Stockholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The following table provides information regarding share repurchases during the referenced periods.⁽¹⁾



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Shares repurchased ⁽²⁾	413		429		1,273		870
Total cost, including brokerage fees	$	14,489	$	11,070	$	44,822	$	22,160
Average repurchase price per share ⁽³⁾	$	35.08	$	25.82	$	35.21	$	25.46

⁽¹⁾ Shares repurchased reflect repurchases settled during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018. These amounts exclude repurchases traded but not yet settled on or before September 30, 2018.

⁽²⁾ All shares repurchased have been retired and constitute authorized but unissued shares.

⁽³⁾ Amounts in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Average repurchase price per share is calculated based on unrounded numbers.

Dividends Declared [Table Text Block]

The dividends declared by the Board under this program and reflected in the periods presented are:



Declaration date	Record date	Payment date	Amount per share
December 7, 2017	December 28, 2017	January 15, 2018	$0.05
March 2, 2018	March 16, 2018	April 15, 2018	0.05
June 8, 2018	June 29, 2018	July 15, 2018	0.06
September 14, 2018	September 28, 2018	October 15, 2018	0.06

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The following table provides classification detail of the total costs related to our share-based employee compensation plans reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Gaming	$	123	$	82	$	426	$	263
Food & beverage	23		15		81		50
Room	11		8		39		24
Selling, general and administrative	627		418		2,168		1,337
Corporate expense	4,583		1,859		17,602		9,538
Total share-based compensation expense	$	5,367	$	2,382	$	20,316	$	11,212