Provision For (Recoveries On) Loan Losses And Unfunded Loan Commitments

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the sale of a borrowing supported by a written promise to pay an obligation.

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Amount of expense related to credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions.

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Acquisitions and Other Investments - Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 25, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Provision for (recoveries on) loan loss and unfunded loan commitments			$ 0	$ (17,000,000.0)	$ 89,800,000
Proceeds from sale of loan			$ 0	15,200,000	0
JIVDC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Provision for (recoveries on) loan loss and unfunded loan commitments		$ (17,000,000.0)		$ (17,000,000.0)	86,000,000.0
Charges for certain advances					3,800,000
Proceeds from sale of loan	$ 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 \| Term loan C facility
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facilities						$ 98,000,000.0
Term loan C facility \| JIVDC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Provision for (recoveries on) loan loss and unfunded loan commitments					64,000,000.0
Unfunded loan commitments \| JIVDC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Provision for (recoveries on) loan loss and unfunded loan commitments					$ 22,000,000.0