2008-12-03 03:05:01 -

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) announced today that Chief Financial Officer, William J. Clifford, will participate in an audio webcast in conjunction with the Company"s presentation at the 12th Annual Wachovia Global Real Estate Securities Conference on Tuesday, December 9 at The New York Palace Hotel at 8:45 a.m. ET.
The webcast and presentation will be accessible

at www.pngaming.com ("Recent News") or www.wsw.com/webcast/wa54/penn/, and will be archived for sixty days.
About Penn National Gaming
Penn National Gaming owns and operates gaming and racing facilities with a focus on slot machine entertainment. The Company presently operates nineteen facilities in fifteen jurisdictions, including Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ontario. In aggregate, Penn National"s operated facilities feature over 25,400 slot machines, approximately 400 table games, over 2,000 hotel rooms and more than 930,000 square feet of gaming floor space.

Penn National Gaming, Inc.

William J. Clifford, 610-373-2400

Chief Financial Officer

or

Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated

Joseph N. Jaffoni, Richard Land

212-835-8500

penn@jcir.com