Assets Held for Sale - Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale, Accounted Carrying Value Lower than Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	$ 517,000	$ 37,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Property and equipment, net		70,000
Goodwill		49,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net		94,000
Other assets, net		40,000
Assets held for sale		253,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities		5,000
Other long-term liabilities		33,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale		38,000
Shreveport | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Property and equipment, net	85,000
Goodwill	0
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	21,000
Other assets, net	15,000
Assets held for sale	121,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	21,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	21,000
MontBleu | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Property and equipment, net	37,000
Goodwill	0
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	0
Other assets, net	32,000
Assets held for sale	69,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	72,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	72,000
Evansville | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Property and equipment, net	302,000
Goodwill	9,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	138,000
Other assets, net	48,000
Assets held for sale	497,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	36,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	36,000
Kansas City | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Property and equipment, net		39,000
Goodwill		40,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net		91,000
Other assets, net		36,000
Assets held for sale		206,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities		3,000
Other long-term liabilities		33,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale		36,000
Vicksburg | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Property and equipment, net		31,000
Goodwill		9,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net		3,000
Other assets, net		4,000
Assets held for sale		47,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities		2,000
Other long-term liabilities		0
Liabilities related to assets held for sale		$ 2,000
Harrah’s Louisiana Downs | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Cash	9,000
Property and equipment, net	11,000
Goodwill	3,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	5,000
Other assets, net	1,000
Assets held for sale	29,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	6,000
Other long-term liabilities	6,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	12,000
Horseshoe Hammond | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Cash	14,000
Property and equipment, net	404,000
Goodwill	138,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	30,000
Other assets, net	43,000
Assets held for sale	629,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	34,000
Other long-term liabilities	73,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	107,000
Caesars UK | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Cash	36,000
Property and equipment, net	69,000
Goodwill	35,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	50,000
Other assets, net	107,000
Assets held for sale	297,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	89,000
Other long-term liabilities	125,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	214,000
Bally’s AC | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Cash	10,000
Property and equipment, net	25,000
Goodwill	0
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	0
Other assets, net	6,000
Assets held for sale	41,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	14,000
Other long-term liabilities	20,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	34,000
Caesars Southern Indiana | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Assets:
Cash	7,000
Property and equipment, net	413,000
Goodwill	136,000
Gaming licenses and other intangibles, net	23,000
Other assets, net	4,000
Assets held for sale	583,000
Liabilities [Abstract]
Current liabilities	20,000
Other long-term liabilities	1,000
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	$ 21,000