CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS AND COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Revenues:
Gaming	$ 217,415	$ 217,267	$ 213,855
Other operating	22,527	20,882	18,944
Total revenues	239,942	238,149	232,799
Expenses:
Gaming	193,392	188,293	175,785
Other operating	16,510	16,127	14,758
General and administrative	6,288	6,922	6,678
Impairment charge			2,177
Depreciation	11,665	12,059	11,939
Total expenses	227,855	223,401	211,337
Operating earnings	12,087	14,748	21,462
Loss on extinguishment of debt	45
Interest expense	2,872	3,254	2,376
Earnings before income taxes	9,170	11,494	19,086
Income taxes	3,811	4,751	7,809
Net earnings	5,359	6,743	11,277
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swap, net of income taxes	272	(245)	(110)
Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities, net of income taxes	(5)	3	10
Reclassification adjustment for loss realized on available-for-sale securities, net of income taxes			16
Change in pension net actuarial loss and prior service cost, net of income taxes	(925)	(194)	1,186
Comprehensive earnings	$ 4,701	$ 6,307	$ 12,379
Net earnings per common share (Note 2):
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.17	$ 0.21	$ 0.35
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.17	$ 0.21	$ 0.35