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SEGMENT REPORTING

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SEGMENT REPORTING
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT REPORTING
SEGMENT REPORTING
 
We manage our casinos based on geographic regions within the United States. The casino/resort operations include four segments: the Silver Slipper Casino and Hotel (Hancock County, Mississippi); Bronco Billy's Casino and Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colorado); the Rising Star Casino Resort (Rising Sun, Indiana); and the Northern Nevada segment, consisting of the Grand Lodge Casino (Incline Village, Nevada) and Stockman’s Casino (Fallon, Nevada). Bronco Billy's Casino and Hotel was acquired on May 13, 2016.

The Company's management utilizes Adjusted Property EBITDA as the primary profit measure for its segments. Adjusted Property EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure defined as Adjusted EBITDA before corporate-related costs and expenses that are not allocated to each property. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure defined as earnings before interest and other non-operating income (expense), taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening expenses, impairment charges, asset write-offs, recoveries, gain (loss) from asset disposals, project development and acquisition costs, and non-cash share-based compensation expense. EBITDA is a commonly used measure of performance in our industry that we believe, when considered with measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, provides our investors a more complete understanding of our operating results and facilitates comparisons between us and our competitors. Management has historically utilized Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Property EBITDA when evaluating operating performance because we believe these measures are (1) widely used measures of operating performance in the gaming and hospitality industries, (2) a principal basis for valuation of gaming and hospitality companies, and (3) are utilized in the covenants within our debt agreements, although not necessarily defined in the same way as above.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Property EBITDA should not be construed as an alternative to operating income and net income for use as indicators of our performance; or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities for use as a measure of liquidity; or as an alternative to any other measure determined in accordance with GAAP. We have significant uses of cash flows, including capital expenditures, interest payments, taxes and debt principal repayments, which are not reflected in Adjusted EBITDA and/or Adjusted Property EBITDA. Also, other companies in the gaming and hospitality industries that report Adjusted EBITDA and/or Adjusted Property EBITDA information may calculate Adjusted EBITDA or Adjusted Property EBITDA in a different manner.

The following tables present the Company's segment information:

(In thousands, unaudited)
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended,
 
March 31,
2017
 
March 31,
2016
Net Revenues
 
 
 
     Silver Slipper Casino and Hotel
$
16,658

 
$
14,845

     Rising Star Casino Resort
12,205

 
12,246

     Bronco Billy's Hotel and Casino
5,861

 
—

     Northern Nevada Casinos
4,896

 
4,916

 
$
39,620

 
$
32,007

 
 
 
 
Adjusted Property EBITDA (1)
 
 
 
     Silver Slipper Casino and Hotel
$
3,052

 
$
2,661

     Rising Star Casino Resort
1,319

 
1,301

     Bronco Billy's Hotel and Casino
846

 
—

     Northern Nevada Casinos
552

 
767

 
5,769

 
4,729

 
 
 
 
Other operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
(2,097
)
 
(1,693
)
Corporate expenses
(1,175
)
 
(1,161
)
Project development and acquisition costs
(131
)
 
(287
)
Loss on disposals, net
(13
)
 
—

Share-based compensation
(93
)
 
(57
)
Operating income
2,260

 
1,531

Other expense:
 
 
 
Interest expense
(2,678
)
 
(1,762
)
 
(2,678
)
 
(1,762
)
Loss before income taxes
(418
)
 
(231
)
Provision for income taxes
184

 
99

Net loss
$
(602
)
 
$
(330
)

(1) Please refer to Item 2 - "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a reconciliation of Adjusted Property EBITDA to its most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
March 31,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(unaudited)
 
 
Total Assets
 
 
 
     Silver Slipper Casino and Hotel
$
79,245

 
$
79,975

     Rising Star Casino Resort
36,466

 
36,444

     Bronco Billy's Hotel and Casino
36,821

 
36,732

     Northern Nevada Casinos
11,654

 
12,722

     Corporate and Other
10,838

 
11,333

 
$
175,024

 
$
177,206