Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment information
Number of reportable segments | segment				2
Net revenues		$ 207,361	$ 149,867	$ 356,181	$ 298,572
Income from operations		120,817	62,871	188,454	127,671
Interest, net		45,282	29,000	78,166	57,967
Income before income taxes		75,535	33,871	110,288	69,704
Income tax expense		2,271	1,882	4,275	4,584
Net income		73,264	31,989	106,013	65,120
Depreciation		27,019	27,617	54,102	55,028
Capital project expenditures, net of reimbursements		4	5,110	269	10,750
Capital maintenance expenditures		835	775	1,197	1,726
Total assets		7,149,062		7,149,062		$ 2,448,155
Eliminations
Segment information
Net revenues		0	0	0	0
Income from operations		0	0	0	0
Interest, net	[1]	(2,602)	(2,602)	(5,203)	(5,203)
Income before income taxes		0	0	0	0
Income tax expense		0	0	0	0
Net income		0	0	0	0
Depreciation		0	0	0	0
Capital project expenditures, net of reimbursements		0	0	0	0
Capital maintenance expenditures		0	0	0	0
Total assets		0		0		0
GLP Capital
Segment information
Net revenues		170,405	111,238	282,447	222,136
Income from operations		113,546	56,313	174,316	113,913
Interest, net		45,284	29,001	78,168	57,969
Income before income taxes		70,864	29,914	101,351	61,147
Income tax expense		210	186	596	996
Net income		70,654	29,728	100,755	60,151
Depreciation		24,197	24,393	48,409	48,786
Capital project expenditures, net of reimbursements		4	4,244	168	4,853
Capital maintenance expenditures		0	0	0	0
Total assets		6,940,323		6,940,323		2,223,373
TRS Properties
Segment information
Net revenues		36,956	38,629	73,734	76,436
Income from operations		7,271	6,558	14,138	13,758
Interest, net		2,600	2,601	5,201	5,201
Income before income taxes		4,671	3,957	8,937	8,557
Income tax expense		2,061	1,696	3,679	3,588
Net income		2,610	2,261	5,258	4,969
Depreciation		2,822	3,224	5,693	6,242
Capital project expenditures, net of reimbursements		0	866	101	5,897
Capital maintenance expenditures		835	$ 775	1,197	$ 1,726
Total assets		$ 208,739		$ 208,739		$ 224,782

[1] Amounts in the "Eliminations" column represent the elimination of intercompany interest payments from the Company’s TRS Properties business segment to its GLP Capital business segment.