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Proceeds From Premium On Notes Receivable

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This item represents disclosure of all significant concentrations of credit risk or market risk arising from the subject financial instrument (as defined), whether from an individual counterparty or groups of counterparties.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount representing an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the entity (holder) a definite sum of money at a future date. Such amount may include accrued interest receivable in accordance with the terms of the note. The note also may contain provisions and related items including a discount or premium, payable on demand, secured, or unsecured, interest bearing or noninterest bearing, among a myriad of other features and characteristics. Excludes amounts related to receivables held-for-sale.

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Acquisitions and Other Investments - Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 25, 2018	Oct. 20, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments to acquire note receivable						$ 338,000	$ 845,000	$ 184,193,000
Reimbursement of advances						0	0	341,864,000
Funds advanced						0	0	98,000,000
Net carrying amount of loan receivable					$ 20,900,000	0	20,900,000
Proceeds from the sale of loan to the JIVDC						15,186,000	0	$ 0
JIVDC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Acquired note receivable, book value at acquisition date			$ 60,000,000
Payments to acquire note receivable			$ 24,000,000
Interest rate			4.25%
Acquired note receivable, fair value at acquisition date			$ 24,000,000
Premium received upon refinancing of note receivable			$ 6,000,000
Reimbursement of advances, net of funds advanced		$ 274,900,000
Reimbursement of advances		372,900,000
Funds advanced		98,000,000.0
Provision (recovery) for loan and unfunded loan commitments				$ (17,000,000.0)	77,900,000	$ (17,000,000.0)	86,000,000.0
Charges for certain advances							3,800,000
Net carrying amount of loan receivable					20,900,000		20,900,000
Remaining exposure, inclusive of unfunded commitments					27,900,000		27,900,000
Proceeds from the sale of loan to the JIVDC	$ 15,200,000
JIVDC \| Secured credit facility
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facilities		460,000,000
JIVDC \| Secured credit facility \| Revolving credit facility
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facilities		5,000,000
JIVDC \| Secured credit facility \| Term loan B facility
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facilities		340,000,000
JIVDC \| Secured credit facility \| Term loan C facility
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facilities		$ 98,000,000
Unpaid principal balance of term loan facility					$ 98,300,000		98,300,000
Allowance for loan loss \| JIVDC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Provision (recovery) for loan and unfunded loan commitments							64,000,000.0
Unfunded loan commitments \| JIVDC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Provision (recovery) for loan and unfunded loan commitments							$ 22,000,000.0