Accrued liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Schedule of Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Major classes of accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of December 31:

	2011		2010
	(Amounts in thousands)
Compensation and related benefits	$	30,336	$	29,600
East Chicago local development agreement liability	674		27,988
Taxes other than state and federal income taxes	27,713		27,878
Progressive slot machine and related accruals	9,423		13,094
Players’ club rewards	16,038		13,882
Interest	14,041		11,190
Marketing and other accruals	22,563		12,713
	$	120,788	$	136,345