Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	11. Income Taxes At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had a net deferred tax asset balance of $83.5 million and $57.2 million, respectively, within its condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Under ASC 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities and are measured at the prevailing enacted tax rates that will be in effect when these differences are settled or realized. ASC 740 also requires that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The realizability of the net deferred tax assets is evaluated quarterly by assessing the valuation allowance and by adjusting the amount of the allowance, if necessary. The Company considers all available positive and negative evidence including projected future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. The evaluation of both positive and negative evidence is a requirement pursuant to ASC 740 in determining more-likely-than-not the net deferred tax assets will be realized. In the event the Company determines that the deferred income tax assets would be realized in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would be recorded, which would reduce the provision for income taxes. As such, the Company reduced the valuation allowance for the three months ended September 30, 2014 in the amount of $1.0 million pertaining to a partial utilization of a capital loss carry forward. As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company was in a three-year pre-tax cumulative loss position which is significant negative evidence in the determination of whether a valuation allowance is required on deferred tax assets, due to significant goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges of $1,058.4 million incurred in the fourth quarter of 2013, as a result of the Spin-Off to GLPI. Absent these significant charges, the Company would have recorded pretax earnings for 2013 and would not have been in a three year pre-tax cumulative loss position. Additionally, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded pretax earnings of $40.8 million. As of September 30, 2014, the Company has concluded that it is more-likely-than-not that the net deferred tax assets of $83.5 million will be realized based on projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies and the fact that the significant impairment charges recorded in 2013 are not anticipated to impact the future earnings of the Company. The Company made this determination after considering both positive and negative evidence in accordance with ASC 740.

11. Income Taxes

At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had a net deferred tax asset balance of $83.5 million and $57.2 million, respectively, within its condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Under ASC 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities and are measured at the prevailing enacted tax rates that will be in effect when these differences are settled or realized. ASC 740 also requires that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

The realizability of the net deferred tax assets is evaluated quarterly by assessing the valuation allowance and by adjusting the amount of the allowance, if necessary. The Company considers all available positive and negative evidence including projected future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. The evaluation of both positive and negative evidence is a requirement pursuant to ASC 740 in determining more-likely-than-not the net deferred tax assets will be realized. In the event the Company determines that the deferred income tax assets would be realized in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would be recorded, which would reduce the provision for income taxes. As such, the Company reduced the valuation allowance for the three months ended September 30, 2014 in the amount of $1.0 million pertaining to a partial utilization of a capital loss carry forward.

As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company was in a three-year pre-tax cumulative loss position which is significant negative evidence in the determination of whether a valuation allowance is required on deferred tax assets, due to significant goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges of $1,058.4 million incurred in the fourth quarter of 2013, as a result of the Spin-Off to GLPI. Absent these significant charges, the Company would have recorded pretax earnings for 2013 and would not have been in a three year pre-tax cumulative loss position. Additionally, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded pretax earnings of $40.8 million.

As of September 30, 2014, the Company has concluded that it is more-likely-than-not that the net deferred tax assets of $83.5 million will be realized based on projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies and the fact that the significant impairment charges recorded in 2013 are not anticipated to impact the future earnings of the Company. The Company made this determination after considering both positive and negative evidence in accordance with ASC 740.