MOHEGAN VENTURES WISCONSIN, LLC (MENOMINEE PROJECT) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Menominee Project \| Mohegan Ventures Wisconsin \| Wisconsin Tribal Gaming
Schedule of Long-term Development Projects [Line Items]
Membership or limited partnership interest percentage	100.00%

The number of units or percentage investment held by one or more members or limited partners of the LLC or LP.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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