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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Income Taxes |
Components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities |
Year ended December 31, |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 36,243 |  | $ | 44,458 |
Accrued expenses |  |  | 59,196 |  |  | 58,483 |
Intangibles |  |  | 11,590 |  |  | 38,959 |
Financing obligation to GLPI |  |  | 1,374,268 |  |  | 1,394,575 |
Unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | 9,858 |  |  | 10,837 |
Net operating losses |  |  | 81,109 |  |  | 11,895 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |  |  | — |  |  | 590 |
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Gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 1,572,264 |  |  | 1,559,797 |
Less valuation allowance |  |  | (844,258 | ) |  | (744,449 | )
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Net deferred tax assets |  |  | 728,006 |  |  | 815,348 |
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Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, non-leased |  |  | (80,930 | ) |  | (61,803 | )
Property, plant and equipment, leased |  |  | (750,407 | ) |  | (787,580 | )
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates |  |  | (3,024 | ) |  | (4,255 | )
Accumulated other comprehensive gain |  |  | (1,566 | ) |  | — |
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Net deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (835,927 | ) |  | (853,638 | )
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Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities, net |  | $ | (107,921 | ) | $ | (38,290 | )
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Schedule of the provision for income taxes charged to operations |
Year ended December 31, |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Current tax (benefit) expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | (5,158 | ) | $ | 14,275 |  | $ | 96,273 |
State |  |  | 133 |  |  | 5,821 |  |  | 2,835 |
Foreign |  |  | 3,713 |  |  | 7,515 |  |  | 4,708 |
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Total current |  |  | (1,312 | ) |  | 27,611 |  |  | 103,816 |
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Deferred tax expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 51,817 |  |  | 2,357 |  |  | (137,803 | )
State |  |  | 5,419 |  |  | 551 |  |  | 407 |
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Total deferred |  |  | 57,236 |  |  | 2,908 |  |  | (137,396 | )
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Total income tax provision (benefit) |  | $ | 55,924 |  | $ | 30,519 |  | $ | (33,580 | )
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Reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the actual effective income tax rate |
Year ended December 31, |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Percent of pretax income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal taxes |  |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State and local income taxes |  |  | 6.1 | % |  | 1.6 | % |  | 1.5 | %
Permanent differences |  |  | 5.8 | % |  | (20.9 | )% |  | (16.8 | )%
Foreign |  |  | 5.2 | % |  | (2.2 | )% |  | (0.6 | )%
Valuation allowance |  |  | 55.3 | % |  | (31.1 | )% |  | (14.0 | )%
Other miscellaneous items |  |  | (8.6 | )% |  | (2.3 | )% |  | 0.3 | %
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|  |  | 98.8 | % |  | (19.9 | )% |  | 5.4 | %
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Year ended December 31, |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Amount of pretax income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal taxes |  | $ | 19,814 |  | $ | (53,656 | ) | $ | (219,232 | )
State and local income taxes |  |  | 3,435 |  |  | (2,470 | ) |  | (9,163 | )
Permanent differences |  |  | 3,276 |  |  | 32,019 |  |  | 104,592 |
Foreign |  |  | 2,955 |  |  | 3,337 |  |  | 3,685 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | 31,288 |  |  | 47,703 |  |  | 92,242 |
Other miscellaneous items |  |  | (4,844 | ) |  | 3,586 |  |  | (5,704 | )
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|  | $ | 55,924 |  | $ | 30,519 |  | $ | (33,580 | )
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Reconciliation of liability for unrecognized tax benefits |
|  | Unrecognized tax benefits |
|  | (in thousands) |
Unrecognized tax benefits |  | $ | 49,594 |
Cumulative advance deposits on account |  |  | (28,030 | )
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Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 21,564 |
Additions based on current year positions |  |  | 1,142 |
Additions based on prior year positions |  |  | 4,038 |
Decreases due to settlements and/or reduction in reserves |  |  | (5,097 | )
Currency translation adjustments |  |  | (4,844 | )
Settlement payments |  |  | (356 | )
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Unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | 44,477 |
Cumulative advance deposits on account |  |  | (37,441 | )
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Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 7,036 |
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Additions based on current year positions |  |  | 561 |
Additions based on prior year positions |  |  | 6,371 |
Decreases due to settlements and/or reduction in reserves |  |  | (4,743 | )
Currency translation adjustments |  |  | (9,097 | )
Settlement payments |  |  | (4,000 | )
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Unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | 33,569 |
Cumulative advance deposits on account |  |  | (31,371 | )
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Balance at December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 2,198 |
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