Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 554,590	$ 547,831	$ 445,760	$ 454,488	$ 439,565	$ 504,790	$ 538,432	$ 420,924	$ 2,002,669	$ 1,903,711	$ 1,870,262
Operating income (loss)		87,333	$ 95,917	$ 66,797	$ (4,904)	45,581	$ 66,720	$ 76,244	$ 42,590	245,143	231,135	224,049
Equity in (losses) earnings from real estate ventures										(44,698)	(19,288)	14,446
Identifiable assets		1,343,409				1,505,089				1,343,409	1,505,089	1,549,504
Depreciation and amortization										17,629	17,851	18,807
Capital expenditures										19,063	12,575	17,682
Litigation settlement and judgment expense (income)										337	990	(1,784)
Investments in real estate ventures		85,400				131,556				85,400	131,556	141,105
Investment securities at fair value		169,803				175,422				169,803	175,422
Long-term investments		52,528				61,723				52,528	61,723
Equity-method investments		18,310				15,942				18,310	15,942
Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues												0
Operating income (loss)										(24,498)	(27,565)	(25,913)
Equity in (losses) earnings from real estate ventures										0	0	0
Identifiable assets		428,386				501,973				428,386	501,973	693,970
Depreciation and amortization										878	994	1,017
Capital expenditures										8,346	126	22
Gain (loss) on sale of assets										2,283
Cash		211,729				272,459				211,729	272,459	474,974
Investment securities at fair value						129,641					129,641	131,569
Long-term investments		52,528				61,723				52,528	61,723
Equity-method investments												66,259
Revenues										0	0
Tobacco
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	[1]									1,204,501	1,114,840	1,111,094
Litigation settlement and judgment expense (income)										337	990	685
Income (expense) from MSA/NPM settlement												6,298
Tobacco | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues										1,204,501		1,111,094
Operating income (loss)										319,536	261,630	246,527
Equity in (losses) earnings from real estate ventures										0	0	0
Identifiable assets		357,518				336,566				357,518	336,566	315,706
Depreciation and amortization										7,877	7,824	8,210
Capital expenditures										4,491	4,173	4,599
Revenues											1,114,840
Real Estate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues										798,168	788,871	759,168
Litigation settlement and judgment expense (income)												2,469
Real Estate | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues												759,168
Operating income (loss)										(49,895)	(2,930)	3,435
Equity in (losses) earnings from real estate ventures										(44,698)	(19,288)	14,446
Identifiable assets		$ 557,505				$ 666,550				557,505	666,550	539,828
Depreciation and amortization										8,874	9,033	9,580
Capital expenditures										6,226	8,276	$ 13,061
Gain (loss) on sale of assets										(1,169)
Revenues										$ 798,168	$ 788,871

[1] Revenues and cost of sales include federal excise taxes of $461,532, $451,256 and $469,836 for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.