---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-001203"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCRI"
cik: "0000907242"
company_name: "MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T22:27:28.712457+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Monarch Casino adjusts Q4 and FY2024 earnings downward by $27.6M due to litigation judgment

## Summary
- Net judgment of $74.6M awarded to PCL; Monarch plans appeal to Colorado Court of Appeals.
- Q4 net income adjusted from $25.5M to $4.2M; diluted EPS from $1.36 to $0.22.
- FY2024 net income adjusted from $94.1M to $72.8M; diluted EPS from $4.96 to $3.84.
- Adjusted EBITDA unchanged; balance sheet liability increased by $27.6M to reflect judgment.
- Adjustment recognized as Type I subsequent event in the 2024 Form 10-K filed today.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-001203
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCRI
- cik: 0000907242
- company_name: MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907242/000117184325001203/0001171843-25-001203-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907242/000117184325001203/f8k_030325.htm

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