Blake L. Sartini (born January 16, 1959) is an American entrepreneur in the Nevada gaming and entertainment industry.
He is Chairman, President and CEO of Golden Entertainment, Inc., an owner and operator of distributed gaming, taverns and casinos based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It was formed in 2015 by the merger of Golden Gaming (founded in 2001 by Blake Sartini) and Lakes Entertainment. The Golden Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates gaming properties across two divisions – distributed gaming and resort and casino operations. Golden Entertainment, Inc. operates more than 12,000 gaming devices and over 30 table games in Nevada, Maryland and Montana. The company owns four casino properties, over 55 taverns and operates approximately 980 distributed gaming locations in Nevada, Maryland and Montana. In June 2017, Golden agreed to purchase American Casino & Entertainment Properties for $850 million, which would expand the company's casino portfolio by four: the Stratosphere Las Vegas, Arizona Charlie's Boulder, Arizona Charlie's Decatur, and the Aquarius Casino Resort. The transaction closed in October 2017 and Golden owns and operates eight casino-resort properties - seven in Nevada and one in Maryland. In March 2018, Sartini and Golden Entertainment announced plans for a $140 million renovation of the Stratosphere Las Vegas that will be completed in three phases. In January 2019, Golden Entertainment closed on its $190 million deal to acquire two Laughlin casinos, Colorado Belle and Edgewater.