Native American Development	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Development Disclosure [Abstract]
Native American Development	Native American Development The Company, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians (the “Mono”), a federally recognized Native American tribe located near Fresno, California and the North Fork Rancheria Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) have entered into a Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) and a Third Amended and Restated Development Agreement (the “Development Agreement”), each dated as of November 7, 2023. Pursuant to the Development Agreement, the Company has assisted and will assist the Mono and the Authority in developing a gaming and entertainment facility (the “North Fork Project”) to be located in Madera County, California. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Company will assist the Mono and the Authority in operating the North Fork Project. The Company purchased a 305-acre parcel of land adjacent to Highway 99 north of the city of Madera (the “North Fork Site”), which was taken into trust for the benefit of the Mono by the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) in February 2013. In July 2016, the DOI issued Secretarial procedures (the “Secretarial Procedures”) pursuant to which the Mono may conduct Class III gaming on the North Fork Site. As of January 5, 2024, Mono received the approval of the Management Agreement from the Chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission (“NIGC”). As currently contemplated, the North Fork Project is expected to include approximately 2,000 Class III slot machines and additional Class II slot machines, approximately 44 table games and several restaurants. Total costs of the project are expected to be approximately $750 million which includes all design costs, construction costs, preopening expenses and financing and development fees. In September 2024, construction commenced on the site of the North Fork Project. The Company currently estimates that the North Fork Project will be completed and opened for business in the fourth quarter of 2026. In March 2016, Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians (“Picayune”) filed a complaint for declaratory relief and petition for writ of mandate in California Superior Court for the County of Madera against Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., alleging that the referendum that invalidated the Compact also invalidated Governor Brown’s concurrence with the Secretary of the Interior’s determination that gaming on the North Fork Site would be in the best interest of the Mono and not detrimental to the surrounding community. The complaint seeks to vacate and set aside the Governor’s concurrence and was stayed from December 2016 to September 2021, when the Supreme Court of California denied the Mono’s and the State of California’s petition for review in Stand Up for California! v. Brown. As a result of the denial, litigation of this matter has resumed and a first amended complaint was filed by Picayune in December 2022. Each of the State of California and the Mono filed demurrers challenging the first amended complaint; in July 2023, the State of California’s demurrer was granted and the Mono’s demurrer was denied. The Mono has answered the first amended complaint and each of the Mono and Picayune have filed motions for summary judgment, which motions are fully briefed. In May 2024, the Superior Court of California granted Picayune’s motion for summary judgment and denied the Mono’s motion for summary judgment. Picayune has appealed the grant of the State of California’s demurrer and the Mono have appealed the grant of Picayune’s motion for summary judgment. The appeals have been consolidated, the briefing of the appeals is completed and oral argument on the appeals is anticipated to be held in the next several months. Under the terms of the Development Agreement, the Company agreed to arrange and, effective as of April 4, 2025, has arranged the financing for the ongoing development costs and construction of the facility. The Company received a repayment of $110.5 million from the initial drawdown of the term loans, representing a portion of the amounts due on its advances to the Mono. In connection with the financing, the Company entered into a completion guaranty and a subordination agreement in favor of the financing parties and released its existing security interests in the assets of the North Fork Project. Under the completion guaranty, the Company has agreed to make reimbursable interest-bearing advances to the Mono for completion of the project in the event that total project costs exceed the financing available under the Mono’s facility loan. The Company’s commitment to make such advances is capped at $425.0 million. It is not probable that any such funding will be necessary to complete the project. Through April 4, 2025, the Company had paid approximately $117.1 million of reimbursable advances to the Mono, primarily to complete the environmental impact study, purchase the North Fork Site and pay costs of litigation and certain construction costs. The Company accounts for the advances using the cost recovery method, and the Company recognizes no interest on the advances until the carrying amount of the advances has been recovered and the interest is received. Immediately prior to the receipt of the $110.5 million payment, the carrying amount of the advances was $102.0 million, which was net of a $15.1 million fair value adjustment recognized upon the Company’s adoption of fresh-start reporting in 2011. The $110.5 million repayment reduced the carrying amount of the advances to zero and the Company recognized a gain on Native American development of $8.5 million, representing the excess of the repayment amount over the net carrying amount of the advances, which is presented in Gain on Native American development in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. At June 30, 2025, there was $72.3 million in unrecognized amounts due from the Mono. As the Company will continue to use the cost recovery method, the unrecognized amount and future accrued interest will remain on nonaccrual status. The Company will recognize future payments related to unrecognized amounts due from the Mono as Gain on Native American development as they are received. Future repayments of amounts due from the Mono are expected to come from cash flows from the North Fork Project’s operations, from the North Fork Project’s financing, or from a combination of both. Under the terms of the Development Agreement, the Company is entitled to receive a development fee of 4% of the costs of construction for its development services, which will be paid after the commencement of gaming operations at the facility. After the Mono’s receipt of the construction loan, the Company concluded that collection of this development fee was reasonably certain as this fee is stipulated as a permissible use of funds under the loan agreement. As a result, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded a $10.0 million cumulative revenue catch-up and corresponding receivable from the Mono, which is presented in Other assets, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company will recognize future development fee revenue over time as it satisfies its performance obligations under the Development Agreement. The proposed management agreement provides for the Company to receive a management fee of 30% of the North Fork Project’s net income. The Management Agreement has a term of seven years from the opening of the North Fork Project. The Management Agreement includes termination provisions whereby either party may terminate the agreement for cause, and may also be terminated at any time upon agreement of the parties. There is no provision in the Management Agreement allowing the tribe to buy out the agreement prior to its expiration. The Management Agreement provides that the Company will train the Mono tribal members such that they may assume responsibility for managing the North Fork Project upon the expiration of the agreement. While the Company believes that the North Fork Project will be successfully completed and opened, developments of this nature are inherently uncertain and there can be no assurance that the North Fork Project will be successfully completed, that the cash flows from the North Fork Project will be sufficient to repay the remaining amounts due on the advances, including accrued interest thereon, or that the Company will recover all of its investment in the North Fork Project even if it is successfully completed and opened for business.

The Company, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians (the “Mono”), a federally recognized Native American tribe located near Fresno, California and the North Fork Rancheria Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) have entered into a Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) and a Third Amended and Restated Development Agreement (the “Development Agreement”), each dated as of November 7, 2023. Pursuant to the Development Agreement, the Company has assisted and will assist the Mono and the Authority in developing a gaming and entertainment facility (the “North Fork Project”) to be located in Madera County, California. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Company will assist the Mono and the Authority in operating the North Fork Project. The Company purchased a 305-acre parcel of land adjacent to Highway 99 north of the city of Madera (the “North Fork Site”), which was taken into trust for the benefit of the Mono by the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) in February 2013. In July 2016, the DOI issued Secretarial procedures (the “Secretarial Procedures”) pursuant to which the Mono may conduct Class III gaming on the North Fork Site. As of January 5, 2024, Mono received the approval of the Management Agreement from the Chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission (“NIGC”).

As currently contemplated, the North Fork Project is expected to include approximately 2,000 Class III slot machines and additional Class II slot machines, approximately 44 table games and several restaurants. Total costs of the project are expected to be approximately $750 million which includes all design costs, construction costs, preopening expenses and financing and development fees. In September 2024, construction commenced on the site of the North Fork Project. The Company currently estimates that the North Fork Project will be completed and opened for business in the fourth quarter of 2026.

In March 2016, Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians (“Picayune”) filed a complaint for declaratory relief and petition for writ of mandate in California Superior Court for the County of Madera against Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., alleging that the referendum that invalidated the Compact also invalidated Governor Brown’s concurrence with the Secretary of the Interior’s determination that gaming on the North Fork Site would be in the best interest of the Mono and not detrimental to the surrounding community. The complaint seeks to vacate and set aside the Governor’s concurrence and was stayed from December 2016 to September 2021, when the Supreme Court of California denied the Mono’s and the State of California’s petition for review in Stand Up for California! v. Brown. As a result of the denial, litigation of this matter has resumed and a first amended complaint was filed by Picayune in December 2022. Each of the State of California and the Mono filed demurrers challenging the first amended complaint; in July 2023, the State of California’s demurrer was granted and the Mono’s demurrer was denied. The Mono has answered the first amended complaint and each of the Mono and Picayune have filed motions for summary judgment, which motions are fully briefed. In May 2024, the Superior Court of California granted Picayune’s motion for summary judgment and denied the Mono’s motion for summary judgment. Picayune has appealed the grant of the State of California’s demurrer and the Mono have appealed the grant of Picayune’s motion for summary judgment. The appeals have been consolidated, the briefing of the appeals is completed and oral argument on the appeals is anticipated to be held in the next several months.

Under the terms of the Development Agreement, the Company agreed to arrange and, effective as of April 4, 2025, has arranged the financing for the ongoing development costs and construction of the facility. The Company received a repayment of $110.5 million from the initial drawdown of the term loans, representing a portion of the amounts due on its advances to the Mono. In connection with the financing, the Company entered into a completion guaranty and a subordination agreement in favor of the financing parties and released its existing security interests in the assets of the North Fork Project. Under the completion guaranty, the Company has agreed to make reimbursable interest-bearing advances to the Mono for completion of the project in the event that total project costs exceed the financing available under the Mono’s facility loan. The Company’s commitment to make such advances is capped at $425.0 million. It is not probable that any such funding will be necessary to complete the project.

Through April 4, 2025, the Company had paid approximately $117.1 million of reimbursable advances to the Mono, primarily to complete the environmental impact study, purchase the North Fork Site and pay costs of litigation and certain construction costs. The Company accounts for the advances using the cost recovery method, and the Company recognizes no interest on the advances until the carrying amount of the advances has been recovered and the interest is received. Immediately prior to the receipt of the $110.5 million payment, the carrying amount of the advances was $102.0 million, which was net of a $15.1 million fair value adjustment recognized upon the Company’s adoption of fresh-start reporting in 2011. The $110.5 million repayment reduced the carrying amount of the advances to zero and the Company recognized a gain on Native American development of $8.5 million, representing the excess of the repayment amount over the net carrying amount of the advances, which is presented in Gain on Native American development in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

At June 30, 2025, there was $72.3 million in unrecognized amounts due from the Mono. As the Company will continue to use the cost recovery method, the unrecognized amount and future accrued interest will remain on nonaccrual status. The Company will recognize future payments related to unrecognized amounts due from the Mono as Gain on Native American development as they are received. Future repayments of amounts due from the Mono are expected to come from cash flows from the North Fork Project’s operations, from the North Fork Project’s financing, or from a combination of both.

Under the terms of the Development Agreement, the Company is entitled to receive a development fee of 4% of the costs of construction for its development services, which will be paid after the commencement of gaming operations at the facility. After the Mono’s receipt of the construction loan, the Company concluded that collection of this development fee was reasonably certain as this fee is stipulated as a permissible use of funds under the loan agreement. As a result, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded a $10.0 million cumulative revenue catch-up and corresponding receivable from the Mono, which is presented in Other assets, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company will recognize future development fee revenue over time as it satisfies its performance obligations under the Development Agreement.

The proposed management agreement provides for the Company to receive a management fee of 30% of the North Fork Project’s net income. The Management Agreement has a term of seven years from the opening of the North Fork Project. The Management Agreement includes termination provisions whereby either party may terminate the agreement for cause, and may also be terminated at any time upon agreement of the parties. There is no provision in the Management Agreement allowing the tribe to buy out the agreement prior to its expiration. The Management Agreement provides that the Company will train the Mono tribal members such that they may assume responsibility for managing the North Fork Project upon the expiration of the agreement.

While the Company believes that the North Fork Project will be successfully completed and opened, developments of this nature are inherently uncertain and there can be no assurance that the North Fork Project will be successfully completed, that the cash flows from the North Fork Project will be sufficient to repay the remaining amounts due on the advances, including accrued interest thereon, or that the Company will recover all of its investment in the North Fork Project even if it is successfully completed and opened for business.