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Area of land held.

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Amount classified as assets attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Dispositions, Assets Held For Sale & Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Details) $ / a in Millions, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 17, 2022 USD ($) a $ / a	Mar. 25, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) exchange	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) exchange	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2021 USD ($) a
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on Calder land sale					$ 274.6	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Number of reverse like-kind exchange \| exchange			1	1
Deferred tax liability			$ 340.8		340.8	252.9
Cash received from income tax refunds					61.6	0.0	$ 0.0
P2E Transaction
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Forward like-kind exchange					197.2
Deferred Income Taxes
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Deferred tax liability			76.0		76.0
Louisville
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Property purchase price				$ 9.9
Terre Haute Property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Property purchase price			24.9
Kater and Thimmegowda Litigation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Litigation settlement		$ 124.0
Calder Property \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Area of land sold \| a	115.7
Aggregate consideration	$ 291.0
Sale agreement, per acre \| $ / a	2.5
Cash proceeds	$ 279.0
Transaction costs	12.0
Gain on Calder land sale	274.6
Asset held for sale	$ 4.4
Arlington Park \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Area of land sold \| a								326
Aggregate consideration								$ 197.2
Arlington International Racecourse \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset held for sale			$ 82.0		82.0	$ 81.5
Kater and Thimmegowda Litigation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash received from income tax refunds					$ 26.0