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Number of credit agreements.

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Number of hotel rooms.

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Number of owned and operating casino hotel properties.

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Number of slot machines.

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Number of table games.

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Date when the acquirer obtains control of the acquiree, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Acquisitions (Details Textual)				3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details Textual)	Oct. 20, 2017 USD ($) Hotel Machine Game Room Agreement shares	Apr. 22, 2016 USD ($) Device	Jan. 29, 2016 USD ($) Device payment $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) payment	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 900,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	800,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	100,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured Second Lien Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 200,000,000
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| ASC 805 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, purchase price measurement period from acquisition date to record adjustments								1 year
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, date of acquisition	Oct. 20, 2017
Business acquisition, aggregate consideration in cash	$ 781,000,000
Business Acquisition, Value of Shares \| shares	4,046,494
Amount held in escrow	$ 5,000,000
Common stock sales restriction period	90 days
Number of credit agreements \| Agreement	2
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 900,000
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	800,000
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	100,000
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Secured Second Lien Credit Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 200,000
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Nevada [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of owned and operating casino hotel properties \| Hotel	4
Number of slot machines \| Machine	3,865
Number of table games \| Game	89
Number of hotel rooms \| Room	4,896
Initial Montana Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Value of Shares \| shares			50,252
Number of gaming devices acquired \| Device			1,100
Business Acquisition, consideration transaction price			$ 20,100,000			$ 20,100,000
Business Acquisition, Value of Shares Issued			$ 500,000
Shares Issued, Price Per Share \| $ / shares			$ 9.95
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Maximum			$ 2,000,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Number of Periodic Payment \| payment			4					4
Business Combination Contingent Consideration Arrangements Quarterly Payments, Start date								2017-09
Second Montana Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of gaming devices acquired \| Device		1,800
Business Acquisition, consideration transaction price		$ 25,700,000			$ 25,700,000
Montana Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Net Revenue related to the Acquiree				$ 15,100,000			$ 15,100,000	$ 45,700,000	$ 32,000,000
Montana Acquisitions [Member] \| Preopening Expenses
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction-Related Costs				$ 0			$ 0	$ 200,000	$ 200,000