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Nature of Business (Details Textual) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Nature of Business (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	Apr. 15, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 14, 2019 USD ($) shares	Oct. 20, 2017 USD ($) shares	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Segment Property	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Number of reportable operating segments \| Segment					2
Repayment of debt					$ 220,000	$ 8,000	$ 150,000
Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2026 [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 375,000
Debt instrument interest stated percentage	7.625%
Debt instrument frequency of periodic payment	semi-annually
Second Lien Term Loan [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Repayment of debt	$ 200,000
Credit Facility [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Repayment of debt	$ 18,000			$ 18,000
Marnell Gaming,LLC [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Consideration paid, cash		$ 156,152
Consideration paid, shares issued \| shares		911,002
Business acquisition, date of acquisition					Jan. 14, 2019
ACEP Holdings [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Consideration paid, cash			$ 787,600
Consideration paid, shares issued \| shares			4,000,000
Business acquisition, date of acquisition					Oct. 20, 2017
ACEP Holdings [Member] \| Second Lien Term Loan [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 200,000
Nevada and Maryland [Member]
Nature of Business [Line Items]
Number of resort casino properties \| Property					10