{"id":2391615,"date":"2026-04-27T16:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2391615"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:44:33","slug":"wall-street-bets-penn-entertainment-flutter-draftkings-double-down-interactive-glpi-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wall-street-bets-penn-entertainment-flutter-draftkings-double-down-interactive-glpi-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Bets: Penn Entertainment, Flutter\/DraftKings, Double Down Interactive, GLPI \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-135847 articleHeight\">\n<header class=\"article-header\" wp_automatic_readability=\"27.323853211009\">\n<p>\nMonday, April 27, 2026 12:32 PM<\/p>\n<div class=\"ahFull\">\n<div class=\"ahImage\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"43.326718639263\">\n<div class=\"grid-x authorShare\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-4 grid-x align-middle share\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.0697674418605\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline ns-no-print\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2325581395349\">\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"CDCart\" wp_automatic_readability=\"48\">\n\t\t\t\t<center wp_automatic_readability=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Wall Street Bets is a roundup of recent notes from analysts covering the gambling industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Penn Entertainment<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Macquarie\u2019s Chad Beynon looked at Penn Entertainment on April 24:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Penn story continues to focus on the disconnect between near-term noise from its interactive transition and the durability of its core land-based cash flows, and we believe 1Q26 results bring more clarity to both. In our view, the quarter demonstrated improved earnings quality driven by disciplined digital spend and resilient retail margins. As interactive becomes more of a controlled, lower-risk investment rather than an open-ended drag, we expect the coming quarters will provide more justification that Penn\u2019s land-based earnings and cash flows should play a greater role in the company\u2019s valuation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Flutter and DraftKings<\/h3>\n<p><strong>David Bain of Texas Capital Securities examined Flutter and DraftKings on April 22:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29067 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/David-Bain-Wall-Street-Bets.png\" alt=\"David Bain Wall Street Bets\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/David-Bain-Wall-Street-Bets.png 200w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/David-Bain-Wall-Street-Bets-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/David-Bain-Wall-Street-Bets-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/David-Bain-Wall-Street-Bets-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/David-Bain-Wall-Street-Bets-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"\/>\u201cWe lower 2026E\/2027E Flutter and DraftKings EBITDA 1%\/3% and 4%\/4%, respectively to better reflect slower OSB handle and market share trends, as well as our view for increased costs related to both companies\u2019 investment in prediction markets. Our near-term estimates are also refined slightly lower to better incorporate Flutter\/DraftKings March Arkansas OSB launches. We lower our DraftKings\/Flutter price targets to $26\/$170, reflecting estimate changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Double Down Interactive<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Josh Nichols of B Riley Securities looked at Double Down Interactive on April 23:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuy-rated DoubleDown Interactive ($22 PT) reports 1Q26 results in the coming weeks. We model revenue of $94 million (+13.0% year-over-year, in line with consensus), with social casino accounting for 82% of sales (+10.5% year-over-year, including ~$12 million WHOW Games contribution) while organic social casino declines ~6% year-over-year as secular headwinds persist. SuprNation revenue of $16.6 million (+25.9% year-over-year, 18% of sales) continues scaling with improving profitability, offsetting legacy business pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdcgaboba-content-placement-after-3rd-paragraph cdcgaboba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 1em;\" id=\"cdcgaboba-1178743276\">\n<div id=\"cdcgaboba-767724820\" data-cdcgaboba-trackid=\"135779\" data-cdcgaboba-trackbid=\"1\" data-cdcgaboba-redirect=\"1\" class=\"cdcgaboba-target cdcgaboba-target\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/out\/135779\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CMTC email web\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CMTC-email-web-260424.jpg\" alt=\"CMTC email web\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CMTC-email-web-260424.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CMTC-email-web-260424-375x63.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"720\" height=\"120\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Gaming and Leisure Properties<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Truist Securities\u2019 Barry Jonas on April 24 looked at Gaming and Leisure Properties:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29064 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/Barry-Jonas-Wall-Street-Bets-3.png\" alt=\"Barry Jonas Wall Street Bets\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/Barry-Jonas-Wall-Street-Bets-3.png 200w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/Barry-Jonas-Wall-Street-Bets-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/Barry-Jonas-Wall-Street-Bets-3-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/Barry-Jonas-Wall-Street-Bets-3-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/01\/Barry-Jonas-Wall-Street-Bets-3-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"\/>\u201cQ1 adjusted funds from operations beat us\/Street by +2% driving a modest guidance raise along with increased visibility for Chicago spend (no changes to 1H27 opening timing). On top of $1.8 billion remaining in commitments, GLPI noted that its pipeline remains active and the market feels more rational, despite any rate volatility. We take our estimates to the high end of the range given GLPI\u2019s growth outlook and stability of cash flows. Reiterate Buy rating and $60 price target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"135847\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <!-- end article section --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"box-standout author-tagline\">\n<div class=\"grid-x\">\n<div class=\"cell shrink\">\n<div class=\"authorIm authorIm-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rege-Behe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rege Behe\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cell auto\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.4318181818182\">\n<div class=\"author-tagline-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"34\">\n<p><strong>Rege Behe<\/strong> brings more than 30 years of experience as a journalist to his role as a lead contributor to CDC Gaming. 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