STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

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				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Casino	$	29	$	1	$	80	$	35
Food and beverage		26		17		77		59
Hotel		11		4		33		10
Selling, general and administrative		367		296		793		834
Total stock-based compensation, before taxes		433		318		983		938
Tax benefit		(152)		(111)		(345)		(328)
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax	$	281	$	207	$	638	$	610

- 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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