COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Item	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Mountaineer	Oct. 31, 2005 Presque Isle Downs acre	Oct. 31, 2004 Presque Isle Downs acre	Dec. 31, 2012 Presque Isle Downs	Apr. 30, 2011 Presque Isle Downs DCE	Dec. 31, 2008 Presque Isle Downs DCE	Oct. 31, 2012 Presque Isle Downs GEIDC acre	Dec. 31, 2011 Presque Isle Downs GEIDC	Oct. 31, 2005 Presque Isle Downs GEIDC acre	Dec. 31, 2012 Presque Isle Downs GEIDC	Dec. 31, 2012 Presque Isle Downs The borrowers	Dec. 31, 2011 Presque Isle Downs The borrowers	Dec. 31, 2012 Presque Isle Downs The borrowers Initial funding by Pennsylvania General Fund Item	Dec. 31, 2012 Presque Isle Downs The borrowers Additional funding by Pennsylvania Property Tax Reserve Fund	Dec. 31, 2012 Scioto Downs
Commitment and contingencies
Amount of surety bonds required to be maintained						$ 1,100,000			$ 1,000,000											$ 1,000,000
Operating and Land Leases
Total rental expense	4,900,000	1,600,000	1,600,000
Future annual minimum payments under all material operating leases
2013	2,414,000
2014	749,000
2015	478,000
2016	299,000
Replacement cost of equipment components of the surveillance system											1,900,000
Write-off related to net book value of the equipment that was replaced											1,500,000
Default judgment amount										2,700,000			700,000
Number of racetracks in Ohio	7
Area of real property acquired (in acres)								229
Posted surety bond as a percentage of the judgment															120.00%
Posted surety bond amount															800,000
Area of real property not sold (in acres)														24
Area of real property														229
Area of real property sold (in acres)							205					24		205
Amount of Environmental Risk Insurance Policy purchased									10,000,000
Borrowings to fund initial development of gaming																99,900,000		36,100,000	63,800,000
Estimated total proportionate share of assessment upon gaming facilities																		2,100,000	4,000,000
Period for quarterly payments of proportionate share of funding for assessments																			10 years
Number of licensees operational after which repayment of borrowing from General Fund would commence																		14
Estimated total obligation for assessments																5,800,000	5,900,000
Increase in total estimated liability																400,000
Obligations paid																$ 500,000
Percentage of video lottery terminal gross revenue to be deposited in an escrow account																				9.00%
Period of automatic renewal of agreement									2 years
Notice period for termination of agreement									90 days
Term of employment agreement				2 years	3 years