Caesars Growth Partners Transaction (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Caesars Growth Partners Transaction (Notes)	Sep. 30, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Caesars Growth Partners Transaction	Caesars Growth Partners Consolidation as a Variable Interest Entity CEC owns non-voting membership units of CGP LLC and is also party to management services agreements between CGP LLC and CEOC that constitute variable interests in CGP LLC. Because the equity holders in CGP LLC receive returns disproportionate to their voting interests and substantially all the activities of CGP LLC are related to Caesars, CGP LLC has been determined to be a variable interest entity. Because substantially all the activities of CGP LLC are related to Caesars and due to the factors set forth below, we have concluded that we are required to consolidate CGP LLC. We have reached this conclusion based upon the weighting of a number of items, including the following: (i) the close association that CGP LLC has with Caesars, including the fact that all of the assets and businesses owned by CGP LLC were acquired from Caesars; (ii) Caesars, through CEOC, has ongoing asset and management services agreements with each of the properties owned by CGP LLC; and (iii) Caesars has the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive residual returns that could potentially be significant to CGP LLC. CGP LLC generated net revenues of $485.8 million and $1,064.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Net loss attributable to Caesars related to CGP LLC was $32.0 million and $119.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Contingently Issuable Non-Voting Membership Units CGP LLC is obligated to issue additional non-voting membership units to Caesars Entertainment to the extent that the earnings from CIE's social and mobile games business exceed a specified threshold amount in 2015. The number of units to be received is capped at a value of $225.0 million divided by the value of the non-voting units at the date of the CGP LLC formation transaction. CGP LLC maintains a liability equal to the fair value of the additional non-voting membership units contingently issuable to Caesars Entertainment during 2016 as described above. The contingently issuable membership units' fair value is based upon a multiple of EBITDA for the calendar year 2015 in excess of a specified minimum threshold and includes a maximum payout threshold. The fair value of the contingently issuable non-voting membership units was $298.6 million on the CGP LLC balance sheet as of September 30, 2014 and $306.5 million as of December 31, 2013. This liability is eliminated in our consolidation of CGP LLC. Distribution of CEOC Notes On August 6, 2014, CGP LLC effectuated a distribution of 100% of its remaining investment in certain CEOC notes as a dividend to its members, CEC and Caesars Acquisition Company ("CAC"), pro rata based upon each member’s ownership percentage in CGP LLC (the "Notes Distribution"). In connection with the Notes Distribution, CEC received $187.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 6.50% Senior Notes and $206.1 million in aggregate principal amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes and CAC received $137.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the 6.50% Senior Notes and $151.4 million in aggregate principal amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes. CGP LLC is a consolidated VIE, accordingly, the CEOC notes held by CGP LLC prior to the Notes Distribution were eliminated in consolidation and were not reflected as part of CEOC's outstanding debt disclosed in Note 9, "Debt." The CEOC notes received by CEC were subsequently contributed to CEOC for cancellation, as described in Note 9, "Debt - Note Purchase and Support Agreement," which resulted in no impact on the consolidated financial statements of CEC. The CEOC notes received by CAC resulted in an increase in the face value and book value reported for CEOC debt because CAC is not a consolidated entity. In addition, the Notes Distribution resulted in a $159.7 million decrease in noncontrolling interest (which represents the fair value of the CEOC notes) and an $88.9 million increase to the discount on long-term debt as of September 30, 2014. The decrease in noncontrolling interest represents CGP LLC's reported fair value of the CEOC notes at the time of the Notes Distribution, while the increase to the discount represents the difference between CGP LLC's fair value for the CEOC notes and the book value reported by CEOC. The Notes Distribution to CAC is being accounted for as a new issuance of debt by CEC for accounting purposes. As a result of this transaction, CEC now reflects the $288.9 million in face value of notes distributed by CGP LLC to CAC as outstanding, with a total discount of $129.2 million, resulting in an increase to net book value of debt outstanding equal to the fair value of the related notes, which was $159.7 million. Caesars Enterprise Services Formation of Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC On May 20, 2014, CEC, CEOC, CERP, and CGPH (together with CERP and CEOC, the "Members" and each a "Member") entered into a services joint venture, Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC. CES manages certain Enterprise Assets (as defined hereafter) and the other assets it owns, licenses or controls, and employs certain of the corresponding employees and other employees who previously provided services to CEOC, CERP and CGPH, their affiliates and their respective properties and systems under each property’s corresponding property management agreement. Corporate expenses that are not allocated to the properties directly are allocated by CES to CEOC, CERP, and CGPH according to their allocation percentages (initially 70.0%, 24.6%, and 5.4%, respectively), subject to annual review. Operating expenses are allocated to each Member with respect to their respective properties serviced by CES in accordance with historical allocation methodologies, subject to annual revisions and certain prefunding requirements. On October 1, 2014, CES began operations in Nevada, New Jersey and certain other jurisdictions in which regulatory approval had been received or was not required, including through the commencement of direct employment by CES of certain designated Enterprise-wide employees. The enhancement of CES operations described above in other jurisdictions may be subject to regulatory and other approvals in such jurisdictions. Omnibus License and Enterprise Services Agreement On May 20, 2014, the Members entered into an Omnibus License and Enterprise Services Agreement (the "Omnibus Agreement"), which granted licenses to the Members and certain of their affiliates in connection with the implementation of CES. In October 2014, initial contributions by the Members included cash contributions by CERP and CGPH of $42.5 million and $22.5 million, respectively. The Members will transition certain executives and employees to CES and the services of such employees will be available as part of CES’s provision of services to the Members and certain of their affiliates that own properties that require CES services under the Omnibus Agreement. Under the Omnibus Agreement, CEOC, Caesars License Company, LLC ("CLC"), Caesars World, Inc. ("CWI") and certain of our subsidiaries that are the owners of our properties granted CES a non-exclusive, irrevocable, world-wide, royalty-free license in and to all intellectual property owned or used by such licensors, including all intellectual property (a) currently used, or contemplated to be used, in connection with the properties owned by the Members and their respective affiliates, including any and all intellectual property related to the Total Rewards program, and (b) necessary for the provision of services contemplated by the Omnibus Agreement and by the applicable management agreement for any such property (collectively, the "Enterprise Assets"). CERP also granted CES non-exclusive licenses to certain other intellectual property, including intellectual property that is specific to properties controlled by CERP or its subsidiaries. CES granted to the properties owned or controlled by the Members and their respective affiliates non-exclusive licenses to the Enterprise Assets. CES granted to CEOC, CLC, CWI and the properties owned or controlled by the Members, including us, licenses to any intellectual property that CES develops or acquires in the future that is not derivative of the intellectual property licensed to it. CES also granted to CEOC, CLC and CWI a non-exclusive license to intellectual property specific to the properties controlled by CGPH, CERP and their subsidiaries for any uses consistent with the uses made by CEOC, CLC and CWI with respect to such intellectual property prior to the date of the Omnibus Agreement.

The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group.

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