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Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 01, 2015 item	Aug. 25, 2015 USD ($) ft² a item restaurant room	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Acquisitions
Goodwill			$ 911,923	$ 874,184
Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel And Casino
Acquisitions
Percentage of voting interest to be acquired		100.00%
Purchase price		$ 357,700
Payment for acquisitions		280,000
Property and equipment, net		365,500
Current assets		16,000
Goodwill		14,800
Other assets		4,600
Current liabilities		25,800
Other liabilities		$ 17,400
Area of land ( in acres) \| a		35
Number of remodeled guest rooms and suites at facility \| room		1,470
Size of gaming floor at facility (in square feet) \| ft²		50,000
Number of slot and video poker machines \| item		775
Number of table games at facility \| item		36
Number of restaurants \| restaurant		3
Number of seats in performance theater \| item		1,200
Number of seats in comedy club, a night club and beach club \| item		300
Number of parking spaces \| item		2,095
Prairie State Gaming
Acquisitions
Percentage of voting interest to be acquired	100.00%
Number of bar and retail gaming establishments with video gaming terminals \| item	270
Minimum \| Prairie State Gaming
Acquisitions
Number of video gaming terminals acquired \| item	1,100