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Wynn Resorts Ltd. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 8/9/23, at 5:07pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1174922-23-135   ·   File #:  0-50028

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/09/23  Wynn Resorts Ltd.                 10-Q        6/30/23   79:8.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.08M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
10: R1          Cover                                               HTML     74K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    157K 
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     47K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    136K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     51K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                                        
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders'   HTML    121K 
                Deficit (Unaudited)                                              
16: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    121K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R8          Organization                                        HTML     26K 
18: R9          Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     32K 
                Policies                                                         
19: R10         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     44K 
20: R11         Receivables, net                                    HTML     43K 
21: R12         Property and Equipment, net                         HTML     35K 
22: R13         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net                 HTML     55K 
23: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     71K 
24: R15         WML Convertible Bond Conversion Option Derivative   HTML     35K 
25: R16         Stockholders' Deficit                               HTML     33K 
26: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     50K 
27: R18         Customer Contract Liabilities                       HTML     46K 
28: R19         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     46K 
29: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML     28K 
30: R21         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     53K 
31: R22         Leases                                              HTML     34K 
32: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     31K 
33: R24         Retail Joint Venture                                HTML     24K 
34: R25         Segment Information                                 HTML    160K 
35: R26         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     34K 
36: R27         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     28K 
37: R28         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     34K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
38: R29         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     57K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R30         Receivables, net (Tables)                           HTML     41K 
40: R31         Property and Equipment, net (Tables)                HTML     34K 
41: R32         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net (Tables)        HTML    104K 
42: R33         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     56K 
43: R34         WML Convertible Bond Conversion Option Derivative   HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     49K 
45: R36         Customer Contract Liabilities (Tables)              HTML     46K 
46: R37         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     45K 
47: R38         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     51K 
48: R39         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     34K 
49: R40         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    158K 
50: R41         Organization (Details)                              HTML     31K 
51: R42         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     37K 
                Policies - Additional Information (Details)                      
52: R43         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash -        HTML     39K 
                Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted                
                Cash (Details)                                                   
53: R44         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash -        HTML     35K 
                Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures                  
                (Details)                                                        
54: R45         Receivables, net (Details)                          HTML     45K 
55: R46         Receivables, net - Schedule of Movement in          HTML     35K 
                Allowance for Credit Losses Recognized for                       
                Receivables (Details)                                            
56: R47         Property and Equipment, net - Schedule of Property  HTML     41K 
                and Equipment, Net (Detail)                                      
57: R48         Property and Equipment, net - Narrative (Details)   HTML     24K 
58: R49         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net - Schedule of   HTML     56K 
                Intangible Assets, Net (Details)                                 
59: R50         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net - Narrative     HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R51         Long-Term Debt - Summary of Long-Term Debt          HTML    106K 
                (Detail)                                                         
61: R52         Long-Term Debt - Summary of Long-Term Debt -        HTML     91K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
62: R53         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML    166K 
63: R54         WML Convertible Bond Conversion Option Derivative   HTML     35K 
                - Valuation Techniques for Embedded Derivative                   
                (Details)                                                        
64: R55         WML Convertible Bond Conversion Option Derivative   HTML     40K 
                - Narrative (Details)                                            
65: R56         Stockholders' Deficit (Details)                     HTML     72K 
66: R57         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     60K 
67: R58         Customer Contract Liabilities Schedule of Customer  HTML     40K 
                Contract Liabilities (Details)                                   
68: R59         Stock-Based Compensation - Share Based              HTML     41K 
                Compensation Allocated Costs (Detail)                            
69: R60         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     26K 
70: R61         Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Shares used in     HTML     63K 
                Calculation of Earnings Per Share (Detail)                       
71: R62         Leases - Minimum and Contingent Operating Lease     HTML     29K 
                Income (Details)                                                 
72: R63         Retail Joint Venture - Additional information       HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R64         Segment Information - Summary of Results of         HTML    155K 
                Operations by Segment (Details)                                  
74: R65         Segment Information - Summary of Assets by Segment  HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    143K 
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 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- wynn-20230630_lab                     XML   1.80M 
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6 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 6/30/23  Wynn Resorts Ltd.                 8-K:1,2,9   6/27/23   11:1.9M
 6/05/23  Wynn Resorts Ltd.                 8-K:1,9     6/02/23   11:344K
 6/02/23  Wynn Resorts Ltd.                 8-K:5,9     6/01/23   12:228K
 5/17/23  Wynn Resorts Ltd.                 8-K:1,9     5/17/23   12:2.7M
 2/28/20  Wynn Resorts Ltd.                 10-K       12/31/19  126:20M
 5/08/15  Wynn Resorts Ltd.                 10-Q        3/31/15   75:8.1M
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