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Long-Term Debt (Details)	Jul. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 13, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 19, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2011
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Long-term Debt, Total			$ 773,354,000		$ 773,354,000		$ 778,827,000
Long-term debt, noncurrent			773,354,000		773,354,000		778,827,000
Scheduled maturities of long-term debt in 2019			728,700,000		728,700,000
Interest Expense			17,238,000	$ 3,870,000	$ 34,475,000	$ 7,759,000
Senior Secured Second Lien Notes
Long-term debt
Long-term Debt, Total		$ 10,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		11.50%
Principal amount repurchased		$ 100
Debt Instrument Repurchase Price		110.25
Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium)							10,900,000
Interest Expense							64,500,000
Interest Expense Saved		$ 1,200,000
Notes
Long-term debt
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.00%
Percentage of issue price of principal amount	100.00%
Notes \| Year beginning August 1, 2018
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					105.25%
Notes \| Year beginning August 1, 2019
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					103.50%
Notes \| Year beginning August 1, 2020
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					101.75%
Notes \| Year beginning August 1, 2021 and thereafter
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					100.00%
Notes \| Prior to August 1, 2018
Long-term debt
Percentage of issue price of principal amount	101.00%
Resorts \| 8.625% Resorts Senior Secured Notes
Long-term debt
Long-term Debt, Total			168,000,000		$ 168,000,000		168,000,000
Resorts \| 8.625% Resorts Senior Secured Notes \| Prior to June 15, 2015
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					100.00%
Resorts \| 8.625% Resorts Senior Secured Notes \| Year beginning June 15, 2015
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					104.313%
Resorts \| 8.625% Resorts Senior Secured Notes \| Year beginning June 15, 2016
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					102.156%
Resorts \| 8.625% Resorts Senior Secured Notes \| Year beginning June 15, 2017 and thereafter
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					100.00%
MTR Gaming \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes
Long-term debt
Long-term debt, gross			560,664,000		$ 560,664,000		560,664,000		$ 570,700,000
Unamortized premium			44,690,000		44,690,000		50,163,000
Long-term Debt, Total			$ 605,354,000		$ 605,354,000		$ 610,827,000
Issue price as percentage of principal amount										97.00%
MTR Gaming \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes \| Prior to August 1, 2015
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					100.00%
MTR Gaming \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes \| Year beginning August 1, 2015
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					106.00%
MTR Gaming \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes \| Year beginning August 1, 2016
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					103.00%
MTR Gaming \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes \| Year beginning August 1, 2017 and thereafter
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)					100.00%
Forecast \| 8.625% Resorts Senior Secured Notes
Long-term debt
Principal amount repurchased	$ 130,000,000
Debt Instrument Repurchase Price								$ 1,047.92
Forecast \| Resorts \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes
Long-term debt
Debt Instrument Repurchase Price								1,066.39
Forecast \| MTR Gaming \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes
Long-term debt
Principal amount repurchased	$ 403,900,000
Debt Instrument Repurchase Price								$ 30.00
Minimum \| MTR Gaming \| Senior Secured Second Lien Notes
Long-term debt
Consolidated total debt ratio			4.0		4.0
Maximum \| Notes \| Prior to August 1, 2018
Long-term debt
Redemption price (as a percent)	35.00%