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Amount of risk retained by the entity before the builders' risk insurance arrangement begins to provide coverage related to property damage.

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Represents the coverage limit provided by the insurance arrangement for claims related to builders' risk, including delay in completion of the project and property damage.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of hours for which casino was closed due to tornado.

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

No definition available.

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Amount of gain recognized in the income statement for an event or transaction, that is unusual in nature or occurs infrequently, but not both.

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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Amount of loss recognized in the income statement for an event or transaction, that is unusual in nature or occurs infrequently, but not both.