five percent stake<\/a> in sports betting giant FanDuel.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cLooking longer-term, we identify several value creation drivers, including strategic optionality around the company\u2019s predominantly wholly-owned real estate portfolio, deleveraging opportunities, and low-risk sports betting strategy, that feel underappreciated in the context of the current share price\/valuation,\u201d adds Wieczynski.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nThe operator is targeting an April launch for its Stardust Casino iGaming platform in Pennsylania, which should speed along the operator’s exposure to the fast-growing internet casino segment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shares of Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are trading lower Wednesday. That’s despite a better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings report and bullish comments from some sell-side analysts. On Tuesday afternoon, the Orleans operator said it earned 73 cents a share on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) on revenue of $635.9 million in the final three months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":164735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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