WYOMISSING, Pa. (AP) _ Penn National Gaming Inc. (PENN) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $86.1 million.

The Wyomissing, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of 52 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 84 cents per share.

The casino operator posted revenue of $1.51 billion in the period, which beat Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.5 billion.

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