WYOMISSING, Pa. (AP) _ PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $20.8 million.

The Wyomissing, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of 13 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 33 cents per share.

The casino operator posted revenue of $1.59 billion in the period, which matched Street forecasts.

For the year, the company reported profit of $222.1 million, or $1.29 per share. Revenue was reported as $6.4 billion.

PENN Entertainment expects full-year revenue in the range of $6.15 billion to $6.58 billion.

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