Stockholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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
	March 31,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2019		2018
Shares repurchased ⁽²⁾	830		559
Total cost, including brokerage fees	$	21,653	$	19,803
Average repurchase price per share ⁽³⁾	$	26.09	$	35.42

⁽¹⁾ Shares repurchased reflect repurchases settled during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 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
December 7, 2018	December 28, 2018	January 15, 2019	0.06
March 4, 2019	March 15, 2019	April 15, 2019	0.06

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]

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)	2019		2018
Gaming	$	194	$	172
Food & beverage	37		33
Room	18		15
Selling, general and administrative	988		872
Corporate expense	8,472		7,835
Total share-based compensation expense	$	9,709	$	8,927