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Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 1 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 plan employee | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Labor Agreements |  |  |  |  |
Agreements with Sports Arena Employees Ratification Period | 3 years |  |  |  |
Number of employees under Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trade Union agreement |  |  | 1,280 penn_AgreementsWithSEATUUnionNumberOfEmployees |  |
Number of employees under Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 1 agreement |  |  | 191 penn_AgreementsWithHotelEmployeesAndRestaurantEmployeesUnionNumberOfEmployees |  |
Number of employees under United Steel Workers |  |  | 1,321 penn_AgreementsWithUnitedSteelWorkersNumberofEmployees |  |
Term |  | 10 years |  |  |
Profit sharing plan under the provisions of Section 401(k) |  |  |  |  |
Employer's discretionary match contribution up to a maximum of 6% of eligible employee compensation (as a percent) |  |  | 50.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch |  |
Maximum percentage of eligible employee compensation eligible for discretionary employer match contribution |  |  | 6.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent |  |
Matching contributions for the profit-sharing plan |  |  | $ 4.7 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEmployerContribution | $ 4.6 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEmployerContribution | $ 3.7 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEmployerContribution
Defined contribution plan, the Charles Town Races Future Service Retirement Plan |  |  |  |  |
Matching contribution as a percentage of the daily mutual handle |  |  | 0.25%penn_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerContributionAsPercentageOfDailyMutualHandle |  |
Matching contribution as a percentage of net video lottery revenue up to a base |  |  | 1.00%penn_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerContributionAsPercentageOfNetVideoLotteryRevenueUpToBase |  |
Matching contribution as a percentage of table revenue after the base is met |  |  | 0.50%penn_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerContributionAsPercentageOfTableRevenueAfterBaseIsMet |  |
Matching contribution as a percentage of poker revenue after the base is met |  |  | 0.84%penn_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerContributionAsPercentageOfPokerRevenueAfterBaseIsMet |  |
Number of plans for which matching contribution is made |  |  | 2 penn_DefinedContributionPlanNumberOfPlans |  |
Contributions for the two plans at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races |  |  | 3.0 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized | 3.6 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized | 3.9 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan |  |  |  |  |
Vesting period for matching contribution by employer under the plan (in years) |  |  | 5 years |  |
Employer's matching contributions for the non-qualified deferred compensation plan |  |  | 1.9 penn_NonqualifiedDeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEmployerContribution | 2.3 penn_NonqualifiedDeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEmployerContribution | 2.7 penn_NonqualifiedDeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEmployerContribution
Deferred compensation liability, which was included in other current liabilities |  | $ 61.4 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityCurrent | $ 61.4 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityCurrent | $ 53.7 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityCurrent |
Total Number of Employees | Unionized Employees |  |  |  |  |
Labor Agreements |  |  |  |  |
Threshold number of employees under agreement for separate disclosure of unions |  |  | 85 penn_ThresholdNumberOfEmployeesUnderAgreementForSeparateDisclosureOfUnions / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_NumberOfEmployeesTotalMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_UnionizedEmployeesConcentrationRiskMember |  |

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