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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-22-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T02:08:15.089134+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel Q2 revenue $227.9M (+13% YoY), net income $22.5M (+81%), closes Century acquisition

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $227.9M, up 13% YoY; net income $22.5M, up 81%; adjusted EBITDA $42.7M essentially flat.
- Century Gaming acquisition closed June 1, 2022; also acquired VVS, Inc. for $9.5M on August 1.
- Locations grew 38% to 3,489; gaming terminals grew 68% to 22,128; net debt $282M, up 69% due to Century borrowings.
- Updated 2022 guidance: revenue $960-990M, adj EBITDA $160-165M; pro forma with Century: revenue $1.07-1.13B, adj EBITDA $170-175M.
- Repurchased $25M of Class A-1 common stock in Q2; Georgia lottery extended Gift Card Pilot Program to all Class B locations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-22-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000030/0001698991-22-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000030/acel-20220809.htm

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