SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CARLINO PETER M (Last) (First) (Middle) 825 BERKSHIRE BLVD SUITE 200 (Street) WYOMISSING PA 19610 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC [ PENN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman & CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/18/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/18/2009		J(1)		52,438	A	$0	490,987(2)(3)(4)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares acquired by Peter M. Carlino as a beneficiary under the Carlino Family Trust.

2. Mr. Carlino and Marshia W. Carlino are joint owners of 129,136 of the shares reported as held by him directly.

3. The reporting person is also the indirect beneficial owner of (a) 8,449,418 shares which are owned by the Carlino Family Trust a greater than 10% owner of the issuer of which Peter M. Carlino is a Trustee; and (b) 191,715 shares, which are owned by The Trust for Gary Gilbert, of which Peter M. Carlino is a Trustee. Peter M. Carlino disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by each of the Carlino Family Trust and The Trust for Gary Gilbert, and this report should not be deemed an admission that Peter M. Carlino is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purpose of section 16 or any other purpose. On March 18,2009, the Carlino Family Trust distributed 423,420 shares to certain beneficiaries, including the reporting person

4. The reporting person is also the indirect beneficial owner of (a) 231,380 shares owned by a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (a GRAT) executed by Peter M. Carlino on 9/23/05; (b) 21,659 shares owned by GRAT executed by Peter M. Carlino on 5/19/06;(c) 63,945 shares owned by a GRAT executed by Peter M. Carlino on 6/14/07; (d)509,303 shares owned by a GRAT executed by Peter M. Carlino on 6/26/08; (e) 270,165 shares owned by a GRAT executed by Peter M. Carlino on 11/20/08; and (f) 315,002 shares owned by a GRAT executed by Marshia W. Carlino on 11/20/08. Mr. Carlino is the Trustee of each of the GRATs. Mr. Carlino disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by all of the GRATs, and this report should not be deemed an admission that Peter M. Carlino is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

	/s/Robert S Ippolito as attorney-in-fact for Peter M. Carlino	03/20/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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