Accel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:ACEL) is one of the best e-gaming and sports betting stocks to buy now.
The company’s freshest expansion move came on June 3, when its Toucan Gaming subsidiary acquired the assets of Rice Palace Inc. and South Louisiana Gaming Inc., the owner and operator of Rice Palace Truck Stop Casino in Crowley, Louisiana
The transaction is small but strategically useful, which is exactly how Accel’s distributed gaming model works. Rice Palace adds 50 video gaming devices to Toucan’s Louisiana operations, and Accel plans to expand the location’s capacity to 60 devices in the near term. That would represent an approximate 8% increase compared with the 728 Louisiana route video gaming devices Accel reported as of March 31, 2026.
A close-up of a person’s hands using a home console gaming device. The deal also strengthens route density in a state where Accel is already building scale. Instead of relying on a single destination-casino model, ACEL grows by adding terminals and gaming locations across bars, restaurants, convenience stores, truck stops, gaming cafes, and similar local venues.