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                               December 4, 2023

       Blake Sartini
       Chief Executive Officer
       Golden Entertainment, Inc.
       6595 S. Jones Boulevard
       Las Vegas, Nevada 89118

                                                        Re: Golden 
Entertainment, Inc.
                                                            Definitive Proxy 
Statement on Schedule 14A
                                                            Filed April 12, 
2023
                                                            File No. 000-24993

       Dear Blake Sartini:

               We have limited our review of your most recent definitive proxy 
statement to those issues
       we have addressed in our comments. Please respond to these comments by 
confirming that you
       will revise your future proxy disclosures in accordance with the topics 
discussed below.

       Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 12, 2023

       Pay versus Performance, page 45

   1.                                                   We note that you have 
included Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, as your
                                                        Company-Selected 
Measure pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(2)(vi). Please
                                                        provide disclosure 
showing how this number is calculated from your audited financial
                                                        statements, as required 
by Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(2)(vi). You may satisfy the
                                                        disclosure requirement 
by a cross-reference to a different part of the definitive proxy
                                                        statement; however, 
incorporation by reference to a separate filing will not satisfy this
                                                        disclosure requirement.
              Please contact Alyssa Wall at 202-551-8106 or Amanda Ravitz at 
202-551-3412 with any
       other questions.



                                                                                
                               Sincerely,

                                                                                
                               Division of Corporation Finance
                                                                                
                               Disclosure Review Program