** Casino gaming company PENN Entertainment's shares
PENN.O fall 3% to $15.58 premarket
** BofA downgrades PENN to "neutral" from "buy", according
to a Seeking Alpha report
** ESPN Bet business will generate higher losses for longer
than anticipated, offsetting some of the largely stable regional
gaming trends, the report cites the brokerage as saying
** Of the 20 brokerages covering the stock, 9 rate "buy" or
higher and 11 "hold"; median PT is $23 - LSEG data
** Stock down 38% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))