Stockholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

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

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



(In thousands, except per share data)	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
Shares repurchased ⁽²⁾	559
Total cost, including brokerage fees	$	19,803
Average repurchase price per share ⁽³⁾	$	35.42

⁽¹⁾ Shares repurchased reflect repurchases settled during the three months ended March 31, 2018. These amounts exclude repurchases traded but not yet settled on or before March 31, 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

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
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Gaming	$	172	$	70
Food and beverage	33		13
Room	15		6
Selling, general and administrative	872		358
Corporate expense	7,835		2,636
Total share-based compensation expense	$	8,927	$	3,083