Other Intangible Assets Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Indefinite and Finite Lived Assets [Table Text Block]

The Company’s other intangible assets are comprised of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2013							December 31, 2012
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Definite-lived intangible assets:
Favorable contracts	$	11,000	$	(4,260	)	$	6,740	$	11,000	$	(3,613	)	$	7,387
Customer relationships	56,540		(30,464		)	26,076		57,900		(24,594		)	33,306
Slots gaming license	2,250		(1,125		)	1,125		2,250		(1,125		)	1,125
Table games license	2,493		(50		)	2,443		—		—			—
Other	3,719		(297		)	3,422		4,079		(267		)	3,812
	$	76,002	$	(36,196	)	39,806		$	75,229	$	(29,599	)	45,630
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Slots gaming rights						128,890							70,390
Trademarks						25,729							23,397
Illinois Horseracing Equity Trust						3,307							3,307
Other						417							417
Total						$	198,149						$	143,141

Schedule of future estimated amortization expense

Future estimated aggregate amortization expense on existing definite-lived intangible assets for each of the next five fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,	Estimated Amortization Expense
2014	$	9,127
2015	$	8,234
2016	$	7,633
2017	$	7,110
2018	$	7,110