Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Period Over Which Monthly Payments Will Be Made

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Subordinated Borrowing Bearing Interest In Kind Percentage Rate

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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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Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of subordinated debt (with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Subordinated debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets.

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LONG-TERM DEBT - Subordinated Loan, and Redemption Notes Payable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 15, 2017	May 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Aug. 28, 2020	Aug. 24, 2020
Fourth Amendment To Credit Agreement \| Mohegan Tribe
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Subordinated debt			$ 5.0	$ 5.0	$ 5.0
Subordinated loan, interest in-kind, percentage			10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Notes payable to banks \| Redemption note payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Equal monthly installments	$ 1.9	$ 1.9
Periodic payment of debt instrument		5 years	5 years