge into Queen (the “Queen Merger,” and together with the Company Merger, the “Mergers”), with Queen surviving the Queen Merger as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

The transaction is expected to close in the first calendar quarter of 2025, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions contained in the Merger Agreement, including approval of the Company Merger by (a) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock entitled to vote; (b) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock held by the unaffiliated stockholders of the Company entitled to vote; (c) the expiration of any waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Queen Share Contribution or Mergers under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (which has occurred) and (d) receipt of specified gaming approvals by the Company and Queen (as defined in the Merger Agreement). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares of common stock owned by (i) the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries, (ii) Parent or any of Parent’s affiliates, (iii) by holders exercising statutory appraisal rights; (iv) by SG Gaming following the Queen Share Contribution; or (v) by holders who have elected to have such shares remain issued and outstanding following the Company Merger (a “Rolling Share Election”)) will be converted into the right to receive cash consideration equal to $18.25 per share of common stock (the “Per Share Price”). Each holder of shares of Company Common Stock (other than the Company or its subsidiaries) will have the option to make a Rolling Share Election.

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company Parties and the Buyer Parties, including, among others, covenants by each the Company and Queen relating (i) to conduct of their respective business prior to the closing of the Queen Share Contribution and the Mergers in the ordinary course during the period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and consummation of the Merger and (ii) not to engage in certain expressly enumerated transactions during such period. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company is subject to a customary “no-shop” provision that restricts the Company and its representatives from soliciting an alternative acquisition proposal (as described in the Merger Agreement) from third parties or providing information to or participating in any discussions or negotiations with third parties regarding any alternative acquisition proposal. However, prior to the receipt of the requisite approval of the holders of Company Common Stock, the “no-shop” provision permits the Company, under certain circumstances and in compliance with certain obligations set forth in the Merger Agreement, to provide non-public information and engage in discussions and negotiations with respect to an unsolicited alternative acquisition that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

The Merger Agreement also contains certain termination rights for the Company and Parent, with a termination fee equal to $11,100,000 payable by the Company to Parent under certain circumstances and a termination fee equal to $22,200,000 in cash or stock payable by Parent to the Company under certain circumstances. In addition, the Company or Parent may terminate the Merger Agreement if the Merger is not consummated by July 25, 2025.

The Merger Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby were (i) unanimously recommended by a special committee of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), consisting solely of disinterested members of the Board, on July 24, 2024 and (ii) approved by the disinterested members of the Board on July 24, 2025.

The foregoing descriptions of the Merger, the Merger Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby are not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached as an exhibit to, and described in, the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 25, 2024, and amendments thereto were attached as an exhibit to, and described in, the Company’s Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on August 28, 2024 and October 1, 2024, respectively.

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company and Parent entered into support agreements with Standard RI Ltd. (“SRL”) (the “SG Support Agreement”), SBG Gaming, LLC, a designated subsidiary of Sinclair (“SBG”) (the “SBG Support Agreement”), and Noel Hayden (the “Hayden Support Agreement”), each dated as of July 25, 2024 (collectively, the “Support Agreements”), pursuant to which each of them agreed, among other things, to vote their shares of Company Common Stock to adopt and approve the Merger Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and to make a Rolling Share Election with respect to all shares of Company Common Stock owned or acquired by them, if any, including via the exercise of outstanding options or warrants. In addition, with respect to the SBG Support Agreement, the Company and SBG agreed that SBG would waive the right to receive the Per Share Price as the result of any exercise of performance warrants or options held by SBG. The SBG Support Agreement provides also that, simultaneously with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, SBG will deliver to the Company the options it previously acquired from the Company to purchase 1,639,669 shares of Company Common Stock at prices between $30.00 and $45.00 per share for cancellation and retirement and in exchange therefor, the Company will issue to SBG warrants to purchase 384,536 shares of Company Common Stock containing terms substantially similar to the terms set forth in certain warrants currently held by SBG.

The foregoing descriptions of the Support Agreements are not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to each of the SG Support Agreement, SBG Support Agreement and Hayden Support Agreement, each of which is attached as an exhibit to, and described in, the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 25, 2024.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its majority-owned subsidiaries and entities the Company identifies as variable interest entities (“VIEs”), of which the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. The financial statements of our foreign subsidiaries are translated into US Dollars (“USD”) using exchange rates in effect at period-end for assets and liabilities and average exchange rates during each reporting period for results of operations. Adjustments resulting from financial statement translations are reflected as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in net loss.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial information, including the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of the SEC’s Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain information and note disclosures normally required in complete financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. In the Company’s opinion, these condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

We have made estimates and judgments affecting the amounts reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The actual results that we experience may differ materially from our estimates.

Equity Method Investments

On January 1, 2023, the Company and International Game Technology PLC (“IGT”) contributed certain tangible assets and leases to Rhode Island VLT Company, LLC (the “RI Joint Venture”) in exchange for equity interests of the RI Joint Venture. The Company contributed video lottery terminals (“VLTs”) and player tracking equipment to the joint venture for a 40% equity interest of the RI Joint Venture. The 40% ownership in the joint venture qualifies for equity method accounting. In addition to this joint venture, the Company also has other investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries, which are accounted for using equity method accounting. The Company records its share of net income or loss within “Other non-operating (expense) income, net” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded (loss) income from equity method investments of $(1.1) million and $2.3 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded (loss) income from equity method investments of $(0.3) million and $5.3 million, respectively.

Variable Interest Entities

The Company evaluates entities for which control is achieved through means other than voting rights to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. An entity is a VIE if it has any of the following characteristics (i) has insufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support (ii) equity holders, as a group, lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or (iii) the entity is structured with non-substantive voting rights. The primary beneficiary of the VIE is generally the entity that has (a) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (b) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The Company consolidates its investment in a VIE when it determines that it is its primary beneficiary.

In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, the Company considers qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities and significance of the Company’s investment and other means of participation in the VIE’s expected profits/losses. Significant judgments related to these determinations include estimates about the current and future fair values and performance of assets held by these VIEs and general market conditions.

Management has analyzed and concluded that Breckenridge Curacao B.V. (“Breckenridge”) is a VIE because it does not have sufficient equity investment at risk. The Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary and consolidates the VIE because (a) although the Company does not control all decisions of Breckenridge, the Company has the power to direct the activities of Breckenridge that most significantly impact its economic performance through various contracts with the entity and (b) the nature of these agreements between Breckenridge and the Company provides the Company with the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits based on fees that are based upon off-market rates and commensurate to the level of services provided. The Company receives significant benefits in the form of fees that are not at market and commensurate to the level of services provided. As a result, the Company consolidates all of the assets, liabilities and results of operations of Breckenridge and its subsidiaries in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, Breckenridge had total assets of $166.6 million and $161.3 million, respectively, and total liabilities of $96.8 million and $87.7 million, respectively. Breckenridge had revenues of $40.9 million and $71.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $149.4 million and $232.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The Company may change its original assessment of a VIE upon subsequent events such as the modification of contractual arrangements that affect the characteristics or adequacy of the entity’s equity investments at risk and the disposition of all or a portion of an interest held by the primary beneficiary. The Company performs this analysis on an ongoing basis.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash balances and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less. Restricted cash includes player deposits, payment service provider deposits, cash collateral in connection with amounts previously due to the Chicago Tribune (refer to Note 8 “Property and Equipment”), and VLT and table games related cash payables to certain states where we operate, which are unavailable for the Company’s use.

Accounts Receivable, Net

Accounts receivable, net consists of the following:

(1) Represents the Company’s share of VLT and table games revenue for Bally’s Twin River and Bally’s Tiverton due from the State of Rhode Island and for Bally’s Dover from the State of Delaware.

Deferred Payables

In order to execute on its strategy of improving working capital efficiency, the Company will, from time to time, participate in trade finance or deferred payable initiatives, including programs that may securitize or accelerate liquidity realized from receivables, or alternatively extend trade terms with certain suppliers or vendors. In certain cases, where the Company is not able to extend payment terms directly with suppliers or vendors, the Company will consider deferred payable solutions that simulate such trade term extensions. These solutions generally involve entering into exchange agreements with intermediary institutions who will make payment to the supplier or vendor within the original terms on behalf of the Company, in exchange for a new bill with terms that conforms to the Company’s payment policy of net 90 days. The Company will then pay the new bill to the intermediary institutions, inclusive of any embedded premium, which the Company records as “Interest expense, net,” within three months or less.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company borrowed $82.5 million and $184.8 million, respectively, under these deferred payable arrangements and during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 repaid $61.7 million and $103.1 million, respectively. Amounts outstanding under these deferred payable arrangements were $84.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and are included in “Accrued and other current liabilities” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company incurred $1.7 million and $3.9 million of interest expense, respectively, under these arrangements. These arrangements were not utilized by the Company during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Gaming Expenses

Gaming expenses include, among other things, payroll costs and expenses associated with the operation of VLTs, slots and table games, including gaming taxes payable to jurisdictions in which the Company operates outside of Rhode Island and Delaware, and marketing costs directly associated with the Company’s iGaming products and services. These marketing expenses are included within Gaming expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and were $39.4 million and $43.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $132.6 million and $137.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Gaming expenses also include racing expenses comprised of payroll costs, off track betting (“OTB”) commissions and other expenses associated with the operation of live racing and simulcasting.

Advertising Expense

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, advertising expense was $3.5 million and $5.6 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, advertising expense was $13.2 million and $14.2 million, respectively. Advertising costs are included in “General and administrative” on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Share-Based Compensation

The Company recognized total share-based compensation expense of $4.1 million and $6.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $11.6 million and $18.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The total income tax benefit for share-based compensation arrangements was $1.1 million and $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $3.0 million and $4.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Strategic Partnership - Sinclair Broadcast Group

In 2020, the Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (“Sinclair”) entered into a Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”), which provides for a long-term strategic relationship between Sinclair and the Company. Under the Framework Agreement, the Company issued warrants and options and agreed to share tax benefits and received naming, integration and other rights, including access to Sinclair’s Tennis Channel, Stadium Sports Network and STIRR streaming service. Under a Commercial Agreement (the “Commercial Agreement”) contemplated by the Framework Agreement, the Company paid annual fees to Diamond Sports Group (“Diamond”), a Sinclair subsidiary, for naming rights over Diamond’s regional sports networks (“RSNs”) and other consideration.

The Company accounted for this relationship as an asset acquisition in accordance with the “Acquisition of Assets Rather Than a Business” subsections of ASC 805-50, Business Combinations—Related Issues, using a cost accumulation model. The total intangible asset (“Commercial rights intangible asset”) represents the present value of the naming rights fees and other consideration, including the fair value of the warrants and options, and an estimate of the tax-sharing payments, each explained below. The Commercial rights intangible asset, net of accumulated amortization, was $202.6 million and $225.9 million as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Amortization was $7.8 million and $7.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $23.4 million and $23.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Refer to Note 9 “Goodwill and Intangible Assets” for further information.

The present value of the naming rights fees was recorded as part of intangible assets, with a corresponding liability, which was accreted through interest expense. As of December 31, 2023, the total value of the liability was $57.7 million, with $8.0 million recorded within “Accrued and other current liabilities” related to the short-term portion of the liability, and $49.7 million related to the long-term portion of the liability reflected as “Commercial rights liability” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Accretion expense reported in “Interest expense, net” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations was $1.1 million and $3.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. In the first quarter of 2024, the Company’s obligation to pay Diamond for the naming rights terminated upon the bankruptcy court’s approval of certain settlement terms, which the court approved on March 1, 2024. Refer to Note 17 “Commitments and Contingencies” for further information.

Under the Framework Agreement, the Company issued to SBG (i) an immediately exercisable warrant to purchase up to 4,915,726 shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.01 per share (“the Penny Warrants”), (ii) a warrant to purchase up to a maximum of 3,279,337 additional shares of the Company at a price of $0.01 per share subject to the achievement of various performance metrics (the “Performance Warrants”), and (iii) an option to purchase up to 1,639,669 additional shares in four tranches with purchase prices ranging from $30.00 to $45.00 per share, exercisable over a seven-year period beginning on the fourth anniversary of the November 18, 2020 closing (the “Options”). The exercise and purchase prices and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and options are subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. Refer to Note 1 “General Information” for further information.

The Penny Warrants and Options are equity classified instruments under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The fair value of the Penny Warrants approximates the fair value of the underlying shares and was $150.4 million on November 18, 2020 at issuance, and was recorded to “Additional paid-in-capital” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, with an offset to the Commercial rights intangible asset.

The Performance Warrants are accounted for as a derivative liability because the underlying performance metrics represent an adjustment to the settlement amount that is not indexed to the Company’s own stock and thus equity classification is precluded under ASC 815. Refer to Note 11 “Fair Value Measurements” for further information.

Under the Framework Agreement, the Company agreed to share 60% of the tax benefits it realizes from the Penny Warrants, Options, Performance Warrants and other related payments. Changes in the estimate of the tax benefit to be realized and tax rates in effect at the time, among other changes, are treated as an adjustment to the intangible asset. The liability for these obligations was $18.8 million and $19.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and is reflected in “Commercial rights liabilities” within our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Provision for Income Taxes

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded a benefit for income tax of $3.7 million, at an effective year to date tax rate of 0.8% and a provision for income tax of $153.0 million, at an effective year to date tax rate of 62.7%, respectively. The 2024 year to date effective tax rate differed from the US federal statutory tax rate of 21%, creating a benefit for income tax on the Company’s Loss before income taxes, largely due to an increase in the valuation allowance, entirely offset by discrete tax asset related to the sale-leaseback transaction involving the real estate underlying the Bally’s Chicago project. The 2023 year to date effective tax rate was higher than the US federal statutory tax rate of 21%, largely due to an increase in the valuation allowance and a tax liability for a discrete item related to the deferred gain on sale-leaseback transactions in Mississippi and Rhode Island.

3. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

General and Administrative Expense

Amounts included in General and administrative for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

(1) Includes impairment charges on long-lived assets within the International Interactive segment in the second quarter of 2024 and impairment charges related to assets held-for-sale within the North America Interactive segment in 2023.

Other Non-Operating (Expense) Income, Net

Amounts included in Other non-operating (expense) income, net for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

4. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Standards to Be Implemented

In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements - Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. The amendments in this update align the requirements in the ASC to the SEC’s regulations. The effective date for each amended topic in the ASC is the date on which the SEC’s removal of the related disclosure requirement from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective. If by June 30, 2027, the SEC has not removed the related disclosure from its regulations, the amendments will be removed from the Codification and not become effective. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this amendment on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The amendments in this update enhance the disclosures required for significant segment expenses on an annual and interim basis. The guidance will apply retrospectively and is effective for annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2024. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this amendment on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in this update enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. This update will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this amendment on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-02, Codification Improvements - Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements. This amendment to the Codification removes references to various Concepts Statements. This update will be effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted if adopted as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this amendment on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

5. REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires the revenue to be recognized when a performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the control of promised goods or services and is measured at the transaction price or the amount of consideration that the Company expects to receive through satisfaction of the identified performance obligations.

The Company generates revenue from four principal sources: (1) gaming (which includes retail gaming, online gaming, sports betting and racing), (2) hotel, (3) food and beverage and (4) retail, entertainment and other.

Sales tax and other taxes collected on behalf of governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and are not included in revenue or operating expenses.

Gaming Revenue

Performance Obligations

Retail gaming service contracts involving our land-based casinos, each have an obligation to honor the outcome of a wager and to pay out an amount equal to the stated odds, including the return of the initial wager, if the customer receives a winning hand. These elements of honoring the outcome of the hand of play and generating a payout are considered one performance obligation, with an additional performance obligation for those customers earning incentives under the Company’s player loyalty program.

Online gaming and sports betting represent a single performance obligation for the Company to operate contests or games and award prizes or payouts to users based on results of the arrangement. Additionally, the use of incentives across the online gaming products create future customer rights and are a separate performance obligation.

Racing revenue is earned through advance deposit wagering, which consists of patrons wagering through an advance deposit account. Each wagering contract contains a single performance obligation.

Transaction Price

The Company applies a practical expedient to account for its gaming contracts on a portfolio basis as such wagers have similar characteristics and the Company reasonably expects the impact on the consolidated financial statements of applying the revenue recognition guidance to the portfolio would not differ materially from the application of an individual wagering contract. The transaction price for a retail gaming, online gaming or sports betting wagering contract is the difference between wins and losses, not the total amount wagered. In addition, in the event of a multi-stage contest, the Company will allocate transaction price ratably from contest start to the contest’s final stage.

The transaction price for racing operations, inclusive of live racing events conducted at the Company’s racing facilities, is the commission received from the pari-mutuel pool less contractual fees and obligations, primarily consisting of purse funding requirements, simulcasting fees, tote fees and certain pari-mutuel taxes that are directly related to the racing operations.

For purposes of allocating the transaction price in a wagering contract between the wagering performance obligation and the obligation associated with incentives earned under loyalty programs, the Company allocates an amount to the loyalty program contract liability based on the stand-alone selling price of the incentive earned. The performance obligation related to loyalty program incentives are deferred and recognized as revenue upon redemption by the customer.

Revenue Recognition

The allocated revenue for retail gaming wagers is recognized when the wagering occurs as all such wagers settle immediately. Online gaming revenue is recognized at the point in time when the player completes a gaming session and payout occurs. Sports betting involves a player wagering money on an outcome or series of outcomes. If a player wins the wager, the Company pays the player a pre-determined amount known as fixed odds, and its revenue is recognized as total wagers net of payouts made and incentives awarded to players. Racing revenue includes several of our casinos and resorts’ share of wagering from live racing and the import of simulcast signals, and is recognized upon completion of the wager based upon an established take-out percentage.

The estimated retail value related to goods and services provided to customers without charge or upon redemption under the Company’s player loyalty programs included in departmental revenues, and therefore reducing gaming revenues, are as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:

Non-gaming Revenue

Performance Obligations

Hotel, food and beverage, and retail, entertainment and other services have been determined to be separate, stand-alone performance obligations and revenue is recognized as the good or service is transferred at the point in time of the transaction.

Transaction Price

The transaction price for hotel, food and beverage, and retail, entertainment and other, is the net amount collected from the customer for such goods and services. The estimated standalone selling price of hotel rooms is determined based on observable prices. The standalone selling price of these goods and services are determined based upon the actual retail prices charged to customers for those items.

Revenue Recognition

Hotel revenue is recognized when the customer obtains control through occupancy of the room over their stay at the hotel. Advance deposits for hotel rooms are recorded as liabilities until revenue recognition criteria are met. Food, beverage and retail revenues are recognized at the time the goods are sold from Company-operated outlets. Other revenue includes cancellation fees for hotel and meeting space services, which are recognized upon cancellation by the customer, and golf revenues from the Company’s operations of Bally’s Golf Links, which are recognized at the time of sale. Additionally, other revenue includes market access and business-to-business service revenue generated by the International Interactive and North America Interactive reportable segments, which is recognized at the time the goods are sold or the service is provided, and are included in Non-gaming revenue within our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following tables provide a disaggregation of revenue by segment (in thousands):

Contract Assets and Contract Related Liabilities

The Company’s receivables related to contracts with customers are primarily comprised of marker balances, interactive platform business-to-business service receivables, other amounts due from gaming activities, amounts due for hotel stays and amounts due from tracks and OTB locations. The Company’s receivables related to contracts with customers were $30.8 million and $38.5 million as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

The Company has the following liabilities related to contracts with customers: liabilities for loyalty programs, advance deposits made for goods and services yet to be provided and unpaid wagers. All of the contract liabilities are short-term in nature and are included in “Accrued and other current liabilities” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Loyalty program incentives earned by customers are typically redeemed within one year from when they are earned and expire if a customer’s account is inactive for more than 12 months; therefore, the majority of these incentives outstanding at the end of a period will either be redeemed or expire within the next 12 months.

Advance deposits are typically interactive player deposits and customer deposits for future banquet events, hotel room reservations, and gift cards. The Company holds restricted cash for interactive player deposits and records a corresponding withdrawal liability. The banquet and hotel reservation deposits are usually received weeks or months in advance of the event or hotel stay.

Unpaid wagers include the Company’s outstanding chip liability and unpaid slot, pari-mutuel and sports betting tickets.

Liabilities related to contracts with customers as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:

The Company recognized $7.1 million and $10.0 million of revenue related to loyalty program redemptions for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $22.6 million and $27.7 million of revenue related to loyalty program redemptions for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

6. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Casinos & Resorts Acquisitions

Bally’s Golf Links - On September 12, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, subsequently renamed Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point, which includes the assignment of a license agreement to operate an 18-hole links-style golf course located in the Bronx, New York.

The total purchase consideration included cash paid, net of cash acquired and net working capital adjustments, which amounted to $55.0 million. This acquisition continues the Company’s strategic objective of developing a diversified portfolio within its Casinos & Resorts segment.

Total purchase consideration also includes contingent consideration valued at $58.6 million, which is the fair value, under GAAP, of expected cash payments totaling up to $125 million to the seller, based upon future events, which are uncertain. The contingent consideration was recorded at fair value, using discounted cash flow analyses with level 3 inputs, and is remeasured quarterly, with fair value adjustments recognized in earnings, until the contingencies are resolved. Inputs to this valuation approach include the Company’s estimated probabilities of achieving the conditions for payment, expected terms between 1.5 and 3 Years, and discount rates between 7.2% and 7.8%. The settlement of the contingent consideration liabilities will be due to the seller in the event the license agreement is extended or if the Company is successful in its bid for a casino license.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the Casinos & Resorts acquisition as of September 30, 2024:

(1) Bally’s Golf Links’ intangible assets include a concessionaire license of $6.5 million, which is being amortized over its estimated useful life of approximately 12 years.

(2) The Company recorded adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 which decreased Goodwill and the total purchase price by $0.2 million.

Goodwill recognized is deductible for local tax purposes and has been assigned as of the acquisition date to the Company’s Casinos & Resorts reportable segment, which includes the reporting unit expected to benefit from the synergies of the acquisitions. Qualitative factors that contribute to the recognition of goodwill include expected synergies from integrating the business into the Company’s casino portfolio and future development of its omni-channel strategy.

The Company incurred $0.2 million of acquisition costs related to the above Casinos & Resorts acquisition during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and $0.5 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. These costs are included within “General and administrative” of the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

International Interactive Acquisition

Casino Secret - On January 5, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of BACA Limited (“Casino Secret”), a European based online casino that offers slots, tables and live dealer games to Asian markets for total consideration of $50.4 million. Cash paid by the Company, net of $8.3 million cash acquired, was $38.7 million, excluding transaction costs.

The following table summarizes the consideration paid and the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the International Interactive acquisition:

(1) Casino Secret intangible assets include player relationships and trade names of $26.0 million and $3.5 million, respectively, which are both being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of approximately 7 years.

(2) The Company did not record adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Total goodwill recorded in connection with the above acquisition was $18.4 million, and is not deductible for local tax purposes. Qualitative factors that contribute to the recognition of goodwill include certain intangible assets that are not recognized as separate identifiable intangible assets apart from goodwill, which consist primarily of benefits from acquiring a talented technology workforce and management team experienced in the online gaming industry, and securing buyer-specific synergies expected to contribute to the Company’s omni-channel strategy which are expected to increase revenue and profits within the Company’s International Interactive reportable segment. The goodwill of the acquisition has been assigned, as of the acquisition date, to the Company’s International Interactive reportable segment.

The Company incurred $1.2 million of acquisition costs related to the above International Interactive acquisition during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. There wereno acquisition costs related to the International Interactive acquisition during the three months ended September 30, 2023 or three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. These costs are included within “General and administrative” of the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

7. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, prepaid expenses and other current assets was comprised of the following: