Insurance Recoveries and Deductibles (Details) (Flood, Hollywood Casino Tunica Flood, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	17 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Flood \| Hollywood Casino Tunica Flood
Extraordinary Items
Property insurance coverage limit	$ 300	$ 300
Property insurance coverage limit related to property damage	5	5
Property insurance coverage limit for number of business interruption periods	2 days
Insurance proceeds received to date	8.4	15.4
Pre-tax gain (loss) recorded	$ 7.2

The life-to-date amount received by the entity from insurance settlements.

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Represents the coverage limit provided by the insurance arrangement for claims related to flood.

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Represents the number of business interruption periods covered in the insurance arrangement for claims related to flood.

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Represents the coverage limit provided by the insurance arrangement for claims related to flood for property damage.

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Amount before insurance proceeds of gain (loss) income statement effect of each material event or transaction (that would not reasonably be expected to recur in the foreseeable future) that possesses a high degree of abnormality and are clearly unrelated to, or incidentally related to, the ordinary and typical activities of the entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6365513&loc=d3e15138-107781

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