CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Revenues:
Gaming	$ 259,662	$ 250,028
Food and beverage	16,201	15,587
Lodging	8,522	7,861
Retail, entertainment and other	8,600	6,671
Total revenues	292,985	280,147
Expenses and other costs:
Gaming	140,122	140,540
Food and beverage	16,656	15,969
Lodging	4,839	5,003
Retail, entertainment and other	4,102	3,266
General and administrative	54,760	54,264
Depreciation and amortization	26,246	26,152
Pre-opening and development costs	2,758	2,173
Write-downs, reserves and recoveries, net	8	691
Total expenses and other costs	249,491	248,058
Operating income	43,494	32,089
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(21,918)	(26,099)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(20,718)	0
Loss from equity method investments	(1,595)	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(737)	5,990
Income tax (expense) benefit	411	(388)
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(326)	5,602
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(683)	(3,241)
Net income (loss)	$ (1,009)	$ 2,361
Net income (loss) per common share - basic
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ (0.01)	$ 0.09
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (0.01)	$ (0.05)
Net income (loss) per common share-basic	$ (0.02)	$ 0.04
Net income (loss) per common share - diluted
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ (0.01)	$ 0.09
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ (0.01)	$ (0.05)
Net income (loss) per common share-diluted	$ (0.02)	$ 0.04
Number of shares - basic	62,187	61,824
Number of shares - diluted	62,187	62,384