UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~February~~March 2731, 2026

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GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Minnesota	000-24993	41-1913991
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6595 S Jones Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada		89118
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (702) 893-7777

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	GDEN	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 25.~~02 Results~~07 Submission of ~~Operations~~Matters ~~and~~to ~~Financial~~a ~~Condition~~Vote of Security Holders.

OnAs ~~February~~previously 27disclosed, ~~2026,~~ Golden Entertainment, Inc. ~~issued~~(the a“Company”) ~~press~~entered ~~release~~into ~~announcing~~a ~~its~~Master ~~financial~~Transaction ~~results~~Agreement ~~for~~(as ~~the~~it ~~quarter~~has ~~and~~been ~~year~~or ~~ended~~may ~~December~~be 31amended, ~~2025.~~supplemented Aor ~~copy~~modified offrom time to time, the ~~press~~“MTA”) ~~release~~with isArgento, ~~attached~~LLC, ~~hereto~~a asNevada ~~Exhibit~~limited 99liability company, VICI Properties Inc.1, a Maryland corporation, and isVICI ~~incorporated~~ROYAL ~~herein~~MERGER bySUB ~~reference~~LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on November 6, 2025.

InThe ~~accordance~~Company ~~with~~held ~~General~~a ~~Instruction~~special ~~B.2.~~meeting of ~~Form~~shareholders ~~8-K,~~on ~~the~~March ~~information~~31, in2026 ~~this~~(the ~~Item~~“Special 2Meeting”).~~02,~~ ~~including~~At ~~Exhibit~~the ~~99.1~~Special Meeting, ~~shall~~the ~~not~~Company’s beshareholders ~~deemed~~voted ~~“filed”~~on ~~for~~the ~~purposes~~three ofproposals ~~Section~~set 18forth ofbelow. ~~the~~Such ~~Securities~~proposals ~~Exchange~~are ~~Act~~described ofin ~~1934,~~more asdetail ~~amended,~~in or the ~~Exchange~~Company’s ~~Act,~~Definitive orProxy ~~otherwise~~Statement ~~subject~~on toSchedule ~~the~~14A, ~~liabilities~~dated ofMarch ~~that~~6, ~~Section~~2026, ~~nor~~filed ~~shall~~with itthe beSecurities ~~deemed~~and ~~incorporated~~Exchange byCommission ~~reference~~and inmailed ~~any~~to ~~filing~~all ~~under~~shareholders ~~the~~of ~~Securities~~record ~~Act~~ of ~~1933,~~the asCompany. ~~amended,~~The orvoting ~~the~~results ~~Exchange~~regarding ~~Act,~~each ~~except~~proposal asare ~~expressly~~ set forth ~~by specific reference in such a filing~~below.

As of the close of business on March 3, 2026, the record date for the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 26,398,811 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Golden common stock”) outstanding, each of which was entitled to one vote on each proposal at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, a total of 20,658,534 shares of Golden common stock, representing approximately 78% of the outstanding shares of Golden common stock entitled to vote as of the Record Date, were present in person or represented by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct business.

The number of votes cast for and against, as well as abstention votes and broker non-votes, with respect to each proposal presented at the Special Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: To adopt the MTA and the transactions contemplated thereby or therein.


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
20,430,245	208,131	20,158	—

The foregoing Proposal 1 was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s shareholders.

Proposal 2: To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable by the Company to its named executive officers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the MTA.


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
18,321,781	2,330,138	6,615	—

The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s shareholders.

Proposal 3: To approve one or more adjournments of the Special Meeting, from time to time, to a later date or dates to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt Proposal 1 at the time of the Special Meeting.


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
19,538,974	1,096,295	23,265	—

The foregoing Proposal 3 was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s shareholders. However, because Proposal 1 to adopt the MTA was approved, the adjournment of the Special Meeting was not necessary to continue to solicit additional proxies and, accordingly, the Special Meeting was not adjourned.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 1, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)						Exhibits
Exhibits						Description
99.1						Press Release ~~dated~~Dated ~~February~~April 271, 2026.
104						The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
	(Registrant)
Dated: February 27, 2026		/s/ Charles H. Protell
Dated: April 1, 2026		/s/ Charles H. Protell
		Name:	Charles H. Protell
		Title:	President and Chief Financial Officer

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