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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Components Comprising Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The components comprising our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
 
December 31,
(In thousands)
2016
 
2015
Deferred tax assets
 
 
 
Federal net operating loss carryforwards
$
201,978

 
$
308,738

State net operating loss carryforwards
38,715

 
47,711

Share-based compensation
26,344

 
32,524

Other
61,289

 
43,936

Gross deferred tax assets
328,326

 
432,909

Valuation allowance
(28,402
)
 
(247,761
)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
299,924

 
185,148

 
 
 
 
Deferred tax liabilities
 
 
 
Difference between book and tax basis of property and intangible assets
337,654

 
322,387

State tax liability
31,443

 
13,428

Other
14,807

 
11,522

Gross deferred tax liabilities
383,904

 
347,337

Deferred tax liabilities, net
$
83,980

 
$
162,189

Summary of Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes
A summary of the provision (benefit) for income taxes is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Current
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$

 
$

 
$
442

State
1,242

 
2,052

 
(289
)
Total current taxes provision (benefit)
1,242

 
2,052

 
153

Deferred
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(190,207
)
 
(9,493
)
 
(6,336
)
State
(8,521
)
 
807

 
775

Total deferred taxes provision (benefit)
(198,728
)
 
(8,686
)
 
(5,561
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations
$
(197,486
)
 
$
(6,634
)
 
$
(5,408
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes included on the consolidated statement of operations
 
 
 
 
 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations
$
(197,486
)
 
$
(6,634
)
 
$
(5,408
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes from discontinued operations
146,379

 
(540
)
 
6,161

Provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing and discontinued operations
$
(51,107
)
 
$
(7,174
)
 
$
753

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The following table provides a reconciliation between the federal statutory rate and the effective income tax rate, expressed as a percentage of income from continuing operations before income taxes:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Tax at federal statutory rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets
(2,448.1
)%
 
200.9
 %
 
(20.9
)%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
(59.2
)%
 
69.2
 %
 
(0.9
)%
Compensation-based credits
(21.7
)%
 
(60.8
)%
 
2.3
 %
Company provided benefits
14.8
 %
 
152.9
 %
 
(3.0
)%
Nondeductible expenses
10.3
 %
 
19.0
 %
 
(1.9
)%
Tax exempt interest
(6.9
)%
 
(13.8
)%
 
1.0
 %
Accrued interest on uncertain tax benefits
2.1
 %
 
(139.7
)%
 
(2.0
)%
Uncertain tax benefits
 %
 
(421.6
)%
 
 %
Other, net
1.5
 %
 
(4.5
)%
 
0.1
 %
Effective tax rate
(2,472.2
)%
 
(163.4
)%
 
9.7
 %
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Unrecognized tax benefit, beginning of year
$
2,482

 
$
30,198

 
$
37,059

Additions:
 
 
 
 
 
Tax positions related to current year

 

 
487

Reductions:
 
 
 
 
 
Tax positions related to the Deconsolidation of Borgata

 

 
(6,221
)
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations

 

 
(1,097
)
Tax position related to prior years

 
(27,716
)
 
(30
)
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of year
$
2,482

 
$
2,482

 
$
30,198