SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial information related to segments

The Authority's operations related to investments in unconsolidated affiliates and certain other corporate and management operations have not been identified as separate reportable segments, therefore, these operations are included in corporate and other in the following segment disclosures to reconcile to consolidated results.

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	June 30, 2013			June 30, 2012			June 30, 2013			June 30, 2012
Net revenues:
Mohegan Sun	$	266,699		$	264,876		$	772,571		$	811,838
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs	77,228			79,560			221,155			235,628
Corporate and other	318			—			969			—
Total	344,245			344,436			994,695			1,047,466
Income (loss) from operations:
Mohegan Sun	57,396			44,801			158,654			148,424
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs	12,435			10,716			32,441			31,660
Corporate and other	(5,644		)	(4,681		)	(18,743		)	(12,748		)
Total	64,187			50,836			172,352			167,336
Accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability	(1,243		)	(2,062		)	(3,730		)	(6,186		)
Interest income	1,533			1,842			4,421			3,559
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(42,379		)	(41,581		)	(128,213		)	(103,047		)
Loss on early exchange of debt	—			(17		)	(403		)	(14,323		)
Other income (expense), net	53			7			(1,732		)	(31		)
Net income	22,151			9,025			42,695			47,308
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests	146			336			2,767			1,147
Net income attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority	$	22,297		$	9,361		$	45,462		$	48,455

	For the Nine Months Ended
	June 30, 2013		June 30, 2012
Capital expenditures incurred:
Mohegan Sun	$	16,821	$	29,967
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs	3,260		3,558
Corporate	23,140		606
Total	$	43,221	$	34,131
	June 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
Total assets:
Mohegan Sun	$	1,444,451	$	1,484,369
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs	561,746		570,078
Corporate	168,287		199,260
Total	$	2,174,484	$	2,253,707