UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant To Section 13 or 15 (d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): March 20, 2019

February 22, 2019

NEVADA GOLD & CASINOS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	1-15517	88-0142032
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

711 Powell Avenue SW

Suite 100

Renton, Washington

98057

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(702) 685-1000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 51.~~07.~~01 ~~Submission~~Entry ofinto ~~Matters to~~ a ~~Vote~~Material ofDefinitive ~~Security Holders~~Agreement.

AAs ~~special~~previously ~~meeting~~announced, on ofSeptember ~~shareholders~~18, of2018, Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), ~~was~~entered ~~held~~into onan ~~Friday,~~Agreement and ~~February~~Plan ~~22, 2019,~~of atMerger ~~the~~with ~~Tropicana~~Maverick ~~Las~~Gold ~~Vegas~~LLC ~~Casino~~(f/k/a ~~Hotel~~Maverick Casinos LLC), ~~3801~~a ~~Las~~Nevada ~~Vegas~~limited ~~Boulevard~~liability ~~South~~company (“Parent”), and ~~Las~~Maverick ~~Vegas~~Casinos Merger Sub, Inc., a Nevada ~~89109.~~corporation Atand a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the ~~meeting~~“Merger 11Sub”),~~618,996~~ ~~shares~~dated as of that date (the ~~Company’s~~“Agreement ~~common~~and ~~stock~~Plan ~~were~~of ~~represented~~Merger”, ~~either~~and inas ~~person~~amended or by ~~proxy,~~Amendment ~~constituting~~No. ~~65%~~1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 29, 2018 (“Amendment No. 1”), the ~~outstanding~~“Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, ~~stock~~among ofother things, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company., ~~The~~with ~~following~~the ~~matters~~Company ~~were~~continuing ~~acted~~as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, upon: the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

On March 20, 2019, 1the Company entered into Amendment No. ~~Approval~~2 ofto Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of that date (“Amendment No. 2 to the Merger Agreement”), with Parent, and Merger Sub. Amendment No. 2 amended the Merger Agreement to extend the date after which Parent or the Company may terminate the Merger Agreement if the Merger has not occurred by such date (the “Outside Date”) from April 15, 2019 to July 15, 2019, in order to provide the parties with more time to obtain the approvals of the Washington State Gambling Commission required in order to consummate the Merger. This termination right will continue to be unavailable to Parent or the Company if the inaccuracy or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement of such party set forth in the Merger Agreement had caused, or resulted in, the failure of the Merger to be consummated on or before the revised Outside Date.

Amendment No. 2 to ~~The~~the Merger Agreement also amended the Merger Agreement to provide that if the Merger occurs after May 1, 2019, the per share merger consideration will automatically increase by $0.02 (instead of $0.01) for each month following such date until (and ~~Plan~~including) the date of the Merger (prorated by ~~and~~the ~~among~~number ~~Nevada~~of ~~Gold~~days &for ~~Casinos~~partial months). Thus, ~~Inc~~as amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Merger Agreement, the ~~Maverick~~Merger ~~Casinos~~Agreement now provides that the $2.50 per share merger consideration shall be automatically increased by (i) $0.01 for each month following February 1, ~~LLC~~2019 until (and ~~Maverick~~including) ~~Casinos~~the earlier of (x) the date of the Merger and (y) May 1, 2019 (prorated ~~Sub~~by the number of days for partial months), ~~Inc~~plus (ii) if the Merger occurs after May 1, 2019, $0.02 ~~was~~for ~~approved~~each month following such date until (and including) the date of the Merger (prorated by the ~~following~~number ~~vote:~~of days for partial months).

For:	Against:	Abstain:	Broker Non-Votes:
11,237,593	298,722	7,114	75,565

The foregoing summary of Amendment No. 2 to the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of (i) Amendment No. 2 to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference, (ii) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2018, and (iii) Amendment No. 1, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 30, 2018.

2Item 9.01 ~~Advisory~~Financial ~~vote~~Statements toand ~~approve named executive officer compensation~~Exhibits.

~~The Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation in connection with the proposed merger was approved by the following vote:~~(d) Exhibits.

For:	Against:	Abstain:	Broker Non-Votes:
8,885,703	2,725,461	7,831	0

Exhibit No.	Description

32.1 ~~Proposal~~Amendment No. 2 to ~~adjourn~~Agreement ~~the~~and ~~special~~Plan ~~meeting~~of Merger dated as of March 20, 2019, by and among Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc., Maverick Gold LLC (f/k/a Maverick Casinos LLC), and Maverick Casinos Merger Sub, Inc.

A proposal to approve the adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the proposal to approve the Merger Agreement. The proposal was approved by the following vote:SIGNATURES

For:	Against:	Abstain:	Broker Non-Votes:
11,306,648	99,112	137,668	75,566

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.

~~SIGNATURE~~Date: March 21, 2019

~~Pursuant~~NEVADA toGOLD ~~the~~& ~~requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~CASINOS, ~~the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned who is duly authorized~~INC.

	NEVADA GOLD & CASINOS, INC.
Date: February 22, 2019	By:	/s/ James D. Meier
		James D. Meier
		Vice President and CFO

By: /s/ Michael P. Shaunnessy

Name: Michael P. Shaunnessy
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description

2.1	Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 20, 2019, by and among Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc., Maverick Gold LLC (f/k/a Maverick Casinos LLC), and Maverick Casinos Merger Sub, Inc.

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