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Acquisitions and Other Recent Business Ventures (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2012 Harrah's St. Louis gaming and lodging facility sqft item mi acre	Jun. 02, 2011 M Resort	Oct. 31, 2010 M Resort	Feb. 28, 2011 Rosecroft Raceway sqft item mi acre
Pending acquisition
Percentage of voting interest to be acquired	100.00%
Purchase price of the entity to be acquired	$ 617.9		$ 230.5
Cash acquired	13.5	28.0
Purchase price allocated to goodwill and other intangible assets	386.4
Purchase price allocated to property and equipment, net	225.1	203.7
Purchase price allocated to total current assets	2.9	13.7
Purchase price allocated to total other assets		2.4
Purchase price allocated to total current liabilities	$ 10.0	$ 17.3
Location of facility in distance from major metropolitan area (in miles)	22			13
Size of property where facility is located (in acres)	248			125
Area of gaming space at facility (in square feet)	109,000
Number of slot machines at facility	2,164
Number of table games at facility	57
Number of poker tables at facility	21
Number of guestroom hotels at facility	502
Number of dining and entertainment venues, structured and surface parking at the facility	9
Length of oval track at raceway (in miles)				5/8-mile
Number of race paddocks at raceway				7
Size of grandstand building at raceway (in square feet)				53,000
Size of clubhouse building at raceway (in square feet)				96,000
Number of stories in clubhouse building at raceway				3