STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

NOTE 2. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation in accordance with the authoritative guidance requiring the compensation cost relating to stock-based payment transactions to be recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

Reported stock-based compensation expense was classified as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Casino	$	16		$	16
Food and beverage	24			14
Hotel	3			3
Selling, general and administrative	248			230
Total stock-based compensation, before taxes	291			263
Tax benefit	(102		)	(92		)
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax	$	189		$	171

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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