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Note 15 - Employee Retirement Plan (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013
Golden Entertainment Employees [Member]
Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent		4.00%
Former Employees of Sartini Gaming [Member]
Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent	1.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Employers Matching Contribution, Vesting Period	5 years
Defined Benefit Plan, Contributions by Employer		$ 0.2	$ 0.2	$ 0.1

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- Definition

Vesting period of a contributions to a defined contribution plan.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920

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- Definition

Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Details

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