{"id":2443998,"date":"2026-06-04T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2443998"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:01:41","slug":"accel-entertainment-expands-louisiana-footprint-with-truckstop-casino-acquisition-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/accel-entertainment-expands-louisiana-footprint-with-truckstop-casino-acquisition-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Accel Entertainment expands Louisiana footprint with truckstop casino acquisition \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138360 articleHeight\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<p>\nWednesday, June 3, 2026 7:53 PM<\/p>\n<div class=\"ahFull\">\n<div class=\"ahImage\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"align-right attribution\">\n<p><strong>Photo:\u00a0<\/strong><span title=\"Accel Entertainment (courtesy)\">Accel Entertainment (courtesy)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"grid-x authorShare\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-8 grid-x\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"authorIm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Generic-Author.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"author\">CityBiz<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-4 grid-x align-middle share\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline ns-no-print\">\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"CDCart\">\n<p>Accel Entertainment has expanded its Louisiana operations through the acquisition of Rice Palace Truck Stop Casino in Crowley, adding a high-volume gaming location that strengthens the company\u2019s route-based gaming network in one of its key growth markets.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction was completed through Accel subsidiary Toucan Gaming, which acquired the assets of Rice Palace Inc. and South Louisiana Gaming Inc., owner and operator of the Rice Palace Truck Stop Casino. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition adds 50 video gaming devices (VGDs) to Accel\u2019s Louisiana portfolio and provides an opportunity for near-term operational expansion. The company plans to increase the location\u2019s capacity to 60 VGDs, representing approximately an 8% increase relative to the 728 Louisiana route gaming terminals Accel reported at the end of the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdcgaboba-content-placement-after-3rd-paragraph cdcgaboba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 1em;\" id=\"cdcgaboba-3951890812\">\n<div id=\"cdcgaboba-300770418\" data-cdcgaboba-trackid=\"14558\" data-cdcgaboba-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cdcgaboba-target cdcgaboba-target\">\n<div class=\"cdcgaboba-content-placement-after-3rd-paragraph cdcgaboba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 1em;\" id=\"cdcgaboba-4104098602\">\n<div id=\"cdcgaboba-949805071\" data-cdcgaboba-trackid=\"14555\" 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\/14555\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"QCI-web-220301-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/QCI-web-220301-6.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"720\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"138360\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <!-- end article section --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"continueText\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citybiz.co\/article\/854776\/accel-entertainment-expands-louisiana-footprint-with-rice-palace-casino-acquisition\/?abkw=citybizchicago\" target=\"_blank\">Article continues on CityBiz\u00a0<span>\u2b95<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citybiz.co\/article\/854776\/accel-entertainment-expands-louisiana-footprint-with-rice-palace-casino-acquisition\/?abkw=citybizchicago\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"osButton button\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><center\/>\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p> <!-- end article footer --><br \/>\n <!-- end article -->\t\t    \t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t <!-- end #main --><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- end #inner-content --><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cdcgaming.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to Newsroom Wednesday, June 3, 2026 7:53 PM Photo:\u00a0Accel Entertainment (courtesy) CityBiz Email, LinkedIn, and more Accel Entertainment has expanded its Louisiana operations through the acquisition of Rice Palace Truck Stop Casino in Crowley, adding a high-volume gaming location that strengthens the company\u2019s route-based gaming network in one of its key growth markets. 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