secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Accel Entertainment, Inc. (ACEL)
CIK:        0001698991
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T20:16:12+00:00
Accession:  0001698991-26-000058
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Accel Entertainment Q2 2026 revenue $368M record, net income up 72% YoY
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- Revenue $368M (+10% YoY); net income $13M (+72% YoY); Adjusted EBITDA $59M (+11% YoY).
- Ended Q2 with 4,676 locations (+6% YoY) and 29,281 gaming terminals (+7% YoY).
- Repurchased ~500,000 shares for $5.6M in Q2; net debt $318M, undrawn $300M revolver.
- Illinois distributed gaming revenue up 6% YoY; Chicago gaming license approvals underway with 17 Accel locations approved.
- CEO Andy Rubenstein to transition to Chairman; completed accretive acquisition in Louisiana and route agreement in Nevada.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000058/0001698991-26-000058-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000058/acel-20260804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-26-000058

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