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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Payment to Option Holder, Percentage of EBITDA

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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability for Merger Earnout

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Fair Value Measurements (Narrative-Balances Measured at Fair Value) (Details) $ in Millions		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 20, 2011	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Kansas Star
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Payment to Option Holder, Percentage of EBITDA	1.00%
Payment to Option Holder, Term	10 years
Merger Earnout \| Kansas Star
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Earnout Threshold, EBITDA of Certain Properties		$ 105.0
Earnout Multiple		7.5
Peninsula Gaming
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Current		$ 0.4
Investment available for sale		16.9	$ 18.0
Fair Value, Discount Amount, Available for sales securities		3.3
Contingent Consideration, Kansas Star earnout		0.0	0.1
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability for Payments to Option Holder, Current		0.9	0.9
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability for Payments to Option Holder, Noncurrent		2.8	$ 2.9
Carrying Value \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Investment available for sale		$ 21.4