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Business and Operations Cordish (Details) - USD ($)					9 Months Ended
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Petersburg, VA \| Secured Debt
Business and Operations
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity							$ 467,000,000
Casino Queen Master Lease
Business and Operations
Cap rate						8.25%
Live! Virginia Group
Business and Operations
Maximum funding commitment			$ 440,000,000
Operating Lease, Development Period, Percent Of Funding			8.00%
Morgantown Lease
Business and Operations
Operating Lease Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Rent Increase					1.25%
Live! Virginia Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating Lease Covenant, Annual Rental Escalation, Rent Increase			1.75%
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator		$ 2,160,000
Bally's Master Lease- Lincoln
Business and Operations
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator	$ 56,000,000
Bally's Chicago Lease
Business and Operations
Cap rate						8.50%
Bally's Tropicana Las Vegas Lease
Business and Operations
Maximum funding commitment										$ 175,000,000
Operating Lease, Development Period, Percent Of Funding										8.50%
Amount of rent available upon annual rent escalator				$ 4,100,000
Baton Rouge, LA \| Casino Queen Master Lease
Business and Operations
Maximum funding commitment									$ 111,000,000
Petersburg, VA \| Live! Virginia Master Lease
Business and Operations
Operating Lease, Funding Commitment, Funded					$ 48,600,000
Chicago, IL \| Bally's Chicago Lease
Business and Operations
Maximum funding commitment								$ 940,000,000.0
Operating Lease, Funding Commitment, Funded					$ 640,700,000
Live! Virginia Group
Business and Operations
Payments to acquire real estate, excluding transaction costs		$ 27,000,000	$ 27,000,000