DHCC Diamondhead Casino Corporation (PK)

Note 1. Organization and Business

Diamondhead Casino Corporation (the “Company”) owns, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mississippi Gaming Corporation, an approximate 400-acre undeveloped property located at 7051 Interstate 10, Diamondhead, Mississippi 39525 (hereafter “the Diamondhead Property” or “the Property”). The Company’s intent was and is to construct a casino resort and other amenities on the Property unilaterally or in conjunction with one or more joint venture partners. However, the Company has been unable, to date, to obtain financing to move the project forward and/or enter into a joint venture partnership. There can be no assurance that the substantial funds required for the design and construction of the project can be obtained or that such funds can be obtained on acceptable terms. In addition, the Company has been unable to obtain financing to sustain the Company. Due to its lack of financial resources, the Company was forced to explore other alternatives, including a sale of part or all of the Property. The Company’s preference is to sell only part of the Property inasmuch as this would appear to be in the best interest of the stockholders of the Company. However, there can be no assurance the Company will be able to sell only part of the Property. The Company intends to continue to pursue a joint venture partnership and/or other financing while seeking a viable purchaser for part or all of the Property. Finally, there can be no assurance that if the requisite financing for the project were obtained and the project were constructed, that the project would be successful.

Note 2. Liquidity and Going Concern

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has incurred losses over the past several years, has no operations, generates no operating revenues and, as reflected in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, incurred a net loss applicable to common stockholders of $496,847 and $523,357 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 respectively. In addition, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $47,359,649 on March 31, 2024. Due to its lack of financial resources, the Company has been forced to explore other alternatives, including a sale of part or all of the Property.

The Company has had no operations since it ended its gambling cruise ship operations in 2000. Since that time, the Company has concentrated its efforts on the development of its Diamondhead, Mississippi property. That development is dependent upon the Company obtaining the necessary capital, through either equity and/or debt financing, unilaterally or in conjunction with one or more partners, to master plan, design, obtain permits for, construct, open, and operate a casino resort.

In the past, in order to raise capital to pay on-going costs and expenses, the Company has borrowed funds, through Private Placements of convertible instruments as well as through other secured notes which are more fully described in Notes 5 through 9 to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company is in default with respect to payment of both principal and interest under the terms of most of these instruments. In addition, at March 31, 2024, the Company had $13,948,423 of accounts payable and accrued expenses and $312,883 in cash on hand.

The above conditions raise substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 4. Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Note 5. Convertible Notes and Line of Credit

Line of Credit

In 2008, the Company entered into an agreement with an unrelated third party for an unsecured Line of Credit up to a maximum of $1,000,000. The Line of Credit carries an interest rate on amounts borrowed of 9% per annum. All funds originally advanced under the facility were due and payable by November 1, 2012. As an inducement to provide the facility, the lender was awarded an immediate option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock of the Company at $1.75 per share. In addition, the lender received an option to purchase a maximum of 250,000 additional shares of common stock of the Company at $1.75 per share. The options expire following repayment in full by the Company of the amount borrowed. The Company is in default under the repayment terms of the agreement. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the unpaid principal and accrued interest due on the obligation totaled $2,325,121 and $2,302,929, respectively.

Convertible Notes

Convertible Notes issued pursuant to two Private Placements total $962,500 in principal and became due and payable beginning in March 2012 and extending to various dates through June 2013. As of the date of the filing of this report, all the aforementioned debt obligations remain unpaid and in default under the repayment terms of the notes. In November 2020, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware awarded Judgments in favor of certain holders of these Promissory Notes who filed suit against the Company. As a result, the Company must carry an aggregate of $486,796 (total principal and interest) as debt owed to these noteholders. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, all Notes issued had a total outstanding principal of $962,500 and accrued interest, including the additional interest awarded pursuant to the Court Judgments, of $1,168,972 and $1,145,957 respectively.

Note 6. Convertible Debentures

Pursuant to a Private Placement Memorandum dated February 14, 2014 (the “Private Placement”), the Company offered up to a maximum of $3,000,000 of Collateralized Convertible Senior Debentures to accredited or institutional investors. The Offering was conducted contingent on the deposit into Escrow of the purchase price for all the Debentures offered in the principal amount of $3,000,000. The Debentures, once issued, originally bore interest at 4% per annum after 180 days, matured six years from the date of issuance, and were secured by a lien on the Company’s Mississippi property. The interest rate on these debentures was raised pursuant to subsequent agreements. The debentures were offered in three tranches as follows:

(a) $1,000,000 of First Tranche Collateralized Convertible Senior Debentures convertible into an aggregate of 3,333,333 shares of Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price of $.30 per share (the “First Tranche Debentures”);

(b) $1,000,000 of Second Tranche Collateralized Convertible Senior Debentures, convertible into an aggregate of 2,222,222 shares of Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price of $.45 per share (the “Second Tranche Debentures”); and

(c) $1,000,000 of Third Tranche Collateralized Convertible Senior Debentures, convertible into either 1,818,182 shares of Common Stock or 1,333,333 shares of Common Stock of the Company, at a conversion price of $.55 or $.75 per share depending upon certain conditions described in the Private Placement Memorandum (the “Third Tranche Debentures”).

The conversion rights on each issued Debenture carried an Anti-Dilution Provision. If the Company issued any shares of Common Stock or other securities after March 31, 2014 at a price per security that was less than the conversion price of a Debenture, then the Debenture would have had a new conversion price equal to the price per security that was less than the Conversion Price of the Debenture. The foregoing provision did not apply to the following:

(a) The issuance of any of the other Debentures in the Offering or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of any of the Debentures in the Offering.

(b) The issuance of any shares of Common Stock if such issuance relates to an agreement, arrangement or grant to issue shares of Common Stock entered into by the Company prior to the Issue Date of the First Tranche Debentures in the Offering, including but not limited to, for example, previously issued convertible promissory notes, previously issued warrants, previously issued options to purchase Common Stock, or common stock vested or to be issued pursuant to a pre-existing Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

The Anti-Dilution Provisions with respect to a Debenture terminate the earlier of (a) the date (if ever) the Company receives an “Approval to Proceed” from the Mississippi Gaming Commission to develop a casino/hotel on the Property, (b) the date on which the Debenture is converted in full, (c) the date on which the Debenture is paid in full, or (d) the Final Maturity Date of the Debenture (as defined in the Debenture).

Since the issuance of the Debentures, there have been no events that would trigger the above anti-dilution provisions.

When originally issued, in the event the Company failed to meet the conditions for conversion of the Debentures, the First Tranche Convertible Debentures, which total $950,000, would have been due on March 31, 2020 and the Second Tranche Convertible Debentures, which total $850,000, would have been due December 31, 2020. The sole remaining non-convertible Debenture in the amount of $50,000 would have been due March 31, 2020. However, the Company is in default with respect to interest payments due under the Debenture agreements in the amount of $427,081 and as a result, the Debentures payable are reported as current liabilities.

Certain Debenture holders obtained a judgment for amounts due relating to their Debentures. Post judgment interest shall only apply to the $1.5 million principal due under their Debentures. Total accrued interest due on all outstanding Debentures amounted to $783,966 and $750,719 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 respectively.

Note 7. Short Term Notes and Interest-Bearing Advance

Promissory Notes

On June 9, 2017, the Company entered into a Promissory Note with an unrelated lender in exchange for proceeds in the amount of $15,000. Interest on the note was 12.5% per annum and payable March 1 of each year the note remained outstanding. Payment in full of the Note was due June 9, 2019. On July 20, 2023, the Noteholder agreed to extend the maturity date of the note to June 9, 2025. Mississippi Gaming Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, guaranteed the Note. In addition, the President of the Company agreed to personally guarantee the Note and to personally secure the Note with an assignment of proceeds due to her under the first lien on the Diamondhead property. The interest payments since March 1, 2018 have been due. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company fully repaid the principal amount of $15,000 and settled the accrued interest due on this obligation, which amounted to $14,165.

Bank Credit Facility

Wells Fargo Bank provided an unsecured credit facility of up to $15,000 to the Company. The facility required a variable monthly payment of amounts borrowed plus interest, which was applied at 11.24% on direct charges and 24.99% on any cash advanced through the facility. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, a principal balance of $18,004 remained outstanding on the facility. The lending bank has since cancelled privileges under the facility for non-payment.

Interest Bearing Advances

In 2016, the Company received cash advances totaling $47,500 from seven lenders which included $22,500 from third parties (see Note 8 for related party advances). The proceeds from the cash advances were earmarked for the payment of accounting and auditing fees and other expenses required to file the Company’s Form 10-Q. On August 25, 2016, the Company issued a Note to the foregoing lenders, which matures four years from the date of issuance and bears interest at 8% per annum, with a full year of interest accruing in any year in which the advance remains unpaid. Accrued interest due on the above notes amounted to $20,600 and $16,400 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

On February 2, 2017, the Company borrowed $25,000 from an unrelated third party. The Note carries an annual interest rate of approximately 12.5% and is past due. The Company is in default and as such, the lender may increase the interest rate due by an amount of up to 3% per annum in excess of the rate then otherwise applicable. The Company does not have the funds to repay the advance. The President of the Company has agreed to personally secure the note with an assignment of proceeds due to her under the first lien on the Property. Accrued interest on this obligation amounted to $7,431 and $6,644 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Of the amounts discussed above, $65,504 in short-term notes and advances are in default under the original agreed to terms.

Note 8. Current Notes Payable Due Related Parties

In 2016, the Company received cash advances totaling $47,500 from seven lenders which included $25,000 from three Current Directors of the Company (see Note 7). The proceeds from the cash advances were earmarked for the payment of accounting and auditing fees and other expenses required to file the Company’s Form 10-Q. On August 25, 2016, the Company issued a Note to the foregoing lenders, which matures four years from the date of issuance and bears interest at 8% per annum, with a full year of interest accruing in any year in which the advance remains unpaid. Accrued interest due on the above notes amounted to $18,000 and $16,000 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.These amounts are included in current liabilities on the balance sheets as March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. This note is secured by a second lien on the Diamondhead Property.

In the third quarter of 2016, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company loaned the Company $90,000. On August 25, 2016, the Company issued a Note to the Chairman of the Board. The Note bears interest at 14% per annum effective August 1, 2016 and matures four years from the date of issuance. The proceeds of the loan were used for the payment of Mississippi property taxes and auditing, accounting and other corporate expenses. Accrued interest due on the above note amounted to $96,658 and $93,482 as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 respectively.

In July 2017, at the request of the Company, the current Chairman of the Board of Directors, who is also a Vice President of the Company (“the Chairman”), paid all property taxes due, together with all interest due thereon, to Hancock County, Mississippi on the approximate 400-acre tract of land, owned by Mississippi Gaming Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The total amount advanced was $67,628.

The Chairman is one of the secured parties under that Land Deed of Trust recorded on September 26, 2014 in Hancock County, Mississippi, to secure Tranche I and Tranche II Debentures issued by the Company in 2014. Under paragraph 5 of the Land Deed of Trust, a secured party who advances sums for taxes due on the Property is secured by the same Land Deed of Trust, but only at that interest rate specified in the note representing the primary indebtedness, namely 4% per annum.

The Chairman advanced the $67,628 on condition that: (i) the advance constitute a lien with interest at 4% per annum under that Land Deed of Trust recorded September 26, 2014; (ii) he be paid additional interest of 11% per annum on the amount advanced and owing and that the full 11% interest per annum is payable during any calendar year in which all or part of the amount advanced and owing or interest due thereon remains unpaid; (iii) this additional interest obligation be treated as a separate and secured debt of the Company, to be evidenced by a separate note and is secured with a separate and third lien to be placed on the Property (hereafter “the Third Lien”); (iv) the entire obligation will be treated as an advance to be paid out of any subsequent incoming financing obtained by the Company or any amounts recovered by the Company from a defendant in that collection action brought by the Company in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland; and (v) he be indemnified for any losses sustained on the sale of that common stock sold to cover the payment of real estate property taxes and any credit card fees associated with payment (“the indemnification”). The Chairman identified the common stock sold and provided the Company with the documentation required to document the sale of said stock and to calculate the loss, if any, on said stock. The fair value measurement of the derivative indemnification liability at December 31, 2021 was developed using Level 1 inputs, which was valued at $0. On February 4, 2022, the Board of Directors entered into an agreement with the Chairman to issue 35,000 shares of common stock of the Company to the Chairman to repurchase the indemnification. See Note 11. On September 30, 2018, Mississippi Gaming Corporation issued a secured promissory note, due one year from the date of issue to the Chairman for an amount up to $100,000 to cover the principle and interest due with respect to this note. On August 21, 2018, Mississippi Gaming Corporation placed a third lien on the Property to secure this obligation for $100,000. Accrued interest on the note amounted to $77,648 and $69,527 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

In March of 2018, the Board of Directors voted to increase up to an additional $200,000 the amount secured by the third lien in favor of the Chairman of the Board, for amounts advanced by the Chairman on behalf of the Company, on the following terms and conditions, namely, that (i) the advance constitutes a lien on the Property with interest at 15% per annum; (ii) that the full interest of 15% per annum is payable during any calendar year in which all or part of the amount advanced is due and owing or interest due thereon remains unpaid; (iii) that this debt be evidenced by a separate promissory note and is to be included in and secured with a third lien that is to be placed on the Diamondhead Property to secure previous advances made to the Company (hereafter “the Third Lien”); (iv) that he be indemnified for any losses sustained on the sale of his common stock in an unrelated publicly-traded company to be sold to cover this advance based on a sales price of approximately $2.80 per share with a cap on the maximum loss per share to be at a sales price of $10.00 per share; and (v) that the Chairman’s previous indemnification approved by the Board of Directors on July 24, 2017 with respect to any loss on the sale of the same stock also be capped at a maximum of $10.00 per share. The Chairman identified the common stock sold and provided the Company with the documentation required to document the sale of said stock and to calculate the loss, if any, on said stock. On February 4, 2022, the Board of Directors entered into an agreement with the Chairman to issue 35,000 shares of common stock of the Company to the Chairman to repurchase the indemnifications. See Note 11.

On September 30, 2018, Mississippi Gaming Corporation issued a secured promissory note, due one year from the date of issue to the Chairman, for an amount up to $200,000 to cover the principal and interest due with respect to this note. On August 21, 2018, Mississippi Gaming Corporation placed a third lien on the Diamondhead Property to secure this obligation for $200,000.

In November of 2018, the Board of Directors voted to increase up to an additional $100,000 of advances from the Chairman and in March of 2019, the Board of Directors voted to increase the limit of the advances to $200,000. The terms of this advance are identical to the terms as approved above in March 2018.

In July 2020, the Chairman of the Board of the Company paid a total of $67,076 for property taxes due for the year 2019 on the Company’s 400-acre Diamondhead, Mississippi Property plus $1,573 in related fees. The Company placed a fourteenth lien on the Property in July 2021 to secure a promissory note in the amount of $150,000 issued to the Chairman of the Board of the Company to secure the payment of these taxes and interest due thereon.

In May 2021, the Chairman of the Board of the Company paid a total of $62,610 for property taxes due for the year 2020 on the Company’s 400-acre Diamondhead, Mississippi Property plus $1,468 in related fees. The Company placed a fifteenth lien on the Property in July 2021 to secure a promissory note in the amount of $100,000 issued to the Chairman of the Board of the Company to secure the payment of these taxes and interest due thereon.

On May 30, 2021, the Chairman of the Board of the Company loaned the Company $50,000. The note is non-interest bearing and matures one year from the date of issuance. The Company placed a sixteenth lien on the Property in July 2021 to secure this non-interest bearing note which totals $50,000 in principal and calls for the issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock. The note is not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued. The Company recorded a fair value of the stock of $33,500, which was determined by the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of the loan. The fair value of the stock was recorded as a debt discount, which will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the note. Debt discount was fully amortized during 2022.

On February 17, 2023, the Board of Directors agreed to issue a non-interest bearing promissory note to the Chairman in the principal amount of $25,000 together with 50,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The note was issued in connection with the Chairman advancing funds to pay off accounts payable on behalf of the Company. The note is not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued. The Company recorded a fair value of the stock of $17,500, which was determined by the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of the loan. The fair value of the stock was recorded as a debt discount, which will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the note. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, debt discount was fully amortized to interest expense to related parties. On November 1, 2023, as previously agreed, the Company paid the Chairman the $25,000 advanced out of the proceeds of the eminent domain settlement.

On July 28, 2023, the Board of Directors agreed to issue a non-interest bearing promissory note to the Chairman in the principal amount of $75,000 together with 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The note was issued in connection with the Chairman advancing funds to pay off property taxes due for the year 2022 on the Diamondhead, Mississippi Property and fees due to Company’s outside auditor for review of Form 10Q for the period ending June 30, 2023, on behalf of the Company. The note is not convertible. As of the issuance date of these financial statements, no shares have been issued. The Company recorded a fair value of the stock of $52,500, which was determined by the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of the loan. The fair value of the stock was recorded as a debt discount, which will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the note. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, $13,209 of debt discount was amortized to interest expense to related parties. On November 1, 2023, as previously agreed, the Company paid the Chairman the $75,000 advanced out of the proceeds of the eminent domain settlement.

As of March 31, 2024, the Chairman had advanced a total of $467,953, net of repayment of $16,250, under both the March 2018 and March 2019 arrangements and was owed accrued interest in the amount of $409,622 and $349,415 as on both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

On July 24, 2017, the President of the Company, who is a Director of the Company, agreed to advance the Company up to $20,000 for the payment of expenses. In March of 2018, the Board of Directors voted to increase to up to $100,000 the amount to be secured by a third lien in favor of the President of the Company for amounts advanced by the President under this note, on the following terms and conditions, namely, that (i) she be paid interest of 15% per annum on the amount advanced and owing and that the full 15% interest per annum is payable during any calendar year in which all or part of the amount advanced and owing or interest due thereon remains unpaid; (ii) the obligation in the maximum principal amount of $100,000 with interest due thereon be treated as a secured debt of the Company, to be evidenced by a separate note and to be secured with a separate lien to be placed on the Diamondhead Property (“the Third Lien”) together with the Chairman’s Third Lien, as well as a first lien to be placed on the residential lot owned by the Company; (iii) that the Third Lien on the Diamondhead Property also include the two loans ($25,000 and $15,000) and interest due thereon and credit facilities in the maximum amount of $15,000; and (iv) that the foregoing will be treated as advances to be paid out of any subsequent incoming financing obtained by the Company or any amounts recovered by the Company from a defendant in that collection action brought by the Company in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland.

As of March 31, 2024, the President had advanced a total of $5,007, net of repayments of $68,562, under this agreement. The President previously agreed to secure a $25,000 loan and interest due thereon and to secure and guarantee a $15,000 loan and interest due thereon due non-related parties discussed above. The President is also personally liable for certain bank-issued credit cards used by the Company to pay expenses incurred by the Company in the approximate amount of $18,000. On September 30, 2018, Mississippi Gaming Corporation issued a secured promissory note, due one year from date of issue, to the President for an amount up to $100,000 to cover the principal and interest due with respect to this note. On August 21, 2018, Mississippi gaming Corporation placed a third lien on the Diamondhead Property to secure this obligation for $100,000. Accrued interest due on this note amounted to $22,249 and $23,763 as at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

The third lien placed on the Diamondhead Property, which secures the above three promissory notes, totals up to $400,000 and is payable to the Chairman of the Board ($300,000) and President ($100,000) of the Company.

The principal balance of the notes payable due to the officers and directors discussed above was $685,392, net of debt discount of $17,128 and $669,279, net of debt discount of $33,241, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 respectively.

Note 9. Notes Payable Due Others

In October 2017, the Company entered into a settlement with a holder of $150,000 of convertible notes as described in Note 5 above. As part of the settlement, the Company agreed to pay legal fees in the amount of $50,000 and issued a four year note at 0% interest to satisfy this obligation. The note is currently in default.

In December 2020, the Company entered into three promissory notes with unrelated lenders in exchange for an aggregate principal amount of $126,250. The Company received total proceeds of $100,000 for the notes, resulting in an original issue discount of $26,250. This original issue discount was recorded as a debt discount, which will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the notes. The notes are non-interest bearing and matured in December 2021, one year after the notes’ issuances. These notes are currently in default.

In January and February 2021, the Company entered into two additional promissory notes with unrelated lenders in exchange for a principal amount of $25,000 and $31,250, respectively. The Company received total proceeds of $50,000 for the notes, resulting in an original issue discount of $6,250. This original issue discount was recorded as a debt discount, which will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the notes. The notes are non-interest bearing and matured in January and February 2022, respectively, one year after the notes’ issuances. These notes are currently in default.

In April and May 2021, the Company entered into three additional promissory notes with unrelated lenders in exchange for a principal amount of $70,000, $25,000 and $25,000, respectively. The Company received total proceeds of $100,000 for the notes, resulting in an original issue discount of $20,000. This original issue discount was recorded as a debt discount, which will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the notes. The notes are non-interest bearing and matured in April and May 2022, respectively, one year after the notes’ issuances. The notes are currently in default.

In July 2021, the Company entered into an additional promissory note with an unrelated lender in exchange for a principal amount of $25,000. The Company received proceeds of $25,000 for the note. The note is non-interest bearing and matures in July 2022, one year after the note’s issuance. The note is currently in default.

In November 2021, the Company entered into an additional promissory note with an unrelated lender in exchange for a principal amount of $50,000. The Company received proceeds of $50,000 for the note. The note is non-interest bearing and matures in November 2022, one year after the note’s issuance. The note is currently in default.

In March 2022, unrelated third parties paid a total of $60,436 for property taxes due for the year 2021 on the Company’s Mississippi Property and loaned the Company an additional $19,564 for a total of $80,000. In return for the $80,000, the Company issued two non-interest bearing secured promissory notes for $40,000 each, due and payable in one year and, in addition, agreed to issue 80,000 shares of common stock for each $40,000 loaned, for a total repayment due of $80,000 plus 160,000 shares of common stock. The note is currently in default.

In April 2022, the Company entered into an additional promissory note with an unrelated lender in exchange for a principal amount of $50,000. The Company received proceeds of $50,000 for the note. The note is non-interest bearing and matures in April 2023, one year after the note’s issuance. The note is currently in default.

From April 2021 to June 2022, thirteen liens were placed on the Property to secure these notes. There is a call for the issuance of a total of 760,000 shares of common stock in connection with the notes and liens, however, no shares have been issued to date. In December 2020, the Company recorded a fair value of the stock of $22,050, which was determined by the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of each loan issuance. In 2021, the Company recorded a fair value of the stock pertaining to the 2021 notes of $102,000. In 2022, the Company recorded a fair value of the stock pertaining to the 2022 notes of $98,000. The fair value of the stock was recorded as a debt discount, which has been fully amortized to interest expense as of December 31 2023.

On July 25, 2023 and August 8, 2023, the Company entered into two additional promissory notes with unrelated lenders in exchange for a principal amount of $20,000 each. The Company received total proceeds of $40,000 for the notes. These notes are non-interest bearing and mature in one year after the notes’ issuance. In exchange for the loans, the Company also agreed to issue 40,000 shares of common stock of the Company to each lender and agreed to pay each lender the principal due on each note out of the proceeds expected to be received from the settlement of an eminent domain proceeding. The notes are not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued. The Company recorded a fair value of the stock of $27,200, which was determined by the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of the loan. The fair value of the stock was recorded as a debt discount, which will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the note. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, $6,781 of debt discount was amortized to interest expense to others. On November 1, 2023, as previously agreed, the Company paid the two lenders $20,000 each out of the proceeds of the eminent domain settlement.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, $6,781 and $22,234 of the debt discount was amortized to interest expense to others. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, total notes payable due others, net of unamortized discount, was $548,520 and $541,739, respectively.

Note 10. Long Term Notes and Interest-Bearing Advance

Promissory Notes

On June 9, 2017, the Company entered into a Promissory Note with an unrelated lender in exchange for proceeds in the amount of $15,000. Interest on the note was 12.5% per annum and payable March 1 of each year the note remained outstanding. Payment in full of the Note was due June 9, 2019. On July 20, 2023, the Noteholder agreed to extend the maturity date of the note to June 9, 2025. Mississippi Gaming Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, guaranteed the Note. In addition, the President of the Company agreed to personally guarantee the Note and to personally secure the Note with an assignment of proceeds due to her under the first lien on the Diamondhead property. On November 28, 2023, the Company fully repaid $15,000 along with the accrued interest due on this obligation and no further amount was outstanding.

Note 11. Related Party Transactions

As of March 31, 2024, the President of the Company is owed deferred salary in the amount of $3,716,996 and the Vice President and the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company is owed deferred salary in the amount of $121,140. The Board of directors agreed to pay interest at 9% per annum on the foregoing amounts owed. Interest expense under this agreement amounted to $77,963 during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Total interest accrued under this agreement totaled $2,315,840 and $2,237,878 as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

The Company has a month-to-month lease with the President and then-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, for office space owned by the President in Alexandria, Virginia. The lease calls for monthly base rent in the amount of $4,534 and payment of associated costs of insurance, real estate taxes, utilities and other expenses. Rent expense associated with this lease amounted to base rent in the amount of $13,602 and associated rental costs of $8,699 for a total of $22,301 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and base rent of $13,602 and associated rental costs of $8,145 for a total of $21,747 for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Payment of $13,602 and 0 was made in three months ended March 31, 2024 & March 31, 2023 respectively. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, amounts owed for base rent and associated rental costs totaled $610,958 and $602,252, respectively.

Directors of the Company are entitled to a director’s fee of $15,000 per year for their services. The Company has been unable to pay directors’ fees to date. A total of $951,250 and $928,750 was due and owing to the Company’s current and former directors as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Directors have previously been compensated and may, in the future, be compensated for their services with cash, common stock, or options to purchase common stock of the Company.

On February 4, 2022, the Board of Directors entered into an agreement with Mr. Harrison, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, to issue 35,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Mr. Harrison to repurchase the indemnifications the Company had previously agreed to pay Mr. Harrison for losses, if any, suffered on certain stock he had sold in prior years in an unrelated company to raise funds to pay property taxes due on the Diamondhead, Mississippi Property and to lend additional funds to the Company. This repurchase eliminates any risk to the Company arising from the indemnification which could have been material. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded stock-based compensation of $0 for the fair value of these shares, which have not yet been issued as of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

On February 17, 2023, the Board of Directors agreed to issue a non-interest bearing promissory note to the Chairman in the principal amount of $25,000 together with 50,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The note was issued in connection with the Chairman advancing funds to pay off accounts payable on behalf of the Company.

On July 28, 2023, the Board of Directors agreed to issue a non-interest bearing promissory note to the Chairman in the principal amount of $75,000 together with 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The note was issued in connection with the Chairman advancing funds to pay property taxes on the Diamondhead Property for the year 2022 and to pay fees due to the Company’s outside auditor for review of the Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2023. In exchange for the $25,000 and $75,000 loans, the Company also agreed to pay the principal due out of the proceeds expected to be received from the settlement of an eminent domain proceeding.

On November 1, 2023, as previously agreed, the Company paid the Chairman $74,520 from the proceeds of the eminent domain settlement leaving a remaining balance on the note of $480 as of December 31, 2023.

See Notes 4, 5, 7, 8 and 12 for other related party transactions.

Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies

Liens

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had placed twenty-one liens on the Company’s Diamondhead, Mississippi Property (“the Property”). No additional liens have been filed as of the filing of this report. The liens were as follows:

In September of 2014, a first lien was placed on the Property pursuant to a Private Placement dated February 14, 2014, as amended, to secure certain obligations of the Company. The first lien is composed of an (i) Executives Lien and (ii) an Investors’ Lien. The liens are in pari passu.

On March 31, 2014, the Company issued $1 million of First Tranche Collateralized Convertible Senior Debentures. On December 31, 2014, the Company issued $850,000 of Second Tranche Collateralized Convertible Senior Debentures. On September 26, 2014, a first lien was placed on the Diamondhead Property in favor of the Investors to secure the principle due in the amount of $1,850,000 and interest due thereon (the “Investors Lien”). The Investors Lien is in pari passu with a first lien placed on the Property in favor of the President of the Company, the Vice President of the Company, and certain directors of the Company for past due wages, compensation, and expenses owed to them in the maximum aggregate amount of $2,000,000 (the “Executives Lien”). The CEO will serve as Lien Agent for the Executives Lien.

On December 16, 2016, the Company filed a second lien on the Property in the maximum amount of $250,000 to secure certain notes payable, including notes to related parties, totaling $137,500 in principle and accrued interest incurred.

On August 21, 2018, the Company filed a third lien on the Property in the maximum amount of $400,000 to secure notes issued to the Chairman of the Board and President of the Company arising in the third quarter of 2017 and during 2018, as more fully described in Note 8.

On January 26, 2021, the Company filed a fourth lien on the Property in the amount of $2,000,000 to secure a non-interest-bearing note payable in the amount of $2,000,000 issued to secure amounts owed to the President of the Company for accrued, but unpaid, salary, rent and other expenses.

On February 17, 2021, the Company filed a fifth lien in the amount of $658,750 on the Property to secure a non-interest-bearing note payable in the amount of $658,750, issued to secure amounts owed to nine directors, including the Company’s six current directors.

In April 2021, the Company filed six liens on the Property to secure six non-interest-bearing notes payable to be issued to six lenders bringing total liens on the Property to eleven. The six notes issued total $252,500 in principle and call for the issuance of 250,000 shares of common stock. The notes are not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued.

In June 2021, the Company filed a twelfth and thirteenth liens on the Property to secure two non-interest bearing notes issued in May of 2021 which total $50,000 in principle and call for the issuance of a total of 100,000 shares of common stock. The notes are not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued.

In July 2021, the Company filed a fourteenth lien on the Property to secure a promissory note in the amount of $150,000 issued to the Chairman of the Board to secure the payment of taxes and interest that were paid by the Chairman in July 2020.

In July 2021, the Company filed a fifteenth lien on the Property to secure a promissory note in the amount of $100,000 issued to the Chairman of the Board to secure the payment of taxes and interest that were paid by the Chairman in May 2021.

In July 2021, the Company filed a sixteenth lien on the Property to secure a non-interest bearing note issued to the Chairman of the Board in May 2021 which totals $50,000 in principle and calls for the issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock. The note is not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued.

In July 2021, the Company filed a seventeenth lien on the Property to secure a non-interest bearing note issued to a lender, which totals $25,000 in principle and calls for the issuance of 50,000 shares of common stock. The note is not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued.

In November 2021, the Company filed an eighteenth lien on the Property to secure a non-interest bearing note issued in November 2021 which totals $50,000 in principle and calls for the issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock. The note is not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued.

In March 2022, the Company filed a nineteenth and twentieth lien on the Property to secure two non-interest bearing notes issued in March of 2022 which total $80,000 in principle and call for the issuance of a total of 160,000 shares of common stock. The notes are not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued.

In May 2022, the Company filed a twenty-first lien on the Property to secure a non-interest bearing note issued in April of 2022 which totals $50,000 in principle and calls for the issuance of a total of 100,000 shares of common stock. The note is not convertible. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, no shares have been issued.

Other

The Company is currently delinquent in filing those documents and forms required to be filed in connection with its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) for the year ended December 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015. The Company did not have the funds to pay professionals to prepare, audit and file these documents and forms when due. Although these required filings normally do not result in any tax due to an agency of the government, the Company could be subject to significant penalties for failure to file these forms when due. Penalties are assessed by the Department of Labor on a per diem basis from the original due dates for the required informational filings until the filings are actually made. The Company has accrued $614,975 and $578,775 on the current delinquent filings as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company intends to bring its ESOP-required filings current and when current, will attempt to enroll in a voluntary compliance program with the Department of Labor with respect to any penalties or fines incurred. However, there can be no assurance the Company will be able to enroll in any such program or obtain a reduction of the fines and penalties that may be due.

The Company and its subsidiaries file their federal tax return on a consolidated basis. The Company has not filed its federal tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. The Company has retained an accountant to prepare its federal tax returns. The Company believes no tax will be due with these federal returns.

The Company has not filed its annual reports together with its franchise tax due with the state of Delaware for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. Mississippi Gaming Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has not filed its annual reports, together with its franchise tax due, with the state of Delaware for 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. Casino World, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has not filed its annual reports, together with its franchise tax due, with the state of Delaware for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. Mississippi Gaming Corporation has not filed its corporate income and franchise tax returns, together with the tax due, with the state of Mississippi for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, or 2018. Casino World, Inc. has not filed its corporate income and franchise tax returns, together with the tax due, with the state of Mississippi for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. As of March 31, 2024, the accrued franchise taxes for Delaware and Mississippi totaled $16,660

Management Agreement

On June 19, 1993, two subsidiaries of the Company, Casino World Inc. and Mississippi Gaming Corporation, entered into a Management Agreement with Casinos Austria Maritime Corporation (CAMC). Subject to certain conditions, under the Management Agreement, CAMC would operate, on an exclusive basis, all of the Company’s proposed dockside gaming casinos in the State of Mississippi, including any operation fifty percent (50%) or more of which is owned by the Company or its affiliates.

Unless terminated earlier pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement, the Agreement terminates five years from the first day of actual Mississippi gaming operations and provides for the payment of an annual operational term management fee of 1.2% of all gross gaming revenues between zero and $100,000,000; plus 0.75% of gross gaming revenue between $100,000,000 and $140,000,000; plus 0.5% of gross gaming revenue above $140,000,000; plus two percent of the net gaming revenue between zero and $25,000,000; plus three percent of the net gaming revenue above twenty-five million dollars $25,000,000. The Company believes this Agreement is no longer in effect. However, there can be no assurance that CAMC will not attempt to maintain otherwise which would lead to litigation