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Debt Narrative - Credit Facilities - Gaming (Details) (Gaming Segment [Member], Secured Debt [Member], USD $)	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012 Exit Facility [Member]	Mar. 08, 2010 Exit Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Term Loan [Member]	Mar. 08, 2010 Term Loan [Member] Exit Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 08, 2010 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Exit Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Letter of Credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 LIBOR [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 LIBOR [Member] Minimum [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Base Rate, Scenario Two [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Base Rate, Scenario Three [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Base Rate [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Base Rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term Loan Facility			$ 175,000,000	$ 130,000,000		$ 20,000,000
Term loan facility, issue discount percentage			2.00%	7.00%
Letter of credit facility, maximum aggregate amount							15,000,000
Term loan facility, quarterly required principal payments, percentage of original principal amount			0.25%
Term loan facility, adjusted LIBOR, base rate											1.50%
Percentage spread on debt										6.00%				5.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Floor			7.50%
Term loan facility, basis spread for calculating alternate base rate												0.50%	1.00%
Term loan facility, base rate															2.50%
Term loan facility, default rate			2.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate at Period End			7.50%
Amount of Exit Facility repaid by proceeds of New Term Loan Facility	108,000,000
Amount of Exit Facility eliminated through consolidation	58,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	2,000,000
Prepayment penalty	1,000,000
Write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts	1,000,000
Potential increase in New Term Loan Facility			75,000,000		20,000,000
Letters of credit, cash collateral requirement, percentage of face amount							103.00%
Prepayment penalty premium, New Term Loan Facility covenant, percent			1.00%
First lien net leverage ratio								2.50	3.50
Total net leverage ratio			5.00
Percentage of prior Term Loan Facility held by Investment Funds				50.00%
Percentage of Revolving Facility required to be funded by Investment Funds						100.00%
Interest rate, long-term debt		15.00%
Default interest rate, Exit Facility		17.00%
Administrative fee amount, Exit Facility						$ 100,000
Revolving credit facility unused line fee						0.75%

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