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Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 133,863,000	$ 86,179,000
Gaming expenses	77,688,000	58,996,000
Mr. Sartini [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reimbursement expense paid	100,000	100,000
Due to related parties	100,000	100,000
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues	300,000	300,000
Gaming expenses	$ 200,000	300,000
Lyle A. Berman [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consulting agreement expiry date	Jul. 31, 2018
Lyle A. Berman [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	$ 100,000	100,000
Lyle A. Berman [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Selling General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consulting agreement expenses, related party	$ 100,000	100,000
Office Headquarters and Tavern Lease [Member] | Mr. Sartini [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of counterparty ownership by related party	33.00%
Office Headquarters and Tavern Lease [Member] | Mr. Sartini's Immediate Family Members [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of counterparty ownership by related party	5.00%
Office Headquarters and Tavern Lease [Member] | Stephen Arcana [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of counterparty ownership by related party	3.00%
Office Headquarters [Member] | Mr. Sartini [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction	$ 300,000	300,000
Rent expense payable to related party	100,000	100,000
Tavern Leases [Member] | Mr. Sartini [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction	100,000	300,000
Rent expense payable to related party	0		$ 0
Office Headquarters Lease [Member] | Mr. Sartini [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties	0		$ 0
Office Headquarters Lease [Member] | Mr. Sartini [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rental income for sublet portion	$ 100,000	$ 100,000

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