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Operating Lease, Development Period, Amount Not Subject To Increased Rent

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Operating Lease, Development Period, Percent Of Funding

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Operating Lease, Funding Commitment, Cap Rate

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Operating Lease, Funding Commitment, Funded

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Operating Lease, Funding Commitment, Maximum

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Operating Leases, Amount of Rent Available Upon Triggering Annual Rent Escalator Re-set

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Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index Increase

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Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index, Maximum Rent Increase

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Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index, No Rent Increase

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Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index, Minimum Rent Increase

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Payments to Acquire Real Estate, Excluding Transaction Costs

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Area of a real estate property.

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Purchase price of expected asset acquisition prior to consideration being transferred. Excludes business acquisition.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Term of lessor's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Business and Operations - Bally's and Tropicana (Details)	Feb. 11, 2026 USD ($)	Jul. 15, 2025 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2025 renewaloption	Sep. 11, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 28, 2024 USD ($)	Jul. 12, 2024 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2023	Sep. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 03, 2021 renewaloption	Apr. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2026 USD ($)	Apr. 19, 2025	May 13, 2023 USD ($) a	Jan. 01, 2023
Bally's Lincoln
Business and Operations
Asset Acquisition, Price of Acquisition, Expected	$ 700,000,000
Asset Acquisition, Price of Acquisition, Expected	700,000,000
Bally's Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalator, Consumer Price Index,									1.00%
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index, Maximum Rent Increase									2.00%
Operating lease covenant, CPI increase									0.50%
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)											15 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options \| renewaloption									4
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)									5 years
Bally's Master Lease- Lincoln
Business and Operations
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator	56,000,000
Tropicana Las Vegas Lease
Business and Operations
Operating lease covenant, CPI increase								0.50%
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)											50 years
Bally's Tropicana Las Vegas Lease
Business and Operations
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalator, Consumer Price Index,							1.00%
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index, Maximum Rent Increase							2.00%
Area of real estate property \| a													9
Maximum funding commitment													$ 175,000,000
Operating Lease, Development Period, Percent Of Funding													8.50%
Operating Lease, Development Period, Amount Not Subject To Increased Rent													$ 15,000,000.0
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator					$ 4,100,000
Bally's Tropicana Las Vegas Lease \| Clark County, Nevada
Business and Operations
Area of real estate property \| a													35
Bally's Tropicana Las Vegas Lease \| Maximum
Business and Operations
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)								99 years
New Bally's Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalator, Consumer Price Index,									1.00%
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index, Maximum Rent Increase									2.00%
Operating lease covenant, CPI increase									0.50%
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)											15 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options \| renewaloption									4
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)									5 years
New Bally's Master Lease \| Chicago, IL
Business and Operations
Maximum funding commitment						$ 940,000,000
Bally's Chicago Lease
Business and Operations
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalator, Consumer Price Index,			1.00%
Operating Leases, Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Consumer Price Index, Maximum Rent Increase			2.00%
Operating lease covenant, CPI increase			0.50%
Operating lease, initial term of contract (in years)			15 years
Operating leases, number of renewal options \| renewaloption			4
Operating lease, renewal term (in years)			5 years
No rent increase CPI covenant			0.50%
Cap rate												8.50%
No rent increase CPI covenant			0.50%
Bally's Chicago Lease \| Chicago, IL
Business and Operations
Maximum funding commitment						940,000,000.0
Operating Lease, Funding Commitment, Funded											$ 475,700,000
New Bally's Master Lease- Chicago
Business and Operations
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator				$ 20,000,000
Bally's Master Lease II- Rouge/St Louis
Business and Operations
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator		$ 28,900,000
PENN Entertainment New Master Lease
Business and Operations
Cap rate											7.75%	7.10%		7.75%
Bally's Lincoln
Business and Operations
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs	688,000,000.0
Consideration transferred	$ 703,397,000
Tropicana Entertainment Inc.
Business and Operations
Asset Acquisition, Rent Credits Transferred										$ 307,500,000
Bally's Tropicana Las Vegas
Business and Operations
Consideration transferred								$ 145,000,000
Bally's Chicago Land
Business and Operations
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs						$ 250,000,000