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Represents the adjustment to capital lease component expressed as a percentage of the average change to net revenues from assets under lease during the preceding five years.

No definition available.

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Represents the adjustment to capital lease component expressed as a percentage of the average change to net revenues from assets under lease during the preceding month.

No definition available.

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Represents the increase in annual rental expense.

No definition available.

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Represents the initial term of lease.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of lease renewal options.

No definition available.

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Represents the term of lease renewal options.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of real estate property assets associated with gaming and related facilities under leases.

No definition available.

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The cash outflow for leases.

No definition available.

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Represents the period over which capital lease component is adjusted.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of real estate construction costs paid for by GLPI to facilities.

No definition available.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for contractual rent under lease arrangements.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.15(5))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.15(5))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 03
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph a
-Article 7

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.