Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Revenues:
Net revenues	$ 3,303	$ 3,109	$ 6,882	$ 6,176
Operating expenses:
Provision for (recovery of) doubtful accounts	7	22	(9)	54
General and administrative	368	354	713	693
Corporate	33	42	89	84
Pre-opening	2	4	3	6
Development	2	2	5	5
Depreciation and amortization	274	327	538	648
Amortization of leasehold interests in land	9	9	18	19
Loss on disposal or impairment of assets	105	3	110	6
Total operating expenses	2,506	2,292	4,927	4,595
Operating income	797	817	1,955	1,581
Other income (expense):
Interest income	9	4	14	7
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized	(93)	(79)	(182)	(157)
Other income (expense)	44	(25)	18	(61)
Loss on modification or early retirement of debt	0	0	(3)	(5)
Income before income taxes	757	717	1,802	1,365
Income tax (expense) benefit	(81)	(78)	490	(147)
Net income	676	639	2,292	1,218
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(120)	(93)	(280)	(191)
Net income attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.	$ 556	$ 546	$ 2,012	$ 1,027
Earnings per share:
Basic (in usd per share)	$ 0.70	$ 0.69	$ 2.55	$ 1.30
Diluted (in usd per share)	$ 0.70	$ 0.69	$ 2.55	$ 1.29
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	789	792	789	793
Diluted (in shares)	790	792	790	794
Dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.75	$ 0.73	$ 1.5	$ 1.46
Casino [Member]
Revenues:
Net revenues	$ 2,346	$ 2,243	$ 4,945	$ 4,400
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue	1,331	1,176	2,702	2,369
Rooms [Member]
Revenues:
Net revenues	418	367	863	765
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue	111	101	221	202
Food and Beverage [Member]
Revenues:
Net revenues	219	195	447	407
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue	168	156	340	316
Mall [Member]
Revenues:
Net revenues	164	159	320	316
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue	18	18	35	34
Convention, Retail and Other [Member]
Revenues:
Net revenues	156	145	307	288
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue	$ 78	$ 78	$ 162	$ 159