Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-06-11
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001698991-25-000029
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Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-11
Form: S-8
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### REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
On June 6, 2025, at the annual meeting of the stockholders of Accel Entertainment, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “

#### Registrant
”), the stockholders of the Registrant approved the adoption of an amendment and restatement of the Accel Entertainment, Inc . Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “

#### Second A&R LTIP
”), which reflects amendments to the plan to increase the available share reserve by 2,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Class A-1 common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “

#### Class A-1 common stock
”).

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registrant is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “

#### Registration Statement
”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “

#### Commission
”) to register 2,000,000 additional shares of Class A-1 common stock available for issuance under the Second A&R LTIP.

In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, and only with respect to Class A-1 common stock issuable under the Second A&R LTIP, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s prior registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on January 24, 2020 (File No. 333-236049) and August 3, 2023 (File No. 333-273677) except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.

# PART II

### INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

## Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (