Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Redeemable Preferred Stock	Common Stock USD ($)	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] USD ($)	Retained Earnings [Member] USD ($)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] USD ($)	Total USD ($)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012		$ 769	$ 1,451,965	$ 795,173	$ 3,022	$ 2,250,929
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012	12,275	77,446,601
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Repurchase of preferred stock			(22,275)			(22,275)
Repurchase of preferred stock (in shares)	(225)
Share-based compensation arrangements, net of tax benefits of $7,805 and $9,830 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively		16	71,238			71,254
Share-based compensation arrangements (in shares)		1,837,927
Change in fair value of corporate debt securities					(1,394)	(1,394)
Foreign currency translation adjustment					(697)	(697)
Net income				94,408		94,408
Balance at Sep. 30, 2013		785	1,500,928	889,581	931	2,392,225
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2013	12,050	79,284,528
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013		775	887,556	(130,314)	383	758,400
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013	8,624	77,788,393
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Share-based compensation arrangements, net of tax benefits of $7,805 and $9,830 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively		6	24,059			24,065
Share-based compensation arrangements (in shares)		865,138
Distribution of net assets to Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (See Note 2)				(482)		(482)
Foreign currency translation adjustment					(957)	(957)
Net income				17,212		17,212
Balance at Sep. 30, 2014		$ 781	$ 911,615	$ (113,584)	$ (574)	$ 798,238
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2014	8,624	78,653,531