Casino Business Plan Template

Both read the same document, so the licensing position leads: jurisdiction, permit class, application timeline, suitability, and a responsible gaming programme with named owners. The financial case then models win rather than wager, with hold percentage by game type, floor positions, expected occupancy, and average bet producing the revenue line. Non-gaming revenue, surveillance and compliance staffing, and equipment depreciation each need their own treatment, and the reserve should be sized against the licensing timeline plus the ramp. PrometAI’s template covers every one of those and adapts to your jurisdiction, floor plan, and game mix.

Work from positions, not from market size. For each table and machine type, estimate occupancy by daypart, average bet or spend, rounds per hour, and the theoretical hold, then let the floor plan aggregate into a win figure. Table games carry dealer cost per position and higher average bets, poker tables earn rake rather than house win, and slot machines generate the steadiest win per unit at the lowest running cost. Add dining and entertainment as separate lines carrying their own margins, and PrometAI reprices the statements and the valuation together as those assumptions change.

The floor and the licence dominate, and neither is optional. Gaming equipment, surveillance, cage and count infrastructure, venue fit-out, licence fees, and pre-opening compliance and training all complete before the first bet. The second requirement is a reserve deep enough for a licensing timeline of uncertain length plus the footfall ramp that follows. In the Royal Ember sample plan the total requirement is $314k, of which $313k is Year 1 capital expenditure with a $16k working-capital allocation. Scale, jurisdiction, and whether the venue is built or converted change that figure substantially, and the template recalculates as you adjust them.