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Acquisitions And New Ventures (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 16, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Jul. 17, 2013 sqft | May 13, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated Payable to the acquisition equity holders, income tax refund | $ 18,087,000 chdn_EstimatedPayabletotheacquisitionequityholdersincometaxrefund | $ 0 chdn_EstimatedPayabletotheacquisitionequityholdersincometaxrefund |  |  | $ 18,087,000 chdn_EstimatedPayabletotheacquisitionequityholdersincometaxrefund | $ 0 chdn_EstimatedPayabletotheacquisitionequityholdersincometaxrefund |  |
Acquisition related charges | 6,367,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | 0 us-gaap_Revenues | 0 us-gaap_Revenues | 0 us-gaap_Revenues |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | 366,045,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | 154,872,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | 142,915,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |  |  |  |  |
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest | 76,518,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | 85,506,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | 91,227,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  |  |  |  |
Earnout liability for acquisition of Big Fish Games | 324,747,000 us-gaap_OtherSignificantNoncashTransactionValueOfConsiderationGiven1 | 0 us-gaap_OtherSignificantNoncashTransactionValueOfConsiderationGiven1 | 0 us-gaap_OtherSignificantNoncashTransactionValueOfConsiderationGiven1 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred payment for acquisition of Big Fish Games | 97,073,000 chdn_NoncashorPartNoncashAcquisitionDeferredPayable | 0 chdn_NoncashorPartNoncashAcquisitionDeferredPayable | 0 chdn_NoncashorPartNoncashAcquisitionDeferredPayable |  |  |  |  |
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage | 50.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage |  |  |  | 50.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage |  |  |
Equity in gains (losses) of unconsolidated investments | 6,328,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | (4,142,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | (1,701,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture | 17,906,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInterestInJointVenture | 70,500,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInterestInJointVenture | 19,850,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInterestInJointVenture |  |  |  |  |
Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Future Business Acquisition, Cost Of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price |  |  |  | 838,300,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Future Business Acquisition, Cost Of Acquired Entity, Cash paid |  |  |  | 401,700,000 chdn_FutureBusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityCashpaid / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Deferred Payment-Founder |  |  |  | 85,300,000 chdn_DeferredPaymentFounder / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Deferred Founders Payment,Time Payable |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |
Deferred Payment-Founder, Fair Value |  |  |  | 78,000,000 chdn_DeferredPaymentFounderFairValue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Estimated Payable to the acquisition equity holders, income tax refund |  |  |  | 18,100,000 chdn_EstimatedPayabletotheacquisitionequityholdersincometaxrefund / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents |  |  |  | 34,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Deferred Revenue |  |  |  | 37,250,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesDeferredRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Other intangible assets |  |  |  | 362,863,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  | 13,900,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | 366,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest |  |  |  |  | 2,900,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares |  |  |  |  | 157,115 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High |  |  |  | 350,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability |  |  |  | 324,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember |  |  |  |
Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |
Other intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  | 64,693,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |
Purchase price of the entity to be acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  | 168,600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |
Square footage of Casino |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25,000 chdn_SquareFootageOfCasino / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |
Revenues | 76,500,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |  |  |  |  | 34,400,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |  |
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest | 14,000,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |  |  |  |  | 6,100,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember |  |
Furniture and fixtures | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  | 6 years |  |
Buildings | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  | 40 years |  |
Building Improvements [Member] | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  | 14 years |  |
Minimum | Computer Equipment and Software [Member] | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 1 year |  |  |  |
Minimum | Equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 2 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum | Equipment | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  |  |
Minimum | Equipment | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |
Minimum | Furniture and fixtures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 2 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum | Furniture and fixtures | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  |  |
Minimum | Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |  |
Minimum | Buildings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum | Computer Equipment [Member] | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |
Maximum | Computer Equipment and Software [Member] | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |
Maximum | Equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum | Equipment | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |
Maximum | Equipment | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  | 9 years |  |
Maximum | Furniture and fixtures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum | Furniture and fixtures | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |
Maximum | Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |
Maximum | Buildings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 40 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum | Computer Equipment [Member] | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |  |
New York Joint Venture [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal | (1,600,000)us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentRealizedGainLossOnDisposal / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = chdn_NewYorkJointVentureMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = chdn_NewYorkJointVentureMember
Equity in gains (losses) of unconsolidated investments | (1,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = chdn_NewYorkJointVentureMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture | 3,300,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInterestInJointVenture / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = chdn_NewYorkJointVentureMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Secured Debt [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Loans Payable, Long-term, Noncurrent | 200,000,000 us-gaap_OtherLoansPayableLongTerm / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember | 0 us-gaap_OtherLoansPayableLongTerm / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember |  |  | 200,000,000 us-gaap_OtherLoansPayableLongTerm / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember | 0 us-gaap_OtherLoansPayableLongTerm / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember |  |
Issuance Of Common Stock For Extinguishment Of Convertible Note Payable [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of common stock for acquisition of Big Fish Games | 15,793,000 chdn_OtherSignificantNoncashTransaction / us-gaap_OtherSignificantNoncashTransactionsByUniqueDescriptionAxis = chdn_IssuanceOfCommonStockForExtinguishmentOfConvertibleNotePayableMember | 0 chdn_OtherSignificantNoncashTransaction / us-gaap_OtherSignificantNoncashTransactionsByUniqueDescriptionAxis = chdn_IssuanceOfCommonStockForExtinguishmentOfConvertibleNotePayableMember | 0 chdn_OtherSignificantNoncashTransaction / us-gaap_OtherSignificantNoncashTransactionsByUniqueDescriptionAxis = chdn_IssuanceOfCommonStockForExtinguishmentOfConvertibleNotePayableMember |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate |  |  |  |  | 0.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember |  |  |
Customer Relationships [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate |  |  |  |  | 0.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember |  |  |
Customer Relationships [Member] | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other intangible assets |  |  |  | 32,663,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember |  |  |  |
Customer Relationships [Member] | Oxford Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_OxfordAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember |
Developed Technology Rights [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate |  |  |  |  | 0.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember |  |  |
In Process Research and Development [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate |  |  |  |  | 0.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_InProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember |  |  |
In Process Research and Development [Member] | Big Fish Games [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other intangible assets |  |  |  | $ 12,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = chdn_BigFishGamesMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_InProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember |  |  |  |

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- Definition Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=39739317&loc=d3e4845-128472 + Details
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- Definition Amount of deferred revenue expected to be recognized as such within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=39739317&loc=d3e4845-128472 + Details
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