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Related Party Transaction, Acceptable Variance in Bid from Lowest Bid for Ordinance to Apply

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Related Party Transaction, Bidding Threshold Established by Ordinance

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Related Party Transaction, Number of Employees Affiliated with Related Party

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Related Party Transaction, Purchases from Related Party, Utilities

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties. For classified balance sheets, represents the current portion of such liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

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-Section S99

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Amount of interest expense incurred on a debt or other obligation to related party.

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Term of the lessee's leasing arrangement renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of the lessee's leasing arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The distributions of earnings to an entity that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Financing Activities

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Amount of selling, general and administrative expenses resulting from transactions, excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements, with related party.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	Jul. 31, 2008	Sep. 30, 2014 employee	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions to the Tribe		$ 50,000,000	$ 50,000,000	$ 52,950,000
Due to Mohegan Tribe		2,250,000us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesCurrent	6,308,000us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesCurrent
Bidding threshold established by ordinance		200,000
Acceptable variance in bid from lowest bid for ordinance to apply		5.00%
Mohegan Tribe
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions to the Tribe		50,000,000	50,000,000	53,000,000
Incurred interest expense associated with a related party debt		2,300,000	3,000,000	2,500,000
Due to Mohegan Tribe			808,000
Term of lease		25 years
Renewable period of additional term		25 years
Monthly payment amount	75,000
Number of employees affiliated with related party		125
Mohegan Sun
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses for services provided to related party		27,100,000	26,800,000	27,000,000
Mohegan Tribal Utility Authority
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Utilities purchased from related party		$ 19,300,000	$ 17,800,000	$ 18,700,000