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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions      
Receivable from DVD 11,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliateCurrent   $ 22,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliateCurrent
Dover Motorsports, Inc. (DVD)      
Related Party Transactions      
Harness racing track length (in miles) 0.625dde_RelatedPartyTransactionHarnessRacingTrackLength
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Motorsports superspeedway length (in miles) 1dde_RelatedPartyTransactionMotorsportsSuperspeedwayLength
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Period for set up and tear down rights 14 days    
Number of annual motorsports weekends 2dde_RelatedPartyTransactionNumberOfAnnualMotorsportsWeekends
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Dover Motorsports, Inc. (DVD) | Allocation of costs of administrative and operating services      
Related Party Transactions      
Costs allocated to DVD 445,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
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466,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
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= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
 
Costs allocated to the entity by DVD 87,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= dde_AdministrativeAndOperatingCostAllocationMember
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61,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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Dover Motorsports, Inc. (DVD) | NASCAR event at Dover International Speedway      
Related Party Transactions      
Costs allocated to DVD 36,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
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= dde_NascarEventAllocatedExpensesMember
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= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
$ 5,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
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Chairman of board of directors      
Related Party Transactions      
Minimum percentage of voting power controlled by related party 50.00%dde_RelatedPartyTransactionMinimumPercentageOfVotingPowerHeldByRelatedParty
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= us-gaap_BoardOfDirectorsChairmanMember
   
Minimum percentage of voting power of Gaming controlled by other related party 50.00%dde_RelatedPartyTransactionMinimumPercentageOfVotingPowerHeldByRelatedPartyInOtherRelatedParty
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