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Payments related to consulting agreements.

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Reimbursement expense paid.

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This element represents the cost of generating revenues from a hotel's, including cruise lines, gaming operations; likewise, such revenues may be derived from gaming operations that also are hoteliers.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from related parties including affiliates, employees, joint ventures, officers and stockholders, immediate families thereof, and pension funds.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties.

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Date which lease or group of leases is set to expire, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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A fee charged for services from professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants. The term is often expanded to include other professions, for example, pharmacists charging to maintain a medicinal profile of a client or customer.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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Receivables to be collected from (obligations owed to) related parties, net as of the balance sheet date where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth.

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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.

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Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 414,353,000	$ 346,039,000	$ 148,447,000
Gaming Expenses	$ 280,121,000	250,791,000	98,268,000
Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease for tavern locations remaining terms range	15 years
Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease for tavern locations remaining terms range	1 year
Mr. Sartini [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	$ 100,000
Reimbursement expense paid	200,000	100,000
Immediate Family Member of Management or Principal Owner [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net revenues		1,400,000
Gaming Expenses		1,200,000
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	0
Net revenues	1,100,000	900,000
Gaming Expenses	1,000,000	800,000
Due from related parties	0
Director [Member]
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Net revenues		100,000
Gaming Expenses		100,000
Lyle A. Berman [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	0
Annual director fees	200,000
Lyle A. Berman [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consulting agreement expenses, related party	$ 200,000	200,000
Timothy J. Cope [Member]
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Consulting agreement expenses, related party		100,000
Payments related to consulting agreements		140,000
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Lease for tavern locations remaining terms range	10 years
Office Headquarters and Tavern Lease [Member] \| Mr. Sartini [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Percentage of counterparty ownership by related party	3.00%
Office Headquarters [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease expiration date	Jul. 31, 2025
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Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Due to related parties		100,000
Tavern Leases [Member] \| Mr. Sartini [Member]
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Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties		100,000
Office Headquarters Lease [Member] \| Mr. Sartini [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rental income for sublet portion	$ 100,000	$ 100,000	$ 100,000