Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS We have evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after September 30, 2011. During this period, the following material subsequent events occurred. Completion of Acquisition of IP Casino Resort Spa On October 4, 2011, we completed our previously announced acquisition of the assets of the IP Casino Resort Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi, (the "IP") for a purchase price of $278 million in cash. Following the closing of the transaction, we also made a charitable contribution to the Engelstad Family Foundation equal to an aggregate of $10 million, which funds are intended to be distributed on behalf of, and in the name of, the Company, over five years to local and regional Biloxi charitable organizations to be designated by the Company. In addition, following the closing, we intend to perform certain capital improvement projects with respect to the IP with costs estimated to be $44 million. We will apply acquisition method accounting to this business combination at the transaction date, which requires acquired assets and assumed liabilities to be recorded at their respective fair values. Due to the limited time since the acquisition date, the initial accounting for the business combination is incomplete at this time. Prospectively, however, the acquired assets and liabilities will be recorded in our consolidated balance sheet at fair value as of the closing date; the results of operations of the IP will be included in our consolidated statements of operations and cash flows beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011; and all other disclosures pursuant to the guidance for business combinations will be provided in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Agreement with bwin.party On October 31, 2011, we announced that we had entered into an agreement with bwin.party digital entertainment plc, the world's largest publicly traded online gaming company. Should Congress legalize online poker in the United States (the "U.S."), and subject to regulatory approvals, we would acquire a 10% stake in a new company that would offer online poker to U.S.-based players under bwin.party's brands, including PartyPoker. Separately, we entered into a 15-year agreement to use bwin.party's technology platform and associated services to offer online poker to U.S. players under a brand we develop, assuming Congress passes enabling legislation. Entry into Lender Joinder Agreement On November 2, 2011, we entered into a Lender Joinder Agreement (the “Lender Joinder Agreement”) among the Company, Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as the Administrative Agent, and the Increasing Lender. The Lender Joinder Agreement increases the Term Loan Commitments under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Facility”) among the Company, certain financial institutions as lenders, Bank of America, as the Administrative Agent and as letter of credit issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent and swing line lender, by an aggregate amount of $350 million (the “Increased Term Loan”). The Lender Joinder Agreement provides that subject only to continued satisfaction of the representations, warranties and covenants under the Credit Facility, the Increased Term Loan will be funded on November 10, 2011. Proceeds from the Increased Term Loan will be used to repay the outstanding portion of our existing credit facility which otherwise matures in May 2012.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

We have evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after September 30, 2011. During this period, the following material subsequent events occurred.

Completion of Acquisition of IP Casino Resort Spa

On October 4, 2011, we completed our previously announced acquisition of the assets of the IP Casino Resort Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi, (the "IP") for a purchase price of $278 million in cash. Following the closing of the transaction, we also made a charitable contribution to the Engelstad Family Foundation equal to an aggregate of $10 million, which funds are intended to be distributed on behalf of, and in the name of, the Company, over five years to local and regional Biloxi charitable organizations to be designated by the Company. In addition, following the closing, we intend to perform certain capital improvement projects with respect to the IP with costs estimated to be $44 million.

We will apply acquisition method accounting to this business combination at the transaction date, which requires acquired assets and assumed liabilities to be recorded at their respective fair values. Due to the limited time since the acquisition date, the initial accounting for the business combination is incomplete at this time. Prospectively, however, the acquired assets and liabilities will be recorded in our consolidated balance sheet at fair value as of the closing date; the results of operations of the IP will be included in our consolidated statements of operations and cash flows beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011; and all other disclosures pursuant to the guidance for business combinations will be provided in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Agreement with bwin.party

On October 31, 2011, we announced that we had entered into an agreement with bwin.party digital entertainment plc, the world's largest publicly traded online gaming company. Should Congress legalize online poker in the United States (the "U.S."), and subject to regulatory approvals, we would acquire a 10% stake in a new company that would offer online poker to U.S.-based players under bwin.party's brands, including PartyPoker. Separately, we entered into a 15-year agreement to use bwin.party's technology platform and associated services to offer online poker to U.S. players under a brand we develop, assuming Congress passes enabling legislation.

Entry into Lender Joinder Agreement

On November 2, 2011, we entered into a Lender Joinder Agreement (the “Lender Joinder Agreement”) among the Company, Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as the Administrative Agent, and the Increasing Lender. The Lender Joinder Agreement increases the Term Loan Commitments under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Facility”) among the Company, certain financial institutions as lenders, Bank of America, as the Administrative Agent and as letter of credit issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent and swing line lender, by an aggregate amount of $350 million (the “Increased Term Loan”).

The Lender Joinder Agreement provides that subject only to continued satisfaction of the representations, warranties and covenants under the Credit Facility, the Increased Term Loan will be funded on November 10, 2011. Proceeds from the Increased Term Loan will be used to repay the outstanding portion of our existing credit facility which otherwise matures in May 2012.