Note 4 - Indian Casino Projects	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements
Indian Casino Projects [Text Block]	4 . Indian Casino Projects Discharg e of Shingle Springs Tribe Debt Prior to August 2013, the Company managed the Red Hawk Casino in California for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (the “Shingle Springs Tribe”). On July 17, 2013, the Company entered into a debt termination agreement (the “Debt Termination Agreement”) with the Shingle Springs Tribe relating to amounts the Company had previously advanced to the Shingle Springs Tribe for the development of the Red Hawk Casino (the “Shingle Springs Notes”). Pursuant to the Debt Termination Agreement, the Shingle Springs Tribe paid us $57.1 million in August 2013 as full and final payment of the Shingle Springs Notes. As of the payment date, $69.7 million was outstanding under the Shingle Springs Notes, including accrued and unpaid interest. The Shingle Springs Notes had previously been impaired and the Company had determined the fair value of the Shingle Springs Notes to be $39.7 million. As a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Shingle Springs Notes, during the third quarter of 2013, the Company recognized approximately $17.4 million in recovery of impairment on notes receivable. Sale of Jamul Tribe Promissory Note On December 9, 2015, the Company sold its $60.0 million subordinated promissory note (the “Jamul Note”) from the Jamul Indian Village (the “Jamul Tribe”) to a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. (“Penn National”) for $24.0 million in cash. The Company determined the fair value of the Jamul Note to be zero as of December 28, 2014. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement and subject to applicable law, the proceeds received from the sale of the Jamul Note, net of related costs, will be distributed in a cash dividend to the Company’s shareholders that hold shares as of the record date for such dividend (other than shareholders that have waived their right to receive such dividend). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Sartini Gaming’s former sole shareholder, for itself and any related party transferees of its shares (which total approximately 8.0 million shares in the aggregate), waived their right to receive such dividend with respect to their shares, except for a potential tax distribution, if any, unless their shares are sold to an unaffiliated third party prior to the record date for any such dividend. Also in connection with the Merger, holders of an additional approximately 0.5 million shares waived their right to receive such dividend, unless such shares are sold to an unaffiliated third party prior to the record date for any such dividend. The record date for such dividend will follow the Board of Directors’ declaration of any such dividend and will be announced at such time. As a result of the sale of the Jamul Note, the Company recognized a gain on recovery of impaired notes receivable of approximately $23.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2015.

Indian Casino Projects

Discharg

e of Shingle Springs Tribe Debt

Prior to August 2013, the Company managed the Red Hawk Casino in California for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (the “Shingle Springs Tribe”). On July 17, 2013, the Company entered into a debt termination agreement (the “Debt Termination Agreement”) with the Shingle Springs Tribe relating to amounts the Company had previously advanced to the Shingle Springs Tribe for the development of the Red Hawk Casino (the “Shingle Springs Notes”). Pursuant to the Debt Termination Agreement, the Shingle Springs Tribe paid us $57.1 million in August 2013 as full and final payment of the Shingle Springs Notes. As of the payment date, $69.7 million was outstanding under the Shingle Springs Notes, including accrued and unpaid interest. The Shingle Springs Notes had previously been impaired and the Company had determined the fair value of the Shingle Springs Notes to be $39.7 million. As a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Shingle Springs Notes, during the third quarter of 2013, the Company recognized approximately $17.4 million in recovery of impairment on notes receivable.

Sale of Jamul

Tribe Promissory

Note

On December 9, 2015, the Company sold its $60.0 million subordinated promissory note (the “Jamul Note”) from the Jamul Indian Village (the “Jamul Tribe”) to a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. (“Penn National”) for $24.0 million in cash. The Company determined the fair value of the Jamul Note to be zero as of December 28, 2014. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement and subject to applicable law, the proceeds received from the sale of the Jamul Note, net of related costs, will be distributed in a cash dividend to the Company’s shareholders that hold shares as of the record date for such dividend (other than shareholders that have waived their right to receive such dividend). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Sartini Gaming’s former sole shareholder, for itself and any related party transferees of its shares (which total approximately 8.0 million shares in the aggregate), waived their right to receive such dividend with respect to their shares, except for a potential tax distribution, if any, unless their shares are sold to an unaffiliated third party prior to the record date for any such dividend. Also in connection with the Merger, holders of an additional approximately 0.5 million shares waived their right to receive such dividend, unless such shares are sold to an unaffiliated third party prior to the record date for any such dividend. The record date for such dividend will follow the Board of Directors’ declaration of any such dividend and will be announced at such time. As a result of the sale of the Jamul Note, the Company recognized a gain on recovery of impaired notes receivable of approximately $23.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2015.