Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 States Country Casinos
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of casinos operated or managed	52
Number of states in U.S where company operates	13
Number of countries in which company operates	7
Number of land based casinos operated or managed	19
Number of riverboat or dockside casinos operated or managed	11
Number of casino combined with racetrack one	1
Number of casino combined with racetrack two	1
Number of casino combined with racetrack three	1
Reportable Segments	1
United States
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of casinos operated or managed	38
Indian lands [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of casinos operated or managed	3
Ohio [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of casinos operated or managed	2
International [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of casinos operated or managed	14
Canada [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of casinos operated or managed	1
England [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of land based casinos operated or managed	8
Egypt [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of land based casinos operated or managed	2
Scotland [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of land based casinos operated or managed	1
South Africa [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of land based casinos operated or managed	1
Uruguay [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of land based casinos operated or managed	1