Description Of Business (Schedule Of Ownership Percentage) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CCI
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	n/a
Country Of Entity	United States
WMCK Venture Corp [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CRC
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCI
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	United States
Century Casinos Cripple Creek [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CCC
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CRC
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	United States
WMCK Acquistion Corp [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	ACQ
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CRC
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	United States
Century Casinos Tollgate Inc [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CTI
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCI
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	United States
CC Tollgate LLC [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CTL
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CTI
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	United States
Century Casinos Europe GmbH [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CCE
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCI
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	Austria
Century Resorts International Ltd [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CRI
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCE
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	Mauritius
Century Resorts Alberta, Inc [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CRA
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CRI
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	Canada
Century Casinos Poland Sp. z o o [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CCP
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCE
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	Poland
Casinos Poland Ltd [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CPL
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCP
Ownership percentage	33.00%
Country Of Entity	Poland
VICCO [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	VICCO
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCE
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	Poland
Century Casino Calgary [Member]
Description Of Business [Line Items]
Abbreviation Of Entity	CAL
Parent Of Entity Abbreviation	CCE
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Country Of Entity	Canada