Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of the financial position and operating results of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and related notes thereto and other financial information contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2024. All defined terms included herein have the same meaning as those set forth in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements in this document are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. ("GLPI") and its subsidiaries (collectively with GLPI, the "Company") to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning the Company’s business strategy, plans, goals and objectives.
Forward-looking statements in this document include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our ability to grow our portfolio of gaming facilities. In addition, statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "projects," "estimates," "plans," "may increase," "may fluctuate," and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should," "would," "may" and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. You should understand that the following important factors could affect future results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements:
• our or our partner’s ability to successfully complete construction of various casino projects currently under development for which we have agreed to provide construction development funding, including Bally’s Chicago, and the ability and willingness of our partners to meet and/or perform their respective obligations under the applicable construction financing and/or development documents;
• the impact that higher inflation rates and interest rates and uncertainty with respect to the future state of the economy could have on discretionary consumer spending, including the casino operations of our tenants;
• unforeseen consequences related to United States ("U.S.") government, economic, monetary or trade policies and stimulus packages on inflation rates, interest rates and economic growth;
• the ability of our tenants to maintain the financial strength and liquidity necessary to satisfy their respective obligations and liabilities to third parties, including, without limitation, to satisfy obligations under their existing credit facilities and other indebtedness;
• the availability of and the ability to identify suitable and attractive acquisition and development opportunities and the ability to acquire and lease the respective properties on favorable terms;
• the degree and nature of our competition;
• the ability to receive, or delays in obtaining, the regulatory approvals required to own and/or operate our properties, or other delays or impediments to completing our planned acquisitions or projects;
• the potential of a new pandemic or similar national health crisis, including its effect on the ability or desire of people to gather in large groups (including in casinos), which could impact our financial results, operations, outlooks, plans, goals, growth, cash flows, liquidity, and stock price;
• our ability to maintain our status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), given the highly technical and complex Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") provisions for which only limited judicial and administrative authorities exist, where even a technical or inadvertent violation could jeopardize REIT qualification and where requirements may depend in part on the actions of third parties over which the Company has no control or only limited influence;
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• the satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, shareholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis in order for the Company to maintain its REIT status;
• the ability and willingness of our tenants and other third parties to meet and/or perform their obligations under their respective contractual arrangements with us, including lease and note requirements and in some cases, their obligations to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from and against various claims, litigation and liabilities;
• the ability of our tenants to comply with laws, rules and regulations in the operation of our properties, to deliver high quality services, to attract and retain qualified personnel and to attract customers;
• the ability to generate sufficient cash flows to service and comply with financial covenants under our outstanding indebtedness;
• our ability to access capital through debt and equity markets in amounts and at rates and costs acceptable to GLPI, including for the satisfaction of our funding commitments to the extent drawn by our partners, acquisitions or refinancings due to maturities;
• the ability of our tenants to decline our funding commitments by seeking alternative financing solutions and/or if our tenants do elect to utilize our funding commitments, the amounts drawn and the timing of these draws may be different than what the Company assumed;
• adverse changes in our credit rating;
• the availability of qualified personnel and our ability to retain our key management personnel;
• changes in the U.S. tax law and other federal, state or local laws, whether or not specific to real estate, REITs or the gaming, lodging or hospitality industries;
• changes in accounting standards;
• the impact of weather or climate events or conditions, natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other international hostilities, war (including the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East) or political instability;
• the risk that the historical financial statements included herein do not reflect what the business, financial position or results of operations of GLPI may be in the future;
• other risks inherent in the real estate business, including potential liability relating to environmental matters and illiquidity of real estate investments; and
• additional factors as discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the "Annual Report"), in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
You should consider the areas of risk described above, as well as those set forth in the "Risk Factors" section in the Company’s Annual Report and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in connection with considering any forward-looking statements that may be made by the Company generally. Other unknown or unpredictable factors may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are difficult to anticipate and are generally beyond the control of the Company. Except for the ongoing obligations of the Company to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless required to do so by law.
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Company Overview
GLPI is a self-administered and self-managed REIT headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. GLPI was incorporated on February 13, 2013, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PENN. On November 1, 2013, PENN contributed to GLPI, through a series of internal corporate restructurings, substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated with PENN’s real property interests and real estate development business, as well as the assets and liabilities of Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and Hollywood Casino Perryville and then spun-off GLPI to holders of PENN's common and preferred stock in a tax-free distribution (the "Spin-Off").
Since 2021, the Company has been structured as an umbrella partnership REIT under which substantially all of our business is conducted through GLP Capital, the day-to-day management of which is exclusively controlled by GLPI. GLPI has no material assets other than its investment in GLP Capital. GLPI issues equity from time to time and is obligated to contribute the net proceeds from those offerings to GLP Capital. As of June 30, 2025, GLPI holds a 97.0% controlling financial interest in the operating partnership.
Business Strategy
We seek to provide an opportunity to invest in the growth opportunities afforded by the gaming industry, with the stability and cash flow opportunities of a REIT. Our primary business consists of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements. Under these arrangements, in addition to rent, the tenants are required to pay the following executory costs: (1) all facility maintenance, (2) all insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, including coverage of the landlord's interests, (3) taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties (other than taxes on the income of the lessor) and (4) all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties.
Property and lease information
The Company has disclosed the following key terms of its Master Leases and Single Property Leases in the tables below, along with the properties within each lease at June 30, 2025. We believe the following key terms are important for users of our financial statements to understand.
• The Coverage ratio is a defined term in each respective lease agreement with our tenants and represents the ratio of Adjusted EBITDAR to rent expense for the properties contained within each lease. Adjusted EBITDAR is defined in each respective lease but is generally consistent with the Company's definition of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined on page 42) plus rent expense paid to GLPI.
• Certain leases have a Minimum Escalator Coverage Ratio Governor as disclosed below. Before a rent escalation of up to 2% on the building base rent component of each lease can occur, the minimum coverage ratio for these leases needs to be 1.8 to 1 for the applicable lease year.
• The reported Coverage ratios below with respect to our tenants' rent coverage over the trailing twelve months were provided by our tenants for the most recently available time period. GLPI has not independently verified the accuracy of the tenants' information and therefore makes no representation as to its accuracy. Rent coverage ratios are not reported for ground leases and development projects nor on leases that have been in effect for less than twelve months.
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Master Leases
Penn 2023 Master Lease Amended Penn Master Lease
Operator PENN PENN
Properties Hollywood Casino Aurora Aurora, IL Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg, IN
Hollywood Casino Joliet Joliet, IL Argosy Casino Alton Alton, IL
Hollywood Casino Toledo Toledo, OH Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races Charles Town, WV
Hollywood Casino Columbus Columbus, OH Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course Grantville, PA
M Resort Henderson, NV Hollywood Casino Bangor Bangor, ME
Hollywood Casino at the Meadows Washington, PA Zia Park Casino Hobbs, NM
Hollywood Casino Perryville Perryville, MD Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast Bay St. Louis, MS
Argosy Casino Riverside Riverside, MO
Hollywood Casino Tunica Tunica, MS
Boomtown Biloxi Biloxi, MS
Hollywood Casino St. Louis Maryland Heights, MO
Hollywood Gaming Casino at Dayton Raceway Dayton, OH
Hollywood Gaming Casino at Mahoning Valley Race Track Youngstown, OH
1st Jackpot Casino Tunica, MS
Commencement Date 1/1/2023 11/1/2013
Lease Expiration Date 10/31/2033 10/31/2033
Remaining Renewal Terms 15 (3x5 years) 15 (3x5 years)
Corporate Guarantee Yes Yes
Master Lease with Cross Collateralization Yes Yes
Technical Default Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Default Adjusted Revenue to Rent Coverage 1.1 1.1
Competitive Radius Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Escalator Details
Yearly Base Rent Escalator Maximum 1.5% (1) 2 %
Coverage ratio at March 31, 2025 1.89 2.14
Minimum Escalator Coverage Governor N/A 1.8
Yearly Anniversary for Realization November November
Percentage Rent Reset Details
Reset Frequency N/A 5 years
Next Reset N/A Nov-28
(1) In addition to the annual escalation, a one-time annualized increase of $1.4 million occurs on November 1, 2027.
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Master Leases
Amended Pinnacle Master Lease Bally's Master Lease
Operator PENN Bally's
Properties Ameristar Black Hawk Black Hawk, CO Bally's Evansville Evansville, IN
Ameristar East Chicago East Chicago, IN Bally's Dover Casino Resort Dover, DE
Ameristar Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA Black Hawk (Black Hawk North, West and East casinos) Black Hawk, CO
L'Auberge Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Quad Cities Casino & Hotel Rock Island, IL
Boomtown Bossier City Bossier City, LA Bally's Tiverton Hotel & Casino Tiverton, RI
L'Auberge Lake Charles Lake Charles, LA Hard Rock Casino and Hotel Biloxi Biloxi, MS
Boomtown New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Ameristar Vicksburg Vicksburg, MS
River City Casino & Hotel St. Louis, MO
Jackpot Properties (Cactus Petes and Horseshu) Jackpot, NV
Plainridge Park Casino Plainridge, MA
Commencement Date 4/28/2016 6/3/2021
Lease Expiration Date 4/30/2031 6/2/2036
Remaining Renewal Terms 20 (4x5 years) 20 (4x5 years)
Corporate Guarantee Yes Yes
Master Lease with Cross Collateralization Yes Yes
Technical Default Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Default Adjusted Revenue to Rent Coverage 1.2 1.35 (1)
Competitive Radius Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Escalator Details
Yearly Base Rent Escalator Maximum 2 % (2)
Coverage ratio at March 31, 2025 1.69 (3) 2.01
Minimum Escalator Coverage Governor 1.8 N/A
Yearly Anniversary for Realization May June
Percentage Rent Reset Details
Reset Frequency 2 years N/A
Next Reset May-26 N/A
(1) Effective July 1, 2025, this ratio has been revised so that if the tenant's parent's net leverage is greater than 5.5 to 1, then the adjusted revenue to rent coverage for the last two consecutive test periods must be at least 1.35. If the tenant's parent's net leverage is equal to or less than 5.5 to 1, then the ratio shall be reduced to 1.2.
(2) If the CPI increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, then the rent shall increase by the greater of 1% of the rent as of the immediately preceding lease year and the CPI increase capped at 2%. If the CPI is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year.
(3) Coverage ratio for escalation purposes excludes adjusted revenue and rent attributable to the Plainridge Park facility as well as certain other fixed rent amounts.
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Master Leases
Bally's Master Lease II Casino Queen Master Lease
Operator Bally's Bally's
Properties Bally's Kansas City Kansas City, MO DraftKings at Casino Queen East St. Louis, IL (4)
Bally's Shreveport Shreveport, LA The Queen Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA (4)
Casino Queen Marquette Marquette, IA
Belle of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA
Commencement Date 12/16/2024 12/17/2021
Lease Expiration Date 12/15/2039 12/31/2036
Remaining Renewal Terms 20 (4x5 years) 20 (4x5 years)
Corporate Guarantee Yes Yes (4)
Master Lease with Cross Collateralization Yes Yes
Technical Default Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Default Adjusted Revenue to Rent Coverage 1.35 (1) 1.35 (1)
Competitive Radius Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Escalator Details
Yearly Base Rent Escalator Maximum (2) (3)
Coverage ratio at March 31, 2025 2.72 2.26
Minimum Escalator Coverage Governor N/A N/A
Yearly Anniversary for Realization December December
Percentage Rent Reset Details
Reset Frequency N/A N/A
Next Reset N/A N/A
(1) Effective July 1, 2025, this ratio has been revised so that if the tenant's parent's net leverage is greater than 5.5 to 1, then the adjusted revenue to rent coverage for the last two consecutive test periods must be at least 1.35. If the tenant's parent's net leverage is equal to or less than 5.5 to 1, then the ratio shall be reduced to 1.2.
(2) If the CPI increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, then the rent shall increase by the greater of 1% of the rent as of the immediately preceding lease year and the CPI increase capped at 2%. If the CPI is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year.
(3) Rent increases by 0.5% for the first six years. Beginning in the seventh lease year through the remainder of the lease term, if the CPI increases by at least 0.25% for any lease year then annual rent shall be increased by 1.25%, and if the CPI is less than 0.25% then rent will remain unchanged for such lease year.
(4) Effective July 1, 2025, these properties were transferred to Bally's Master Lease II and the associated annual rental income of $28.9 million was reallocated from the Casino Queen Master Lease to Bally's Master Lease II. Additionally, the corporate guarantee for this lease was removed and was replaced by a guarantee from several Bally's entities.
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Master Leases
Boyd Master Lease Caesars Amended and Restated Master Lease
Operator Boyd Caesars
Properties Belterra Casino Resort Florence, IN Tropicana Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ
Ameristar Kansas City Kansas City, MO Tropicana Laughlin Laughlin, NV
Ameristar St. Charles St. Charles, MO Trop Casino Greenville Greenville, MS
Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf Bettendorf, IA
Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo Waterloo, IA
Commencement Date 10/15/2018 10/1/2018
Lease Expiration Date 4/30/2031 9/30/2038
Remaining Renewal Terms 20 (4x5 years) 20 (4x5 years)
Corporate Guarantee No Yes
Master Lease with Cross Collateralization Yes Yes
Technical Default Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Default Adjusted Revenue to Rent Coverage 1.4 1.2
Competitive Radius Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Escalator Details
Yearly Base Rent Escalator Maximum 2 % 1.75 % (1)
Coverage ratio at March 31, 2025 2.48 1.87
Minimum Escalator Coverage Governor 1.8 N/A
Yearly Anniversary for Realization May October
Percentage Rent Reset Details
Reset Frequency 2 years N/A
Next Reset May-26 N/A
(1) Building base rent will be increased by 1.75% in the 7th and 8th lease year and 2% in the 9th lease year and each year thereafter.
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Master Leases
Pennsylvania Live! Master Lease Strategic Gaming Leases (1)
Operator Cordish Strategic
Properties Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Silverado Franklin Hotel & Gaming Complex Deadwood, SD
Live! Casino Pittsburgh Greensburg, PA Deadwood Mountain Grand Casino Deadwood, SD
Baldini's Casino Sparks, NV
Commencement Date 3/1/2022 5/16/2024
Lease Expiration Date 2/28/2061 5/31/2049
Remaining Renewal Terms 21 (1x11 years, 1x10 years) 20 (2x10 years)
Corporate Guarantee No Yes
Master Lease with Cross Collateralization Yes Yes
Technical Default Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Default Adjusted Revenue to Rent Coverage 1.4 1.4 (2)
Competitive Radius Landlord Protection Yes Yes
Escalator Details
Yearly Base Rent Escalator Maximum 1.75 % 2% (2)
Coverage ratio at March 31, 2025 2.48 N/A
Minimum Escalator Coverage Governor N/A N/A
Yearly Anniversary for Realization March Jun-26
Percentage Rent Reset Details
Reset Frequency N/A N/A
Next Reset N/A N/A
(1) Consists of two leases that are cross collateralized and co-terminus with each other.
(2) The default adjusted revenue to rent coverage declines to 1.25 if the tenant's adjusted revenues total $75 million or more. Annual rent escalates at 2% beginning in year three of the lease and in year 11 escalates based on the greater of 2% or CPI, capped at 2.5%.
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Single Property Leases
Belterra Park Lease Horseshoe St Louis Lease Morgantown Lease MD Live! Lease
Operator Boyd Caesar PENN Cordish
Properties Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment Center Horseshoe St. Louis Hollywood Casino Morgantown Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland
Cincinnati, OH St. Louis, MO Morgantown, PA Hanover, MD
Commencement Date 10/15/2018 9/29/2020 10/1/2020 12/29/2021
Lease Expiration Date 04/30/2031 10/31/2033 10/31/2040 12/31/2060
Remaining Renewal Terms 20 (4x5 years) 20 (4x5 years) 30 (6x5 years) 21 (1x11 years, 1x10 years)
Corporate Guarantee No Yes Yes No
Technical Default Landlord Protection Yes Yes Yes Yes
Default Adjusted Revenue to Rent Coverage 1.4 1.2 N/A 1.4
Competitive Radius Landlord Protection Yes Yes N/A Yes
Escalator Details
Yearly Base Rent Escalator Maximum 2% 1.25% (1)
1.25% (2)
1.75%
Coverage ratio at March 31, 2025 3.31 1.95 N/A 3.60
Minimum Escalator Coverage Governor 1.8 N/A N/A N/A
Yearly Anniversary for Realization May October December January
Percentage Rent Reset Details
Reset Frequency 2 years N/A N/A N/A
Next Reset May 2026 N/A N/A N/A
(1) For the second through fifth lease years, after which time the annual escalation becomes 1.75% for the 6th and 7th lease years and then 2% for the remaining term of the lease.
(2) If the CPI increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, the rent for such lease year shall increase by 1.25% of rent as of the immediately preceding lease year, and if the CPI increase is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year.
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Single Property Leases
Tropicana Lease Tioga Downs Lease Rockford Lease Chicago Lease
Operator Bally's American Racing and Entertainment (managed by Hard Rock) Bally's
Properties Tropicana Las Vegas Tioga Downs Hard Rock Casino Rockford Bally's Chicago Development
Las Vegas, NV Nicholas, NY Rockford, IL Chicago, IL
Commencement Date 9/26/2022 2/6/2024 8/29/2023 9/11/2024
Lease Expiration Date 9/25/2072 2/28/2054 8/31/2122 11/30/2121 (4)
Remaining Renewal Terms 49 (1 x 24 years, 1 x 25 years) 32 years and 10 months (2x10 years, 1x12 years and 10 months) None (4)
Corporate Guarantee Yes Yes No (4)
Technical Default Landlord Protection Yes Yes Yes (4)
Default Adjusted Revenue to Rent Coverage 1.35 (1) 1.4 1.4 (4)
Competitive Radius Landlord Protection Yes Yes Yes (4)
Escalator Details
Yearly Base Rent Escalator Maximum (2) 1.75% (3)
2% (4)
Coverage ratio at March 31, 2025 N/A 2.03 N/A N/A
Minimum Escalator Coverage Governor N/A N/A N/A N/A
Yearly Anniversary for Realization October March September (4)
Percentage Rent Reset Details
Reset Frequency N/A N/A N/A N/A
Next Reset N/A N/A N/A N/A
(1) Effective July 1, 2025, this ratio has been revised so that if the tenant's parent's net leverage is greater than 5.5 to 1, then the adjusted revenue to rent coverage for the last two consecutive test periods must be at least 1.35. If the tenant's parent's net leverage is equal to or less than 5.5 to 1, then the ratio shall be reduced to 1.2.
(2) If the CPI increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, then the rent shall increase by the greater of 1% of the rent as of the immediately preceding lease year and the CPI increase capped at 2%. If the CPI is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year.
(3) Increases by 1.75% beginning with the first anniversary and increases to 2% beginning in year fifteen of the lease through the remainder of the initial lease term.
(4) In July 2025, the Company completed the Chicago Lease. The lease has an initial term of 15 years followed by four 5-year renewals, exercisable at the tenant's option. If the CPI increase is at least 0.5% for any lease year, then the rent shall increase by the greater of 1% of the rent as of the immediately preceding lease year and the CPI increase capped at 2%. If the CPI is less than 0.5% for such lease year, then the rent shall not increase for such lease year. Finally, the default adjusted revenue to rent coverage ratio shall be 1.35, subject to various conditions that could lower such ratio to 1.20. The Chicago Lease is not subject to a corporate guarantee.
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Funding commitments
As of June 30, 2025, we have entered into various commitments or call rights to finance/acquire future investments in gaming and related facilities for our tenants. These are detailed in the table below. Our tenants retain the option to decline our financing for certain projects and may seek alternative financing solutions. The inclusion of a commitment in this disclosure does not guarantee that the financing will be utilized by the tenant in circumstances where a tenant has the option. See Note 1 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
Description Maximum Commitment amount Amount funded at June 30, 2025
Relocation of Hollywood Casino Aurora $225 million None
Relocation of Hollywood Casino Joliet (1) $130 million None
Construction of a hotel at Hollywood Casino Columbus and a hotel tower at the M Resort $220 million None
Funding associated with a landside move at Ameristar Casino Council Bluffs (2) None
Potential transaction at the former Tropicana Las Vegas site with Bally's $175 million $48.5 million
Real estate construction costs for Bally's Chicago $940 million None
Funding and oversight of a landside move and hotel renovation at The Belle $111 million $59.3 million
Construction costs for a landside development project at Casino Queen Marquette $16.5 million $2.3 million
Ione Loan to fund a new casino development near Sacramento, California $110 million $25.8 million
Call right to acquire Bally's Lincoln $735 million None
(1) On June 6, 2025, PENN gave notice to the Company that it intended to utilize the $130 million commitment for the project. GLPI expects to fund this amount on August 1, 2025 and will receive a 7.75% cap rate on the funding.
(2) The Company has agreed to fund, if requested by PENN at their sole discretion, on or before March 1, 2029, construction improvements in an amount not to exceed the greater of (i) the hard costs associated with the project and (ii) $150.0 million.
Critical Accounting Estimates
We make certain judgments and use certain estimates and assumptions when applying accounting principles in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The nature of the estimates and assumptions are material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain factors or the susceptibility of such factors to change. We have identified the accounting for leases, investment in leases, financing receivables, net, allowance for credit losses, income taxes, and real estate investments as critical accounting estimates, as they are the most important to our financial statement presentation and require difficult, subjective and complex judgments.
We believe the current assumptions and other considerations used to estimate amounts reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements are appropriate. However, if actual experience differs from the assumptions and other considerations used in estimating amounts reflected in our consolidated financial statements, the resulting changes could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and, in certain situations, could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition.
For further information on our critical accounting estimates, see Item 7. "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Notes to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our most recent Annual Report. There has been no material change to these estimates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
Executive Summary
Financial Highlights
We reported total revenues and income from operations of $394.9 million and $242.1 million, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $380.6 million and $293.4 million, respectively, for the corresponding period in the prior year. The Company reported total revenues and income from operations of $790.1 million and $500.9 million, respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $756.6 million and $551.0 million for the corresponding period in the prior year.
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The major factors affecting our results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, were as follows:
• Total income from real estate increased by $14.3 million to $394.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $380.6 million for the corresponding period in the prior year. The reason for the increase was primarily due to our recent acquisitions which in the aggregate increased cash rental income by $17.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. Additionally, the three months ended June 30, 2025 benefited by $4.4 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year from escalations on our leases, favorable variable rents of $0.5 million, higher ground rent revenue of $1.1 million and higher accretion of $0.1 million on its Investment in leases and the Company also recognized unfavorable straight-line rent adjustments of $9.3 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year.
• Total income from real estate increased by $33.5 million to $790.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $756.6 million for the corresponding period in the prior year. The reason for the increase was primarily due to our recent acquisitions which in the aggregate increased cash rental income by $37.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Additionally, the six months ended June 30, 2025 benefited by $9.6 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year from escalations on our leases, favorable variable rents of $2.0 million and higher ground rent revenue of $1.9 million. The Company also recognized lower accretion of $0.9 million on its Investment in leases and unfavorable straight-line rent adjustments of $16.7 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year.
• Total operating expenses increased by $65.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The primary reason for the increase was due to an increase in the provision for credit losses of $57.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The provision increase was due primarily from a more pessimistic forward looking economic forecast at June 30, 2025 compared to what was utilized at March 31, 2025. The Company incurred higher land rights and ground lease expense of $2.1 million due to the acquisition of the assets in Bally's Master Lease II. Additionally, general and administrative expenses increased by $2.1 million due primarily from higher stock based compensation costs, payroll expenses and deal costs The Company also incurred higher depreciation expense of $4.0 million due to its recent acquisitions.
• Total operating expenses increased by $83.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The primary reason for the increase was due to an increase in the provision for credit losses of $73.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025. The provision increase was due primarily from a more pessimistic forward looking economic forecast at June 30, 2025 compared to what was utilized at December 31, 2024. The Company incurred higher land rights and ground lease expense of $3.8 million due to the acquisition of the assets in Bally's Master Lease II. Additionally, general and administrative expenses increased by $2.9 million due primarily from higher stock based compensation costs and payroll expenses. The Company also incurred higher depreciation of $3.6 million due to its recent acquisitions.
• Other expenses increased by $6.7 million and $17.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to higher interest expense of $3.3 million and $13.9 million associated with the Company's increased borrowings to fund our recent acquisitions and less interest income from lower cash on hand and investments.
• Net income decreased by $58.2 million and $67.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year, primarily due to the variances explained above.
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Results of Operations
The following are the most important factors and trends that contribute or may contribute to our operating performance:
• We have announced or closed numerous transactions in recent years and expect to continue to grow our portfolio by pursuing opportunities to acquire additional gaming facilities (either existing facilities or new development facilities) to lease to gaming operators under prudent terms.
• Several wholly-owned subsidiaries of PENN lease a substantial number of our properties and account for a significant portion of our revenue.
• The risks related to economic conditions, including volatility in the financial markets, high inflation levels and the effect of such conditions on consumer spending for leisure and gaming activities, which may negatively impact our gaming tenants and operators and the variable rent and certain annual rent escalators we receive from our tenants.
• The ability to refinance our significant levels of debt at attractive terms and obtain favorable funding in connection with future business opportunities.
• The fact that the rules and regulations of U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by legislators, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Changes to the tax laws or interpretations thereof, with or without retroactive application, could materially and adversely affect GLPI's investors or GLPI.
The consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are summarized below:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2025 2024 2025 2024
(in thousands)
Total revenues $ 394,876 $ 380,626 $ 790,111 $ 756,590
Total operating expenses 152,812 87,197 289,213 205,555
Income from operations 242,064 293,429 500,898 551,035
Total other expenses (85,354) (78,605) (173,270) (156,048)
Income before income taxes 156,710 214,824 327,628 394,987
Income tax expense 545 412 1,109 1,049
Net income $ 156,165 $ 214,412 $ 326,519 $ 393,938
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership (4,726) (6,162) (9,896) (11,224)
Net income attributable to common shareholders $ 151,439 $ 208,250 $ 316,623 $ 382,714
FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA
Funds From Operations ("FFO"), Adjusted Funds From Operations ("AFFO") and Adjusted EBITDA are non-U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") financial measures used by the Company as performance measures for benchmarking against the Company’s peers and as internal measures of business operating performance, which is used as a bonus metric. These metrics are presented assuming full conversion of limited partnership units to common shares and therefore before the income statement impact of non-controlling interests. The Company believes FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA provide a meaningful perspective of the underlying operating performance of the Company’s current business. This is especially true since these measures exclude real estate depreciation and we believe that real estate values fluctuate based on market conditions rather than depreciating in value ratably on a straight-line basis over time.
FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures that are considered supplemental measures for the real estate industry and a supplement to GAAP measures. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts defines FFO as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding (gains) or losses from dispositions of property, net of tax and real estate depreciation. We define AFFO as FFO excluding, as applicable to the particular period, stock based compensation expense; the amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts; other depreciation; amortization of land rights; accretion on investment in leases, financing receivables; non-cash adjustments to financing lease liabilities; straight-line rent and deferred rent adjustments; losses on debt extinguishment; capitalized interest; and provision (benefit) for credit losses, net, reduced by capital maintenance expenditures. Finally, we define Adjusted EBITDA as net income excluding, as applicable to the
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particular period, interest, net; income tax expense; real estate depreciation; other depreciation; (gains) or losses from dispositions of property, net of tax; stock based compensation expense; straight-line rent and deferred rent adjustments; amortization of land rights; accretion on Investment in leases, financing receivables; non-cash adjustments to financing lease liabilities; losses on debt extinguishment; and provision (benefit) for credit losses, net.
FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized terms under GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures: (i) do not represent cash flows from operations as defined by GAAP; (ii) should not be considered as an alternative to net income as a measure of operating performance or to cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities; and (iii) are not alternatives to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. In addition, these measures should not be viewed as an indication of our ability to fund our cash needs, including to make cash distributions to our shareholders, to fund capital improvements, or to make interest payments on our indebtedness. Investors are also cautioned that FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other real estate companies, including REITs, due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same definitions. Our presentation of these measures does not replace the presentation of our financial results in accordance with GAAP.
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The reconciliation of the Company’s net income per GAAP to FFO, AFFO, and Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:
Three Months Ended
June 30, Six Months Ended
June 30,
2025 2024 2025 2024
(in thousands)
Net income $ 156,165 $ 214,412 $ 326,519 $ 393,938
Gains from dispositions of property, net of tax — — (125) —
Real estate depreciation 68,749 64,777 133,278 129,654
Funds from operations $ 224,914 $ 279,189 $ 459,672 $ 523,592
Straight-line rent and deferred rent adjustments (6,433) (15,790) (14,845) (31,580)
Other depreciation 486 485 969 968
Provision (benefit) for credit losses, net 53,728 (3,786) 92,974 19,508
Amortization of land rights 4,270 3,276 8,540 6,552
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts
3,227 2,685 6,459 5,369
Stock based compensation 6,156 5,425 15,014 13,547
Accretion on investment in leases, financing receivables (6,866) (6,776) (13,762) (14,660)
Non-cash adjustment to financing lease liabilities 107 129 205 246
Capitalized interest (3,411) — (7,016) —
Capital maintenance expenditures (121) (462) (157) (552)
Adjusted funds from operations $ 276,057 $ 264,375 $ 548,053 $ 522,990
Interest, net 84,576 77,882 171,725 154,650
Income tax expense 545 412 1,109 1,049
Capital maintenance expenditures 121 462 157 552
Amortization of debt issuance costs, bond premiums and original issuance discounts
(3,227) (2,685) (6,459) (5,369)
Capitalized interest 3,411 — 7,016 —
Adjusted EBITDA $ 361,483 $ 340,446 $ 721,601 $ 673,872
Net income, FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA were $156.2 million, $224.9 million, $276.1 million, and $361.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. This compares to net income, FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA of $214.4 million, $279.2 million, $264.4 million and $340.4 million for the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease in net income of $58.2 million was primarily attributable to increased operating expenses of $65.6 million (which was driven by the increase in provision for credit losses of $57.5 million) and higher other expenses of $6.7 million (driven by higher interest expense to partially finance our acquisitions) partially offset by an increase in total revenues of $14.3 million.
Net income, FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA were $326.5 million, $459.7 million, $548.1 million, and $721.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. This compares to net income, FFO, AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA of $393.9 million, $523.6 million, $523.0 million and $673.9 million for the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease in net income of $67.4 million was primarily attributable to increased operating expenses of $83.7 million (which was driven by the increase in provision for credit losses of $73.5 million) and higher other expenses of $17.2 million (driven by higher interest expense to partially finance our acquisitions and lower interest income earned on cash and investments) partially offset by an increase in total revenues of $33.5 million.
The decrease in FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was due to the items described above, excluding gains from dispositions of property and real estate depreciation. The increases in AFFO and Adjusted EBITDA were due to the items described above, as well as the adjustments mentioned in the tables above.
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Revenues
Revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, Percentage
2025 2024 Variance Variance
Rental income $ 339,527 $ 332,815 $ 6,712 2.0 %
Income from investment in leases, financing receivables 47,926 45,974 1,952 4.2 %
Income from sales type leases 3,762 — 3,762 N/A
Interest income from real estate loans 3,661 1,837 1,824 99.3 %
Total income from real estate
$ 394,876 $ 380,626 $ 14,250 3.7 %
Six Months Ended June 30, Percentage
2025 2024 Variance Variance
Rental income $ 679,779 $ 663,397 $ 16,382 2.5 %
Income from investment in leases, financing receivables 95,690 90,279 5,411 6.0 %
Income from sales type leases 7,522 — 7,522 N/A
Interest income from real estate loans 7,120 2,914 4,206 144.3 %
Total income from real estate 790,111 $ 756,590 33,521 4.4 %
Total income from real estate
• Total income from real estate increased by $14.3 million to $394.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $380.6 million for the corresponding period in the prior year. The reason for the increase was primarily due to our recent acquisitions which in the aggregate increased cash rental income by $17.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. Additionally, the three months ended June 30, 2025 benefited by $4.4 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year from escalations on our leases, favorable variable rents of $0.5 million, higher ground rent revenue of $1.1 million and higher accretion of $0.1 million. The Company also had unfavorable straight-line rent adjustments of $9.4 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year.
• Total income from real estate increased by $33.5 million to $790.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $756.6 million for the corresponding period in the prior year. The reason for the increase was primarily due to our recent acquisitions which in the aggregate increased cash rental income by $37.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Additionally, the six months ended June 30, 2025 benefited by $9.6 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year from escalations on our leases, favorable variable rents of $2.0 million and higher ground rent revenue of $1.9 million. The Company also recognized lower accretion of $0.9 million on its Investment in leases and unfavorable straight-line rent adjustments of $16.7 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year.
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Details of the Company's income from real estate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was as follows (in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 Building base rent Land base rent Percentage rent and other rental revenue Interest income on real estate loans Total cash income Straight-line rent and deferred rent adjustments (1) Ground rent in revenue Accretion on financing leases Total income from real estate
Amended PENN Master Lease $ 54,151 $ 10,759 $ 6,495 $ — $ 71,405 $ 4,952 $ 637 $ — $ 76,994
PENN 2023 Master Lease 59,797 — (83) — 59,714 4,737 — — 64,451
Amended Pinnacle Master Lease 61,483 17,814 8,121 — 87,418 1,858 2,145 — 91,421
PENN Morgantown Lease — 796 — — 796 — — — 796
Caesars Master Lease 16,302 5,932 — — 22,234 1,916 330 — 24,480
Horseshoe St. Louis Lease 5,992 — — — 5,992 325 — — 6,317
Boyd Master Lease 20,742 2,947 3,046 — 26,735 (2,364) 433 — 24,804
Boyd Belterra Lease 733 474 500 — 1,707 (377) — — 1,330
Bally's Master Lease 26,574 — — — 26,574 — 2,649 — 29,223
Bally's Master Lease II 8,048 — — — 8,048 — 934 — 8,982
Maryland Live! Lease 19,412 — — — 19,412 — 2,178 3,337 24,927
Pennsylvania Live! Master Lease 12,941 — — — 12,941 — 311 2,138 15,390
Casino Queen Master Lease 8,419 — — — 8,419 386 — — 8,805
Tropicana Las Vegas Lease — 3,762 — — 3,762 — — — 3,762
Rockford Lease — 2,040 — — 2,040 — — 521 2,561
Rockford Loan — — — 3,033 3,033 — — — 3,033
Tioga Downs Lease 3,696 — — — 3,696 — 1 560 4,257
Strategic Gaming Leases 2,300 — — — 2,300 — 105 310 2,715
Ione Loan — — — 628 628 — — — 628
Bally's Chicago Lease — 5,000 — — 5,000 (5,000) — — —
Total $ 300,590 $ 49,524 $ 18,079 $ 3,661 $ 371,854 $ 6,433 $ 9,723 $ 6,866 $ 394,876
(1) Amount includes $0.1 million of tenant improvement allowance amortization.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Building base rent Land base rent Percentage rent and other rental revenue Interest income on real estate loans Total cash income Straight-line rent and deferred rent adjustments (2) Ground rent in revenue Accretion on financing leases Total income from real estate
Amended PENN Master Lease $ 108,303 $ 21,518 $ 13,056 $ — $ 142,877 $ 9,904 $ 1,110 $ — $ 153,891
PENN 2023 Master Lease 119,594 — (204) — 119,390 9,475 — — 128,865
Amended Pinnacle Master Lease 122,965 35,628 16,243 — 174,836 3,716 4,206 — 182,758
PENN Morgantown Lease — 1,592 — — 1,592 — — — 1,592
Caesars Master Lease 32,604 11,864 — — 44,468 3,832 660 — 48,960
Horseshoe St. Louis Lease 11,983 — — — 11,983 649 — — 12,632
Boyd Master Lease 41,212 5,893 6,093 — 53,198 (2,714) 865 — 51,349
Boyd Belterra Lease 1,457 947 1,000 — 3,404 (402) — — 3,002
Bally's Master Lease 52,985 — — — 52,985 — 5,204 — 58,189
Bally's Master Lease II 16,096 — — — 16,096 — 1,888 — 17,984
Maryland Live! Lease 38,824 — — — 38,824 — 4,286 6,625 49,735
Pennsylvania Live! Master Lease 25,734 — — — 25,734 — 619 4,376 30,729
Casino Queen Master Lease 16,393 — — — 16,393 385 — — 16,778
Tropicana Las Vegas Lease — 7,525 — — 7,525 — — (3) 7,522
Rockford Lease — 4,080 — — 4,080 — — 1,028 5,108
Rockford Loan — — — 6,033 6,033 — — — 6,033
Tioga Downs Lease 7,348 — — — 7,348 — 3 1,132 8,483
Strategic Gaming Leases 4,599 — — — 4,599 — 211 604 5,414
Ione Loan — — — 1,087 1,087 — — — 1,087
Bally's Chicago Lease — 10,000 — — 10,000 (10,000) — — —
Total $ 600,097 $ 99,047 $ 36,188 $ 7,120 $ 742,452 $ 14,845 $ 19,052 $ 13,762 $ 790,111
(2) Amount includes $0.2 million of tenant improvement allowance amortization.
In accordance with ASC 842, the Company records revenue for the ground lease rent paid by its tenants with an offsetting expense in land rights and ground lease expense within the condensed consolidated statements of income as the Company has concluded that as the lessee it is the primary obligor under the ground leases. The Company subleases these ground leases back to its tenants, who are responsible for payment directly to the landlord.
The Company recognizes earnings on Investment in leases, financing receivables and Investment in leases, sales type based on the effective yield method using the discount rate implicit in the leases. The amounts in the table above labeled accretion on financing leases represent earnings recognized in excess of cash received during the period.
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Operating expenses
Operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, Percentage
2025 2024 Variance Variance
Land rights and ground lease expense $ 13,942 $ 11,870 $ 2,072 17.5 %
General and administrative 15,907 13,851 2,056 14.8 %
Depreciation 69,235 65,262 3,973 6.1 %
Provision for credit losses 53,728 (3,786) 57,514 (1,519.1) %
Total operating expenses $ 152,812 $ 87,197 $ 65,615 75.2 %
Six Months Ended June 30, Percentage
2025 2024 Variance Variance
Land rights and ground lease expense 27,497 23,688 3,809 16.1 %
General and administrative 34,620 31,737 2,883 9.1 %
Gains from dispositions (125) — (125) N/A
Depreciation 134,247 130,622 3,625 2.8 %
Provision for credit losses 92,974 19,508 73,466 376.6 %
Total operating expenses 289,213 205,555 83,658 40.7 %
Land rights and ground lease expense
Land rights and ground lease expense includes the amortization of land rights and rent expense related to the Company's long-term ground leases. Land rights and ground lease expense increased by $2.1 million and $3.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to the acquisition of the real estate assets in Bally's Master Lease II.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expenses include items such as compensation costs (including stock based compensation), professional services and costs associated with development activities. General and administrative expenses increased by $2.1 million and $2.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. This was due to higher stock based compensation costs, payroll expenses and acquisition costs.
Depreciation
Depreciation expense increased by $4.0 million and $3.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to our recent acquisition activity.
Provision for credit losses
The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $53.7 million and $93.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to a benefit of $3.8 million and a provision of $19.5 million for the corresponding periods in the prior year. As described in Note 3, the Company follows ASC 326 “Credit Losses”, which requires that the Company measure and record current expected credit losses, the scope of which includes our Investments in leases, financing receivables, net as well as the Company's real estate loans and loan commitments.
The increased provisions during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily driven by a sequential deterioration in the third-party forward-looking economic outlook used in the Company's CECL reserve calculations. The macroeconomic forecast as of March 31, 2025, was more pessimistic than the forecast used as of December 31, 2024, resulting in a provision during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The outlook further deteriorated as of June 30, 2025, leading to an additional provision during the three months ended June 30, 2025. Future changes in economic projections, probability factors,
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changes in the estimated value of our real estate property and earnings assumptions at the underlying facilities may result in non-cash provisions or recoveries in future periods that could materially impact our results of operations.
Other income (expenses)
Other income (expenses) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, Percentage
2025 2024 Variance Variance
Interest expense $ (89,934) $ (86,670) $ (3,264) 3.8 %
Interest income 4,580 8,065 (3,485) (43.2) %
Total other expenses $ (85,354) $ (78,605) $ (6,749) 8.6 %
Six Months Ended June 30, Percentage
2025 2024 Variance Variance
Interest expense (187,206) (173,345) $ (13,861) 8.0 %
Interest income 13,936 17,297 (3,361) (19.4) %
Total other expenses $ (173,270) $ (156,048) $ (17,222) 11.0 %
Interest expense
Interest expense increased by $3.3 million and $13.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase was due to increased borrowings that partially funded our recent acquisitions and prefunding the redemption for our $850 million, 5.25% senior unsecured note that occurred in March 2025.
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership
As partial consideration for certain real estate acquisitions, the Company's operating partnership has issued OP Units. OP Units are exchangeable for common shares of the Company on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain terms and conditions. The operating partnership is a variable interest entity ("VIE") in which the Company is the primary beneficiary because it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the partnership's economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could be potentially significant to the VIE and the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. Therefore, the Company consolidates the accounts of the operating partnership, and reflects the third party ownership in this entity as a noncontrolling interest in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and allocates the proportion of net income to the noncontrolling interests on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
The Company’s net income or loss is allocated to noncontrolling interests based on the respective ownership or voting percentage in the Operating Partnership associated with such noncontrolling interests and is removed from consolidated income or loss on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in order to derive net income or loss attributable to common stockholders. The noncontrolling ownership percentage is calculated by dividing the aggregate number of LTIP Units and OP Units by the total number of units and shares outstanding.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources are cash flow from operations, borrowings from banks, and proceeds from the issuance of debt and equity securities.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $545.9 million and $510.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities of $35.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, was primarily comprised of an increase in cash receipts from customers of $49.3 million along with decreases in cash paid for taxes of $0.6 million and an increase in interest income of $14.3 million. This was offset by increases in cash paid for employees, cash paid for interest and cash paid for operating expenses of $0.1 million, $23.7 million and $4.6 million respectively. The increase in cash receipts collected from our customers for the six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, was due to increased rental income from the Company's recent acquisitions and lease escalations and the increase in interest expense was due to increased borrowings that partially funded our recent acquisitions and prefunding the redemption for our $850 million, 5.25% senior unsecured note that occurred in March 2025.
Investing activities provided cash of $500.4 million and used cash of $604.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Net cash provided by investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2025 primarily consisted of the maturity of zero coupon U.S. Treasury Bills totaling $550.0 million, partially offset by Ione Loan fundings of $10.7 million, the acquisition of land related to the Joliet landside development of $5.0 million and capital expenditures of $34.1 million. The net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 consisted primarily of $205.0 million for the acquisition of the real estate assets which were added to the Bally's Master Lease, the purchase of zero coupon U.S. Treasury Bills totaling $341.0 million, capital expenditures of $7.6 million and Rockford Loan fundings of $53.0 million partially offset by the proceeds from a tax refund related to a previous acquisition of $1.8 million.
Financing activities used cash of $904.7 million and $494.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Net cash used in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2025 was driven by the repayment of long term debt of $850.1 million, dividend payments of $430.0 million, non-controlling interest distributions of $12.8 million, and taxes paid related to shares withheld for tax purposes on restricted stock award vestings of $14.8 million, partially offset by the proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net of costs of $403.0 million. Cash used in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 was driven by the repayment of long term debt of $63.5 million, dividend payments of $413.2 million, noncontrolling interest distributions of $12.3 million and taxes paid related to shares withheld for tax purposes on restricted stock award vestings of $14.7 million, partially offset by proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net of costs of $9.0 million.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures are accounted for as either capital project expenditures or capital maintenance (replacement) expenditures. Capital project expenditures are for fixed asset additions that expand an existing facility or create a new facility. The cost of properties developed by the Company include costs of construction, property taxes, interest and other miscellaneous costs incurred during the development period until the project is substantially complete and available for occupancy. Capital maintenance expenditures are expenditures to replace existing fixed assets with a useful life greater than one year that are obsolete, worn out or no longer cost effective to repair.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, we spent approximately $34.1 million and $7.6 million, respectively, for capital expenditures. The majority of the capital expenditures in 2025 were related to a land side and hotel development project at The Belle.
Debt
The Company has access to a $2.09 billion variable rate revolving credit facility under its credit agreement, as amended (the "Amended Credit Agreement") of which $332.5 million is outstanding as of June 30, 2025. Additionally, the Company was contingently obligated under letters of credit issued pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement with face amounts aggregating approximately $0.4 million, resulting in $1,757.2 million of available borrowing capacity under the Amended Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2025.
The Company has $6.89 billion of debt outstanding with a weighted average maturity and interest rate of 6.1 years and 5.06%, respectively as of June 30, 2025. The majority of the Company's debt obligations have fixed interest rates from the
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issuance of its senior unsecured notes. In the first quarter of 2025, the Company redeemed its $850 million 5.250% note that was due in June 2025 using cash on hand. See Note 7 for the future minimum repayments of the Company's debt obligations.
GLPI owns 97.0% of the assets of GLP Capital and conducts all of its operations through the operating partnership. Based on the amendments to Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X that the SEC released on January 4, 2021, we note that since GLPI fully and unconditionally guarantees the debt securities of the Issuers and consolidates both Issuers, we are not required to provide separate financial statements for the Issuers and GLPI since they are consolidated into GLPI and the GLPI guarantee is "full and unconditional".
Furthermore, as permitted under Rule 13-01(a)(4)(vi), we excluded the summarized financial information for the Issuers because the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Issuers and GLPI are not materially different than the corresponding amounts in GLPI's consolidated financial statements and we believe such summarized financial information would be repetitive and would not provide incremental value to investors.
Distribution Requirements
We generally must distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains, in order to qualify to be taxed as a REIT (assuming that certain other requirements are also satisfied) so that U.S. federal corporate income tax does not apply to earnings that we distribute. Such distributions generally can be made with cash and/or a combination of cash and Company common stock if certain requirements are met. To the extent that we satisfy this distribution requirement and qualify for taxation as a REIT but distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and including any net capital gains, we will be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on our undistributed net taxable income. In addition, we will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax if the actual amount that we distribute to our shareholders in a calendar year is less than a minimum amount specified under U.S. federal income tax laws. We intend to make distributions to our shareholders to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. To the extent any of the Company's taxable income was not previously distributed, the Company will make a dividend declaration pursuant to Section 858(a)(1) of the Code, allowing the Company to treat certain dividends that are to be distributed after the close of a taxable year as having been paid during the taxable year.
Outlook
Based on our current level of operations and anticipated earnings, we believe that cash generated from operations and cash on hand, together with amounts available under our Amended Credit Agreement and our ability to raise proceeds from equity offerings (including the Company's 2025 ATM Program) and debt offerings, will be adequate to meet our anticipated debt service requirements (including the maturity of the $975 million senior unsecured note due in April 2026), funding commitments, capital expenditures, working capital needs and dividend requirements for the next twelve months and beyond.
During the three months ended June 30, 2025, the Company entered into a new $1.25 billion ATM program (the "2025 ATM Program"). As of June 30, 2025, the Company had $1.25 b illion remaining for issuance under the 2025 ATM Program. See Note 12 for further discussion. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, pursuant to its $1 billion "at the market" equity offering program that commenced in December 2022 (the "2022 ATM Program"), the Company settled a forward sale agreement and issued 8,170,387 shares for a net sales price of $404.0 million inclusive of certain contractual adjustments. In connection with the 2025 ATM Program, the 2022 ATM Program was terminated.
We expect the majority of our future growth to come from funding commitments to our tenants and acquisitions of gaming and other properties to lease to third parties. If we consummate significant transactions in the future, our cash requirements may increase significantly and we would likely need to raise additional proceeds through a combination of either common equity (including under our 2025 ATM Program), issuance of additional OP Units, and/or debt offerings. Our future operating performance and our ability to service or refinance our debt will be subject to future economic conditions and to financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. See "Risk Factors-Risks Related to Our Capital Structure" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for a discussion of the risk related to our capital structure.
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