Condensed Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors and Issuers - Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,771.2	$ 1,757.5	$ 891.2	$ 971.1
Restricted cash	87.5	833.6
Receivables, net	619.9	580.5
Deferred income taxes	8.7	114.9
Prepayments and other current assets	237.4	150.0
Inventories	45.6	52.0
Intercompany receivables	0	0
Assets held for sale	0	5.1
Total current assets	3,770.3	3,493.6
Property and equipment, net	13,237.9	15,701.7
Goodwill	3,063.3	3,160.3	3,360.4
Intangible assets other than goodwill	3,487.7	3,985.7	4,363.2
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates	176.8	100.4
Restricted cash	336.8	364.6
Deferred charges and other	604.2	720.6
Deferred income taxes	0
Intercompany receivables	0	0
Assets held for sale	11.9	471.2
Total assets	24,688.9	27,998.1
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	442.7	376.2
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	1,212.3	1,098.5
Interest payable	389.5	233.7
Deferred income taxes	289.2	0
Current portion of long-term debt	197.1	879.9
Intercompany payables	0	0
Total current liabilities	2,530.8	2,588.3
Long-term debt	20,918.4	20,532.2
Accumulated losses of subsidiaries in excess of investment	0	0
Deferred credits and other	667.5	823.0
Deferred income taxes ($3.8 attributable to our VIEs in 2013)	2,476.0	4,334.1
Intercompany payables	0	0
Liabilities held for sale	0	52.1
Total liabilities	26,592.7	28,329.7
Total Caesars stockholders’ equity/(deficit)	(3,122.0)	(411.7)
Noncontrolling interests	1,218.2	80.1
Total equity/(deficit)	(1,903.8)	(331.6)	1,053.4	1,672.6
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	24,688.9	27,998.1
CEC (Parent Guarantor) [Member]
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	113.3	7.4	3.9	136.0
Restricted cash	30.5	0
Receivables, net	0.1	0.1
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Prepayments and other current assets	0	5.0
Inventories	0	0
Intercompany receivables	0.8	29.6
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total current assets	144.7	42.1
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangible assets other than goodwill	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates	0	0
Restricted cash	20.0	0
Deferred charges and other	1.0	7.5
Deferred income taxes	7.8	0
Intercompany receivables	340.5	563.1
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total assets	514.0	612.7
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	0.3	3.9
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	3.8	3.7
Interest payable	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Intercompany payables	5.3	15.9
Total current liabilities	9.4	23.5
Long-term debt	0	0
Accumulated losses of subsidiaries in excess of investment	3,582.1	925.4
Deferred credits and other	0	4.1
Deferred income taxes ($3.8 attributable to our VIEs in 2013)	0	0
Intercompany payables	55.0	55.0
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Total liabilities	3,646.5	1,008.0
Total Caesars stockholders’ equity/(deficit)	(3,132.5)	(395.3)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity/(deficit)	(3,132.5)	(395.3)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	514.0	612.7
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	996.4	911.9	16.6	61.0
Restricted cash	0	0
Receivables, net	45.4	19.5
Deferred income taxes	0	17.4
Prepayments and other current assets	26.1	8.3
Inventories	0.3	0.3
Intercompany receivables	358.7	295.5
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total current assets	1,426.9	1,252.9
Property and equipment, net	204.9	189.9
Goodwill	0	0
Intangible assets other than goodwill	3.5	4.2
Investments in subsidiaries	8,712.1	11,669.6
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates	0	0
Restricted cash	0	0
Deferred charges and other	283.5	298.4
Deferred income taxes	254.7
Intercompany receivables	1,092.8	1,089.6
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total assets	11,978.4	14,504.6
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	101.0	75.9
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	187.5	164.7
Interest payable	282.4	176.0
Deferred income taxes	363.5
Current portion of long-term debt	86.0	126.2
Intercompany payables	9.6	88.1
Total current liabilities	1,030.0	630.9
Long-term debt	16,034.0	15,257.0
Accumulated losses of subsidiaries in excess of investment	0	0
Deferred credits and other	317.9	535.0
Deferred income taxes ($3.8 attributable to our VIEs in 2013)	14.6	422.6
Intercompany payables	285.4	614.5
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Total liabilities	17,681.9	17,460.0
Total Caesars stockholders’ equity/(deficit)	(5,703.5)	(2,955.4)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity/(deficit)	(5,703.5)	(2,955.4)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	11,978.4	14,504.6
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	293.6	353.8	372.5	344.7
Restricted cash	1.0	0
Receivables, net	411.5	348.0
Deferred income taxes	113.8	75.7
Prepayments and other current assets	83.7	66.8
Inventories	28.4	31.7
Intercompany receivables	146.2	136.8
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total current assets	1,078.2	1,012.8
Property and equipment, net	6,980.1	8,534.6
Goodwill	1,260.2	1,331.0
Intangible assets other than goodwill	2,837.5	3,183.0
Investments in subsidiaries	258.1	920.3
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates	3.5	3.0
Restricted cash	0	0
Deferred charges and other	154.8	184.8
Deferred income taxes	0
Intercompany receivables	585.4	585.9
Assets held for sale	11.9	0
Total assets	13,169.7	15,755.4
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	181.7	156.5
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	486.6	434.7
Interest payable	1.4	0.4
Deferred income taxes	0
Current portion of long-term debt	23.6	10.7
Intercompany payables	317.3	284.8
Total current liabilities	1,010.6	887.1
Long-term debt	92.1	64.8
Accumulated losses of subsidiaries in excess of investment	0	0
Deferred credits and other	214.3	160.2
Deferred income taxes ($3.8 attributable to our VIEs in 2013)	1,552.2	2,188.9
Intercompany payables	871.2	871.7
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Total liabilities	3,740.4	4,172.7
Total Caesars stockholders’ equity/(deficit)	9,429.3	11,582.7
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity/(deficit)	9,429.3	11,582.7
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	13,169.7	15,755.4
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	1,367.9	484.4	498.2	429.4
Restricted cash	56.0	833.6
Receivables, net	162.9	212.9
Deferred income taxes	8.7	21.8
Prepayments and other current assets	130.1	69.9
Inventories	16.9	20.0
Intercompany receivables	68.4	97.2
Assets held for sale	0	5.1
Total current assets	1,810.9	1,744.9
Property and equipment, net	6,056.4	6,977.2
Goodwill	1,803.1	1,829.3
Intangible assets other than goodwill	646.7	798.5
Investments in subsidiaries	958.1	790.7
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates	173.3	97.4
Restricted cash	316.8	364.6
Deferred charges and other	258.3	236.6
Deferred income taxes	11.3
Intercompany receivables	55.0	153.8
Assets held for sale	0	471.2
Total assets	12,089.9	13,464.2
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	159.7	139.9
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	536.9	495.4
Interest payable	105.7	57.3
Deferred income taxes	39.5
Current portion of long-term debt	87.5	743.0
Intercompany payables	241.9	170.3
Total current liabilities	1,171.2	1,605.9
Long-term debt	5,768.9	6,122.9
Accumulated losses of subsidiaries in excess of investment	0	0
Deferred credits and other	222.5	123.7
Deferred income taxes ($3.8 attributable to our VIEs in 2013)	1,176.1	1,714.7
Intercompany payables	862.1	851.2
Liabilities held for sale	0	52.1
Total liabilities	9,200.8	10,470.5
Total Caesars stockholders’ equity/(deficit)	1,670.9	2,913.6
Noncontrolling interests	1,218.2	80.1
Total equity/(deficit)	2,889.1	2,993.7
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	12,089.9	13,464.2
Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	1,661.5	838.2	870.7	774.1
Restricted cash	57.0	833.6
Receivables, net	574.4	560.9
Deferred income taxes	122.5	97.5
Prepayments and other current assets	213.8	136.7
Inventories	45.3	51.7
Intercompany receivables	214.6	234.0
Assets held for sale	0	5.1
Total current assets	2,889.1	2,757.7
Property and equipment, net	13,036.5	15,511.8
Goodwill	3,063.3	3,160.3
Intangible assets other than goodwill	3,484.2	3,981.5
Investments in subsidiaries	1,216.2	1,711.0
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates	176.8	100.4
Restricted cash	316.8	364.6
Deferred charges and other	413.1	421.4
Deferred income taxes	11.3
Intercompany receivables	640.4	739.7
Assets held for sale	11.9	471.2
Total assets	25,259.6	29,219.6
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	341.4	296.4
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	1,023.5	930.1
Interest payable	107.1	57.7
Deferred income taxes	39.5
Current portion of long-term debt	111.1	753.7
Intercompany payables	559.2	455.1
Total current liabilities	2,181.8	2,493.0
Long-term debt	5,861.0	6,187.7
Accumulated losses of subsidiaries in excess of investment	0	0
Deferred credits and other	436.8	283.9
Deferred income taxes ($3.8 attributable to our VIEs in 2013)	2,728.3	3,903.6
Intercompany payables	1,733.3	1,722.9
Liabilities held for sale	0	52.1
Total liabilities	12,941.2	14,643.2
Total Caesars stockholders’ equity/(deficit)	11,100.2	14,496.3
Noncontrolling interests	1,218.2	80.1
Total equity/(deficit)	12,318.4	14,576.4
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	25,259.6	29,219.6
Consolidating/ Eliminating Adjustments [Member]
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Restricted cash	0	0
Receivables, net	0	0
Deferred income taxes	(113.8)	0
Prepayments and other current assets	(2.5)	0
Inventories	0	0
Intercompany receivables	(574.1)	(559.1)
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total current assets	(690.4)	(559.1)
Property and equipment, net	(3.5)	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangible assets other than goodwill	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	(9,928.3)	(13,380.6)
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated affiliates	0	0
Restricted cash	0	0
Deferred charges and other	(93.4)	(6.7)
Deferred income taxes	(273.8)
Intercompany receivables	(2,073.7)	(2,392.4)
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total assets	(13,063.1)	(16,338.8)
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	(2.5)	0
Interest payable	0	0
Deferred income taxes	(113.8)
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Intercompany payables	(574.1)	(559.1)
Total current liabilities	(690.4)	(559.1)
Long-term debt	(976.6)	(912.5)
Accumulated losses of subsidiaries in excess of investment	(3,582.1)	(925.4)
Deferred credits and other	(87.2)	0
Deferred income taxes ($3.8 attributable to our VIEs in 2013)	(266.9)	7.9
Intercompany payables	(2,073.7)	(2,392.4)
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Total liabilities	(7,676.9)	(4,781.5)
Total Caesars stockholders’ equity/(deficit)	(5,386.2)	(11,557.3)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total equity/(deficit)	(5,386.2)	(11,557.3)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	$ (13,063.1)	$ (16,338.8)