Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	Commitments and Contingencies Litigation The Company is subject to various legal and administrative proceedings relating to personal injuries, employment matters, commercial transactions, development agreements and other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not believe that the final outcome of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. In addition, the Company maintains what it believes is adequate insurance coverage to further mitigate the risks of such proceedings. However, such proceedings can be costly, time consuming and unpredictable and; therefore, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of such proceedings may not materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations. Further, no assurance can be given that the amount or scope of existing insurance coverage will be sufficient to cover losses arising from such matters. Legal proceedings could result in costs, settlements, damages, or rulings that materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial condition or operating results. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses, claims and/or counter-claims with respect to these proceedings, and intends to vigorously defend itself or pursue its claims. Location Share Agreements The Company’s subsidiary, PSG, enters into location share agreements with bar and retail establishments in Illinois. These agreements are contracts which allow PSG to place VGTs in the bar or retail establishment in exchange for a percentage of the variable revenue generated by the VGTs. PSG holds the gaming license with the state of Illinois and the location share percentage is determined by the state of Illinois. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the total location share payments made by PSG, which are recorded within our Consolidated Statements of Operations as gaming expenses, were $34.7 million, $29.7 million, and $21.2 million, respectively. Purchase Obligations The Company has obligations to purchase various goods and services totaling $97.2 million as of December 31, 2018, of which $64.9 million will be incurred in 2019. Capital Expenditure Commitments The Company’s properties that are subject to either of the Master Leases are obligated to spend a minimum of 1% of annual net revenues for the maintenance of those facilities. Labor Agreements The Company is required to have agreements with the horsemen at the majority of its racetracks to conduct its live racing and/or simulcasting activities. In addition, in order to operate gaming machines and table games in West Virginia, the Company must maintain agreements with each of the Charles Town horsemen, pari-mutuel clerks and breeders. At Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, the Company has an agreement with the Charles Town Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, which expired on June 18, 2018, but has been extended until April 18, 2019. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races also has an agreement with the breeders that expires on June 30, 2019. Additionally, the pari-mutuel clerks at Charles Town are represented under a collective bargaining agreement with the West Virginia Union of Mutuel Clerks, which expired on December 31, 2010, but has been extended on a month-to-month basis. The Company’s agreement with the Pennsylvania Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course was renewed through January 31, 2020. The Company has an agreement with Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 108, regarding both on-track and off-track pari-mutuel clerks and admission staff, which expires on December 1, 2021. The Company has an agreement, which runs through August 2021, with the International Chapter of Horseshoers and Allied Equine Trades Local 947 regarding starting gate and jockey valet staff. The Company’s agreement with the Meadows Standardbred Owners Clubs Association was renewed through December 31, 2018. Meadows Racetrack and Casino has existing collective bargaining agreements with (1) The International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America and Local #508, which expires August 16, 2020, (2) UNITE/Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (“HERE”) Local 57, which expires on September 11, 2020, and (3) Laborers Local Union #108 On-Track and Off-Track, which expires on March 31, 2022. We are in the process of extending the Company’s agreement with the Maine Harness Horsemen Association at Bangor Raceway through the conclusion of the 2020 racing season. In March 2014, Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course entered into an agreement with the Ohio Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. The term is for a period of ten years from the September 2014 commencement of video lottery terminal operations at that facility. Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway entered into a ten-year agreement with the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association for racing at the property in September 2015. In January 2014, Plainridge Park Casino entered into an agreement with the Harness Horsemen’s Association of New England, which expired on December 31, 2018 and is currently under negotiation. Across certain of the Company’s properties, Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trade Union (“SEATU”) represents approximately 1,628 of the Company’s employees under a National Agreement that expires on January 24, 2032 and Local Addenda that expire at various times between June 2021 and October 2024. SEATU agreements are in place at Hollywood Casino Joliet, Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg, Argosy Casino Riverside, Argosy Casino Alton, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, Hollywood Gaming Dayton, Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley, Plainridge Park Casino, and Ameristar East Chicago. Argosy Alton has a wage reopener in 2019; Plainridge Park Casino wage reopener from October 2018 is still outstanding. The remainder of the SEATU agreements have expiration dates in 2020 and beyond. At Hollywood Casino Joliet, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 1 represents approximately 172 employees under a collective bargaining agreement which expires on March 31, 2019. At Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo, a council comprised of the United Auto Workers and the United Steel Workers represents approximately 1,254 employees under a collective bargaining agreement which ends on November 15, 2019. Ameristar East Chicago has existing collective bargaining agreements with (1) SEATU, which expires on July 30, 2023 and (2) UNITE/HERE Best and Final, which expired April 30, 2018 and has been extended on a year-to-year basis. Tropicana Las Vegas has seven existing collective bargaining agreements with the following unions: (1) Culinary & Bartenders, which expired on May 31, 2018 and continues year to year at the discretion of either party, (2) United Brotherhood of Carpenters, which expires on July 31, 2019, (3) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which expires on February 28, 2021, (4) International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which expired on December 31, 2018 and continues year to year at the discretion of either party, (5) International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, which expired on June 30, 2018 and continues year to year at the discretion of either party, and (6)/(7) Teamsters, regarding front and back of the house; both agreements expired on March 31, 2018 and have been extended on a year-to-year basis. If the Company fails to maintain operative agreements with the horsemen at a track, it will not be permitted to conduct live racing and export and import simulcasting at that track and off-track wagering facilities (“OTWs”) and, in West Virginia, the Company will not be permitted to operate its gaming machines and table games unless the state intervenes or changes the statute. In addition, the Company’s simulcasting agreements are subject to the horsemen’s approval. If the Company fails to renew or modify existing agreements on satisfactory terms, this failure could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations. Except for the closure of the facilities at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course and its OTWs from February 16, 1999 to March 24, 1999 due to a horsemen’s strike, and a few days at other times and locations, the Company has been able to maintain the necessary agreements. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain the required agreements. Employee Benefit Plans The Company maintains a qualified retirement plan under the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which covers all eligible employees (the “Penn 401(k) Plan”). The Penn 401(k) Plan enables participating employees to defer a portion of their salary in a retirement fund to be administered by the Company. The Company makes a discretionary match contribution, where applicable, of 50% of employees’ elective salary deferrals, up to a maximum of 6% of eligible employee compensation. The matching contributions to the Penn 401(k) Plan for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were $6.5 million, $6.0 million, and $5.3 million, respectively. The Company also has a defined contribution plan, the Charles Town Races Future Service Retirement Plan, covering substantially all of its union employees at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races makes annual contributions to the defined contribution plan for the eligible union employees and to the Penn 401(k) Plan for the eligible non-union employees for an amount equal to the amount accrued for retirement expense, which is calculated as 0.25% of the daily mutual handle, 1.0% of net video lottery revenue up to a base and, after the base is met, it reverts to 0.5% and 0.84% of table and poker revenue, respectively. The contributions for the two plans at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were $2.6 million, $2.6 million, and $2.8 million, respectively. The Company maintains a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (the “EDC Plan”) that covers most management and other highly-compensated employees. The EDC Plan was effective beginning March 1, 2001. The EDC Plan allows the participants to defer, on a pre-tax basis, a portion of their base annual salary and/or their annual bonus and earn tax-deferred earnings on these deferrals. The EDC Plan also provides for matching Company contributions that vest over a five-year period. The Company has established a trust, and transfers to the trust, on a periodic basis, an amount necessary to provide for its respective future liabilities with respect to participant deferral and Company contribution amounts. The Company’s matching contributions for the EDC Plan for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were $2.3 million, $2.2 million, and $2.2 million, respectively. The Company’s deferred compensation liability, which is included in “Other current liabilities” within the Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $64.1 million and $64.7 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The Company is subject to various legal and administrative proceedings relating to personal injuries, employment matters, commercial transactions, development agreements and other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not believe that the final outcome of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. In addition, the Company maintains what it believes is adequate insurance coverage to further mitigate the risks of such proceedings. However, such proceedings can be costly, time consuming and unpredictable and; therefore, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of such proceedings may not materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations. Further, no assurance can be given that the amount or scope of existing insurance coverage will be sufficient to cover losses arising from such matters.

Legal proceedings could result in costs, settlements, damages, or rulings that materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial condition or operating results. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses, claims and/or counter-claims with respect to these proceedings, and intends to vigorously defend itself or pursue its claims.

The Company’s subsidiary, PSG, enters into location share agreements with bar and retail establishments in Illinois. These agreements are contracts which allow PSG to place VGTs in the bar or retail establishment in exchange for a percentage of the variable revenue generated by the VGTs. PSG holds the gaming license with the state of Illinois and the location share percentage is determined by the state of Illinois. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the total location share payments made by PSG, which are recorded within our Consolidated Statements of Operations as gaming expenses, were $34.7 million, $29.7 million, and $21.2 million, respectively.

The Company is required to have agreements with the horsemen at the majority of its racetracks to conduct its live racing and/or simulcasting activities. In addition, in order to operate gaming machines and table games in West Virginia, the Company must maintain agreements with each of the Charles Town horsemen, pari-mutuel clerks and breeders.

At Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, the Company has an agreement with the Charles Town Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, which expired on June 18, 2018, but has been extended until April 18, 2019. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races also has an agreement with the breeders that expires on June 30, 2019. Additionally, the pari-mutuel clerks at Charles Town are represented under a collective bargaining agreement with the West Virginia Union of Mutuel Clerks, which expired on December 31, 2010, but has been extended on a month-to-month basis.

The Company’s agreement with the Pennsylvania Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course was renewed through January 31, 2020. The Company has an agreement with Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 108, regarding both on-track and off-track pari-mutuel clerks and admission staff, which expires on December 1, 2021. The Company has an agreement, which runs through August 2021, with the International Chapter of Horseshoers and Allied Equine Trades Local 947 regarding starting gate and jockey valet staff.

The Company’s agreement with the Meadows Standardbred Owners Clubs Association was renewed through December 31, 2018. Meadows Racetrack and Casino has existing collective bargaining agreements with (1) The International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America and Local #508, which expires August 16, 2020, (2) UNITE/Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (“HERE”) Local 57, which expires on September 11, 2020, and (3) Laborers Local Union #108 On-Track and Off-Track, which expires on March 31, 2022.

In March 2014, Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course entered into an agreement with the Ohio Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. The term is for a period of ten years from the September 2014 commencement of video lottery terminal operations at that facility. Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway entered into a ten-year agreement with the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association for racing at the property in September 2015. In January 2014, Plainridge Park Casino entered into an agreement with the Harness Horsemen’s Association of New England, which expired on December 31, 2018 and is currently under negotiation.

Across certain of the Company’s properties, Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trade Union (“SEATU”) represents approximately 1,628 of the Company’s employees under a National Agreement that expires on January 24, 2032 and Local Addenda that expire at various times between June 2021 and October 2024.

SEATU agreements are in place at Hollywood Casino Joliet, Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg, Argosy Casino Riverside, Argosy Casino Alton, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, Hollywood Gaming Dayton, Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley, Plainridge Park Casino, and Ameristar East Chicago. Argosy Alton has a wage reopener in 2019; Plainridge Park Casino wage reopener from October 2018 is still outstanding. The remainder of the SEATU agreements have expiration dates in 2020 and beyond.

At Hollywood Casino Joliet, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 1 represents approximately 172 employees under a collective bargaining agreement which expires on March 31, 2019. At Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo, a council comprised of the United Auto Workers and the United Steel Workers represents approximately 1,254 employees under a collective bargaining agreement which ends on November 15, 2019.

Ameristar East Chicago has existing collective bargaining agreements with (1) SEATU, which expires on July 30, 2023 and (2) UNITE/HERE Best and Final, which expired April 30, 2018 and has been extended on a year-to-year basis.

Tropicana Las Vegas has seven existing collective bargaining agreements with the following unions: (1) Culinary & Bartenders, which expired on May 31, 2018 and continues year to year at the discretion of either party, (2) United Brotherhood of Carpenters, which expires on July 31, 2019, (3) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which expires on February 28, 2021, (4) International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which expired on December 31, 2018 and continues year to year at the discretion of either party, (5) International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, which expired on June 30, 2018 and continues year to year at the discretion of either party, and (6)/(7) Teamsters, regarding front and back of the house; both agreements expired on March 31, 2018 and have been extended on a year-to-year basis.

If the Company fails to maintain operative agreements with the horsemen at a track, it will not be permitted to conduct live racing and export and import simulcasting at that track and off-track wagering facilities (“OTWs”) and, in West Virginia, the Company will not be permitted to operate its gaming machines and table games unless the state intervenes or changes the statute. In addition, the Company’s simulcasting agreements are subject to the horsemen’s approval. If the Company fails to renew or modify existing agreements on satisfactory terms, this failure could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations. Except for the closure of the facilities at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course and its OTWs from February 16, 1999 to March 24, 1999 due to a horsemen’s strike, and a few days at other times and locations, the Company has been able to maintain the necessary agreements. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain the required agreements.

The Company maintains a qualified retirement plan under the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which covers all eligible employees (the “Penn 401(k) Plan”). The Penn 401(k) Plan enables participating employees to defer a portion of their salary in a retirement fund to be administered by the Company. The Company makes a discretionary match contribution, where applicable, of 50% of employees’ elective salary deferrals, up to a maximum of 6% of eligible employee compensation. The matching contributions to the Penn 401(k) Plan for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were $6.5 million, $6.0 million, and $5.3 million, respectively.

The Company also has a defined contribution plan, the Charles Town Races Future Service Retirement Plan, covering substantially all of its union employees at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races makes annual contributions to the defined contribution plan for the eligible union employees and to the Penn 401(k) Plan for the eligible non-union employees for an amount equal to the amount accrued for retirement expense, which is calculated as 0.25% of the daily mutual handle, 1.0% of net video lottery revenue up to a base and, after the base is met, it reverts to 0.5% and 0.84% of table and poker revenue, respectively. The contributions for the two plans at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were $2.6 million, $2.6 million, and $2.8 million, respectively.