CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY/(DEFICIT) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Common Stock	Treasury Stock	Additional Paid-in- Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	Total Caesars Stockholders’ Equity/(Deficit)	Noncontrolling Interests
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 2,233	$ 1	$ (21)	$ 8,190	$ (7,184)	$ 1	$ 987	$ 1,246
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income/(loss) attributable to company	(308)	0	0	0	(308)	0	(308)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(34)							34
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(274)
Stock-based compensation	7	0	(3)	10	0	0	7	0
CIE stock transactions, net	(18)	0	0	(13)	0	0	(13)	(5)
Other	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest at Mar. 31, 2016	1,946	1	(24)	8,187	(7,492)	1	673	1,273
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest at Dec. 31, 2016	(1,418)	1	(29)	7,605	(10,753)	(1)	(3,177)	1,759
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income/(loss) attributable to company	(546)	0	0	0	(546)	0	(546)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(22)							22
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(524)
Stock-based compensation	1	0	(7)	8	0	0	1	0
Decrease in noncontrolling interests, net of distributions and contributions	15	0	0	1	(1)	0	0	15
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest at Mar. 31, 2017	$ (1,926)	$ 1	$ (36)	$ 7,614	$ (11,300)	$ (1)	$ (3,722)	$ 1,796