Condensed Consolidated Guarantor Data (Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
REVENUE
Casino									$ 295,046	$ 294,998	$ 299,216
Food and beverage									47,536	49,029	45,494
Lodging									26,664	26,302	26,166
Fuel and retail									58,471	58,893	59,011
Other									13,412	14,482	13,775
Total revenue									441,129	443,704	443,662
Promotional allowances									(47,829)	(57,802)	(53,888)
Net revenue	$ 92,861	$ 101,950	$ 101,511	$ 96,978	$ 92,233	$ 99,231	$ 98,916	$ 95,522	393,300	385,902	389,774
EXPENSE
Casino									116,416	122,404	118,945
Food and beverage									47,188	48,137	45,375
Lodging									16,425	16,281	17,551
Fuel and retail									43,285	46,825	49,094
Other									7,147	7,921	7,704
General and administrative									78,573	79,429	77,133
Depreciation and amortization									29,028	28,579	27,809
Corporate									19,887	14,814	12,233
Goodwill and other impairments									20,229	0	165
Write downs, reserves and recoveries									301	(424)	4,766
Loss on impairment of assets											165
Total expense									378,479	363,966	360,775
Operating income from continuing operations	(15,073)	9,047	10,085	10,762	3,937	5,210	5,943	6,846	14,821	21,936	28,999
Other income (expense)
Interest expense, net									(30,652)	(29,827)	(30,428)
Intercompany interest income									0	0	0
Intercompany interest expense									0	0	0
Loss on extinguishment (or modification) of debt									0	(240)	(81)
Income from equity investments in subsidiaries									0	0	0
Total other expense, net									(30,652)	(30,067)	(30,509)
Income from continuing operations before income tax									(15,831)	(8,131)	(1,510)
Provision for income taxes									2,735	(15,546)	519
Loss from continuing operations	$ (15,649)	$ 1,996	$ 797	$ (240)	$ (5,672)	$ (3,685)	$ (14,367)	$ 47	(13,096)	(23,677)	(991)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before tax									0	0	(369)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes									0	0	133
Loss from discontinued operations									0	0	(236)
Net income (loss)									(13,096)	(23,677)	(1,227)
Affinity Gaming, LLC [Member]
REVENUE
Casino									0	0	0
Food and beverage									0	0	0
Lodging									0	0	0
Fuel and retail									0	0	0
Other									0	0	0
Total revenue									0	0	0
Promotional allowances									0	0	0
Net revenue									0	0	0
EXPENSE
Casino									0	0	0
Food and beverage									0	0	0
Lodging									0	0	0
Fuel and retail									0	0	0
Other									0	0	0
General and administrative									0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization									1,199	1,223	999
Corporate									19,887	14,814	12,233
Goodwill and other impairments									0
Write downs, reserves and recoveries									255	24	(1,459)
Loss on impairment of assets											0
Total expense									21,341	16,061	11,773
Operating income from continuing operations									(21,341)	(16,061)	(11,773)
Other income (expense)
Interest expense, net									(30,652)	(29,827)	(30,589)
Intercompany interest income									30,831	29,996	30,595
Intercompany interest expense									0	0	0
Loss on extinguishment (or modification) of debt										(240)	(81)
Income from equity investments in subsidiaries									3,412	23,298	6,604
Total other expense, net									3,591	23,227	6,529
Income from continuing operations before income tax									(17,750)	7,166	(5,244)
Provision for income taxes									4,654	(30,843)	4,017
Loss from continuing operations										(23,677)	(1,227)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before tax											0
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes											0
Loss from discontinued operations											0
Net income (loss)									(13,096)		(1,227)
Affinity Gaming Finance Corp. [Member]
REVENUE
Casino									0	0	0
Food and beverage									0	0	0
Lodging									0	0	0
Fuel and retail									0	0	0
Other									0	0	0
Total revenue									0	0	0
Promotional allowances									0	0	0
Net revenue									0	0	0
EXPENSE
Casino									0	0	0
Food and beverage									0	0	0
Lodging									0	0	0
Fuel and retail									0	0	0
Other									0	0	0
General and administrative									0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization									0	0	0
Corporate									0	0	0
Goodwill and other impairments									0
Write downs, reserves and recoveries									0		0
Loss on impairment of assets											0
Total expense									0	0	0
Operating income from continuing operations									0	0	0
Other income (expense)
Interest expense, net									0	0	0
Intercompany interest income									0	0	0
Intercompany interest expense									0	0	0
Loss on extinguishment (or modification) of debt										0
Income from equity investments in subsidiaries									0	0	0
Total other expense, net									0	0	0
Income from continuing operations before income tax									0	0	0
Provision for income taxes									0	0	0
Loss from continuing operations										0	0
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before tax											0
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes											0
Loss from discontinued operations											0
Net income (loss)									0		0
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
REVENUE
Casino									295,046	294,998	299,216
Food and beverage									47,536	49,029	45,494
Lodging									26,664	26,302	26,166
Fuel and retail									58,471	58,893	59,011
Other									13,412	14,482	13,775
Total revenue									441,129	443,704	443,662
Promotional allowances									(47,829)	(57,802)	(53,888)
Net revenue									393,300	385,902	389,774
EXPENSE
Casino									116,416	122,404	118,945
Food and beverage									47,188	48,137	45,375
Lodging									16,425	16,281	17,551
Fuel and retail									43,285	46,825	49,094
Other									7,147	7,921	7,704
General and administrative									78,573	79,429	77,133
Depreciation and amortization									27,829	27,356	26,810
Corporate									0	0	0
Goodwill and other impairments									20,229
Write downs, reserves and recoveries									46	(448)	6,225
Loss on impairment of assets											165
Total expense									357,138	347,905	349,002
Operating income from continuing operations									36,162	37,997	40,772
Other income (expense)
Interest expense, net									0	0	0
Intercompany interest income									0	0	0
Intercompany interest expense									(30,831)	(29,996)	(30,595)
Loss on extinguishment (or modification) of debt										0	0
Income from equity investments in subsidiaries									0	0	0
Total other expense, net									(30,831)	(29,996)	(30,595)
Income from continuing operations before income tax									5,331	8,001	10,177
Provision for income taxes									(1,919)	15,297	(3,498)
Loss from continuing operations										23,298	6,679
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before tax											(369)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes											133
Loss from discontinued operations											(236)
Net income (loss)									3,412		6,443
Consolidating/Eliminating Member]
REVENUE
Casino									0	0	0
Food and beverage									0	0	0
Lodging									0	0	0
Fuel and retail									0	0	0
Other									0	0	0
Total revenue									0	0	0
Promotional allowances									0	0	0
Net revenue									0	0	0
EXPENSE
Casino									0	0	0
Food and beverage									0	0	0
Lodging									0	0	0
Fuel and retail									0	0	0
Other									0	0	0
General and administrative									0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization									0	0	0
Corporate									0	0	0
Goodwill and other impairments									0
Write downs, reserves and recoveries									0	0	0
Loss on impairment of assets											0
Total expense									0	0	0
Operating income from continuing operations									0	0	0
Other income (expense)
Interest expense, net									0	0	161
Intercompany interest income									(30,831)	(29,996)	(30,595)
Intercompany interest expense									30,831	29,996	30,595
Loss on extinguishment (or modification) of debt										0	0
Income from equity investments in subsidiaries									(3,412)	(23,298)	(6,604)
Total other expense, net									(3,412)	(23,298)	(6,443)
Income from continuing operations before income tax									(3,412)	(23,298)	(6,443)
Provision for income taxes									0	0	0
Loss from continuing operations										$ (23,298)	(6,443)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before tax											0
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes											0
Loss from discontinued operations											0
Net income (loss)									$ (3,412)		$ (6,443)