Capital investment attributable to noncontrolling interest

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Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which is directly or indirectly attributable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (that is, noncontrolling interest, previously referred to as minority interest).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.31)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 27

-Article 5

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 20

-Article 7

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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- Definition

Amount of Net Income (Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

-Paragraph 4J

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35736750&loc=SL4591551-111686

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1A

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The amount of the reduction or elimination during the period of a noncontrolling interest resulting from the parent's loss of control and deconsolidation of the entity in which one or more outside parties had a noncontrolling interest.

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Noncontrolling Interest (Changes in Noncontrolling Interest) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Balance, January 1, 2015			$ 50	$ 180,450
Attributable net income	$ 0	$ (11,777)	0	(11,403)
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Deconsolidation				(191,833)
Balance, March 31, 2015	$ 50	50	$ 50	50
Capital Investment Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				30
Subsidiary, Borgata
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Balance, January 1, 2015				180,430
Attributable net income				(11,403)
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Deconsolidation				(191,833)
Balance, March 31, 2015		0		0
Capital Investment Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				0
Other
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Balance, January 1, 2015				20
Attributable net income				0
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Deconsolidation				0
Balance, March 31, 2015		$ 50		50
Capital Investment Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				$ 30