Fitch Updates Recovery Analyses for U.S. Gaming Operators

Fitch Ratings has published updated recovery analyses for the following U.S. gaming operators:

--Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. (including Chester Downs and Marina LLC)

--Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC

--MGM Resorts International

--Boyd Gaming Corporation

--Marina District Finance Company, Inc (Borgata)

--Peninsula Gaming, LLC

--Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

The interactive recovery analysis worksheets are available at 'www.fitchratings.com' under the following headers:

Sectors >> Corporate Finance >> Corporates >> Research

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

--'Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Nonfinancial Corporate Issuers' Nov. 13, 2013;

--'Corporate Rating Methodology' Aug. 05, 2013;

--'U.S. Gaming: Recovery Rating Methodology' April 4, 2008.

Applicable Criteria and Related Research: U.S. Gaming Recovery Models -- Third-Quarter 2013

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=732555

US Gaming: Recovery Rating Methodology

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=381344

Corporate Rating Methodology: Including Short-Term Ratings and Parent and Subsidiary Linkage

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=715139

Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Non-Financial Corporate Issuers

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=721836

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