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Long-Term Debt (Borgata Bank Credit Facility Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Aug. 06, 2010 Borgata	Dec. 31, 2012 Borgata Bank Credit Facility	Dec. 31, 2011 Borgata Bank Credit Facility	Dec. 31, 2010 Borgata Bank Credit Facility	Aug. 06, 2010 Borgata Bank Credit Facility	Aug. 06, 2010 Borgata Senior Secured Notes	Dec. 31, 2012 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility	Dec. 27, 2012 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility	Nov. 11, 2011 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility	Dec. 27, 2012 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility Minimum	Nov. 11, 2011 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Borgata Bank Credit Facility Amendment Borgata Bank Credit Facility One-month Eurodollar
For the year ending December 31,
Payments of debt issuance costs	$ 65,083,000	$ 15,374,000	$ 27,057,000		$ 400,000	$ 1,200,000	$ 3,000,000
Debt financing, maximum borrowing capacity				950,000,000				150,000,000
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity											60,000,000	60,000,000
Face amount									800,000,000
Consolidated EBITDA required													110,000,000	110,000,000
Amount outstanding threshold over which borrowing to fund repurchase of senior notes is prohibited													50,000,000
Consolidated EBITDA required for repurchase or redemption of senior secured notes													125,000,000
Interest rate spread, alternative																	1.00%
Percentage bearing variable interest, percentage rate															1.50%
Debt instrument, reference rate, minimum										1.50%
Commitment fee percentage on unused portion of credit facility															0.50%	1.00%
Amount outstanding										20,000,000
Interest rate at period end										4.94%
Remaining borrowing capacity										$ 40,000,000

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