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Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Boyd Bank Credit Facility) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended										3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Parent	Sep. 30, 2013 Parent	May 01, 2013 Subsidiary, Peninsula Gaming	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank Credit Facility Parent	Dec. 31, 2012 Bank Credit Facility Parent	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank Credit Facility Parent Initial Term Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Bank Credit Facility Parent Initial Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank Credit Facility Parent Incremental Term Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Bank Credit Facility Parent Incremental Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank Credit Facility Parent Swing Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Bank Credit Facility Parent Swing Loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank Credit Facility Subsidiary, Peninsula Gaming	Dec. 31, 2012 Bank Credit Facility Subsidiary, Peninsula Gaming	Sep. 30, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Bank Credit Facility Parent	Aug. 08, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Bank Credit Facility Parent	Aug. 08, 2013 Incremental Term Loan Bank Credit Facility Parent	Sep. 30, 2013 Incremental Term Loan Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan	Aug. 08, 2013 Incremental Term Loan Term Loan Parent	Sep. 30, 2013 Initial Term Loan Bank Credit Facility Parent	Aug. 08, 2013 Initial Term Loan Bank Credit Facility Parent	Sep. 30, 2013 Initial Term Loan Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan	Aug. 08, 2013 Base Rate Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan	May 01, 2013 Base Rate Bank Credit Facility Subsidiary, Peninsula Gaming Term Loan	Aug. 08, 2013 Federal Funds Rate [Member] Bank Credit Facility Parent	Aug. 08, 2013 Eurodollar Rate Bank Credit Facility Parent	May 01, 2013 Eurodollar Rate Bank Credit Facility Subsidiary, Peninsula Gaming Term Loan	May 01, 2013 Eurodollar Rate Incremental Term Loan Bank Credit Facility Subsidiary, Peninsula Gaming Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Minimum Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Bank Credit Facility Parent	Aug. 08, 2013 Minimum Base Rate Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan	Aug. 08, 2013 Minimum Eurodollar Rate Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan	Aug. 08, 2013 Minimum Eurodollar Rate Incremental Term Loan Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Maximum Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Bank Credit Facility Parent	Aug. 08, 2013 Maximum Base Rate Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan	Aug. 08, 2013 Maximum Eurodollar Rate Bank Credit Facility Parent Term Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity																$ 875,000,000			$ 600,000,000	$ 900,000,000				$ 250,000,000
Amount outstanding								1,443,400,000	1,466,635,000	250,000,000	450,000,000	900,000,000	332,500,000	3,400,000	24,135,000
Line of Credit Facility, Increase, Additional Borrowings																		400,000,000					150,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Maximum Secured Leverage Ratio Allowed					4.25	4.25
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period																					1.00%				5.00%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate																										2.00%	2.25%			3.25%	3.00%		1.00%	2.00%	1.00%		2.00%	3.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage Rate Range, Minimum																												0.50%	1.00%
Blended interest rate at period end									3.70%							4.20%	5.70%
Debt Instrument, Prepayment Fee, Percentage							1.00%															1.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage																																0.25%				0.50%
Loss on early extinguishments of debt	$ 27,141,000	$ 0	$ 29,513,000	$ 0	$ 24,605,000	$ 25,001,000		$ (20,800,000)

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