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Shares to be issued to settle PSUs

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Amount of paid and unpaid cash, stock, and paid-in-kind (PIK) dividends declared and applicable to holders of share-based compensation, for example, but not limited to, non-vested shares, stock options, or restricted stock units.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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Total number of shares issued during the period, including shares forfeited, as a result of Restricted Stock Awards.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stockholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans (Classification of Costs) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount			$ 92,000,000
Share-based compensation expense	$ 3,083,000	$ 3,263,000
Dividends, Share-based Compensation	0.05
Gaming
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	70,000	85,000
Food and Beverage
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	13,000	16,000
Room
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	6,000	8,000
Selling, General and Administrative
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	358,000	432,000
Corporate Expense
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	$ 2,636,000	$ 2,722,000
Common Stock
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Gross	268,429	213,365
Shares to be issued to settle PSUs	0.80	0.59
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation	94,776	54,338
Release of performance stock units, net of tax	173,653	159,027