Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Depreciation Expense Table

	For the year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(in millions)
Depreciation expense	$	103.7	$	109.6	$	95.2

Schedule of Estimated Useful Life

We depreciate our land improvements, buildings, riverboats and equipment using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the related lease term, as follows:

	Years
Land improvements	5 to 35
Buildings and improvements	15 to 35
Vessels	10 to 25
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	3 to 20

Schedule of Estimated Costs of Complimentary Revenue

Complimentary revenues that have been excluded from the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, and the cost to provide such benefits were as follows:

	For the year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(in millions)
Complimentary revenues	$	105.6	$	101.2	$	96.4
Promotional allowance costs	$	70.0	$	68.0	$	68.5

Schedule of Gaming Taxes Table

These taxes for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

	For the year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(in millions)
Gaming taxes	$	297.6	$	281.5	$	255.6

Schedule of Advertising Costs

These costs for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 consist of the following:

	For the year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(in millions)
Advertising costs in gaming expenses	$	22.6	$	21.6	$	22.1
Advertising costs in pre-opening and development costs	$	0.6	$	3.0	$	1.3

Schedule of Pre-opening and Development Costs Table

Pre-opening and development costs are expensed as incurred and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 consist of the following:

	For the year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(in millions)
L'Auberge Baton Rouge	$	4.3	$	1.2	$	5.8
Sugarcane Bay	0.3		1.5		2.0
River City	0.2		9.9		8.0
Other	4.0		1.0		0.8
Total pre-opening and development costs	$	8.8	$	13.6	$	16.6

Schedule of Comprehensive Income (Loss) Table

	For the year ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(in millions)
Net loss	$	(2.5	)	$	(23.4	)	$	(258.3	)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss) (a)	—			17.1			(2.3		)
Post-retirement benefit obligations, net of income taxes (b)	(0.1		)	1.1			1.2
Comprehensive loss	$	(2.6	)	$	(5.2	)	$	(259.4	)

(a) Foreign currency translation gain (loss) relates to our Argentina operations, which were sold during the year ended December 31, 2010.

(b) Included in the balance are benefit obligations related to both the executive deferred compensation plan and directors’ health and medical plan, both of which are discussed in Note 6, Employee Benefit Plans