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PENN Entertainment
(NASDAQ:PENN) 

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Penn Entertainment, Inc., formerly Penn National Gaming, is an American entertainment company and operator of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gambling. It operates 43 properties in 20 states, under brands including Hollywood Casino, Ameristar, and Boomtown.

Founded: 1972
Full Time Employees: 28,300
Founder: Peter Carlino 
CEO: Jay A. Snowden  
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Resorts & Casinos

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At a glance:
  • Regional Casino Performance and Consumer Spend Trends: Near-term results are likely to be driven by same-store gaming volumes, visitation, and spend per trip across PENN’s regional casino footprint, with sensitivity to local economic conditions and competitive openings.
  • Interactive (ESPN BET) Execution and Profitability Path: Investor focus remains on user acquisition efficiency, retention, and the timeline to narrow interactive losses, as PENN scales ESPN BET and works to improve hold, marketing ROI, and cross-sell from its database.
  • Margin Management Amid Promotions and Cost Inflation: Promotional intensity (both in retail and online) and operating cost pressures are key swing factors for EBITDA, making labor, marketing discipline, and property-level cost controls important for protecting margins.
  • Balance Sheet, Leverage, and Capital Allocation Priorities: Key watch items include leverage trends, interest expense sensitivity, and the mix of capital returns versus reinvestment, including how PENN prioritizes debt reduction, maintenance capex, and potential share repurchases.
  • Regulatory Landscape and Market Access Expansion: State-by-state regulatory developments, tax rates, and licensing/market-access dynamics can materially affect both the pace of online expansion and long-term unit economics across sports betting and iCasino.
Bull Thesis:
  • ESPN BET's Brand Power and User Acquisition: The exclusive partnership with ESPN provides an unparalleled marketing channel and brand recognition for ESPN BET, potentially driving significant user acquisition and market share gains in the highly competitive online sports betting market. This strategic pivot could unlock a massive user base previously untapped by Barstool Sportsbook.
  • Path to Profitability for Interactive Segment: Following the strategic pivot from Barstool to ESPN BET and the initial heavy investment phase, the interactive segment is expected to improve its unit economics and move towards profitability. Reduced promotional spend and more efficient customer acquisition through the ESPN ecosystem could significantly reduce cash burn and contribute positively to overall company earnings.
  • Resilient Land-Based Casino Operations: PENN's diversified portfolio of regional land-based casinos provides a stable and predictable revenue and EBITDA base. This segment acts as a financial anchor, generating consistent cash flow that can support the growth and investment in the interactive segment, while also offering a hedge against volatility in the online market.
  • Strategic M&A Potential: Given the ongoing consolidation trends in both the regional casino and online gaming sectors, PENN Entertainment could be an attractive acquisition target or a strategic acquirer. Its extensive land-based footprint and growing online presence could make it a valuable asset in a consolidating industry, potentially unlocking shareholder value through M&A activity.
Bear Thesis:
  • Intense Competition in Online Sports Betting: The online sports betting market remains fiercely competitive, with established leaders like DraftKings and FanDuel holding significant market share. ESPN BET faces an uphill battle to differentiate itself and achieve sustainable profitability against these well-funded and entrenched competitors, requiring substantial ongoing marketing and promotional spend.
  • Persistent Cash Burn in Interactive Segment: Despite the strategic pivot, the interactive segment (ESPN BET) may continue to incur substantial losses and cash burn for an extended period. Aggressive marketing, promotional activities, and technology investments necessary to compete effectively could delay overall company profitability and strain financial resources longer than anticipated.
  • Elevated Debt Load and Interest Rate Risk: PENN Entertainment carries a substantial amount of debt on its balance sheet. Elevated interest rates or a potential economic downturn could increase debt servicing costs, constrain financial flexibility, and hinder the company's ability to invest in growth initiatives or weather unexpected market challenges.
  • Ongoing Regulatory and Legislative Risks: The highly regulated nature of the gaming industry exposes PENN to significant risks from changes in state-level regulations, taxation policies, or licensing requirements. Such changes could negatively impact operational flexibility and profitability across both its land-based and online segments, creating uncertainty.
  • Potential Cannibalization of Land-Based Revenue: There is a risk that the growth of PENN's online sports betting and iGaming offerings could cannibalize revenue from its established land-based casinos. If the online segment's gains do not sufficiently offset these losses with new revenue, it could lead to a net negative impact on overall company profitability and market share.
Main Competitors:
  • FanDuel (a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc) ($FLUT) (FanDuel Sportsbook, FanDuel Casino, Daily Fantasy Sports, Horse Racing), As a market leader, FanDuel directly competes with PENN's online sports betting (ESPN Bet) and iGaming products, vying for customer acquisition and retention through aggressive marketing, product innovation, and a strong brand presence across multiple states.
  • MGM Resorts International ($MGM) (BetMGM (online sports betting & iGaming), Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay (land-based casinos)), Competes with PENN on two fronts: its extensive portfolio of land-based casinos (e.g., Hollywood Casino properties) for regional gaming customers, and through its BetMGM joint venture, which is a major player in the online sports betting and iGaming space, directly challenging ESPN Bet and Hollywood Casino online.
  • Caesars Entertainment Inc. ($CZR) (Caesars Sportsbook & Casino (online), Caesars Palace, Harrah's, Horseshoe (land-based casinos)), A significant competitor in both the land-based and online gaming sectors. Caesars competes with PENN's regional casinos for brick-and-mortar patrons and directly challenges ESPN Bet and Hollywood Casino online with its own Caesars Sportsbook and iGaming platform, often leveraging its vast loyalty program.
Moat:
PENN Entertainment operates in a highly competitive landscape characterized by significant capital investment, aggressive marketing, and rapid technological evolution. Its primary competitors include pure-play online operators like DraftKings and FanDuel, which dominate the online sports betting and iGaming markets, as well as integrated resort operators such as MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment, which compete in both the land-based casino and online gaming segments. PENN's competitive moat relies on its regional land-based casino footprint, its strategic partnership with ESPN for online sports betting (ESPN Bet), and its ability to cross-promote between its physical and digital offerings. However, the industry faces high customer acquisition costs, intense promotional activity, and regulatory complexities, making sustained profitability and market share growth challenging.
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    Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 
                                                                                     
      revenues
                                1,155,269,000 789,651,000 826,913,000 816,085,000 815,848,000 855,090,000 842,446,000 818,082,000 787,244,000 811,240,000 813,535,000 797,022,000 778,876,000 739,156,000 702,026,000 683,722,000 689,837,000 678,011,000 758,149,000 804,540,000 842,832,000 741,918,000 748,415,000 772,428,000 750,546,000 721,301,000 697,717,000                           
      gaming
    1,358,800,000 1,325,200,000 1,367,700,000 1,298,300,000 1,290,900,000 1,288,000,000 1,332,300,000 1,258,300,000 1,036,300,000 1,252,100,000 1,292,800,000 1,324,600,000 1,267,400,000 1,317,500,000 1,325,600,000 1,291,200,000 1,301,600,000 1,256,200,000 1,305,500,000 1,082,000,000 895,400,000 993,600,000 259,200,000 902,900,000 1,083,500,000 1,088,500,000 1,062,139,000 1,034,511,000 928,938,000 646,335,000 665,094,000 654,494,000 658,758,000 691,028,000 680,979,000 661,256,000 631,644,000 654,591,000 663,326,000 656,701,000 651,284,000 618,919,000 591,336,000 573,216,000 576,158,000 570,683,000 641,777,000 679,829,000 717,925,000 633,836,000 634,846,000 656,077,000 636,389,000 622,873,000 609,111,000 582,307,000 543,190,000 543,373,000 565,483,000 526,390,000 559,903,000 558,424,000 566,395,000 560,636,000 574,717,000 570,281,000 549,093,000 526,462,000 536,901,000 490,804,000 524,891,000 773,491,000 515,977,000 253,051,000 751,165,000 499,793,000 283,808,000 180,880,500 723,522,000 456,859,000 183,853,000 
      food, beverage, hotel, and other
    447,400,000 392,100,000 397,300,000 374,200,000 378,100,000 351,200,000 330,700,000 348,600,000 359,100,000 367,300,000 382,000,000 348,700,000                                                                      
      total revenues
    1,806,200,000 1,717,300,000 1,765,000,000 1,672,500,000 1,669,000,000 1,639,200,000 1,663,000,000 1,606,900,000 1,395,400,000 1,619,400,000 1,674,800,000 1,673,300,000 1,585,600,000 1,625,000,000 1,626,900,000 1,564,200,000 1,572,500,000 1,511,800,000 1,545,800,000 1,274,900,000 1,027,400,000 1,129,700,000 305,500,000 1,116,100,000 1,341,200,000 1,354,500,000 1,323,094,000 1,282,571,000                                                      
      yoy
    8.22% 4.76% 6.13% 4.08% 19.61% 1.22% -0.70% -3.97% -12.00% -0.34% 2.94% 6.97% 0.83% 7.49% 5.25% 22.69% 53.06% 33.82% 405.99% 14.23% -23.40% -16.60% -76.91% -12.98%                                                          
      qoq
    5.18% -2.70% 5.53% 0.21% 1.82% -1.43% 3.49% 15.16% -13.83% -3.31% 0.09% 5.53% -2.42% -0.12% 4.01% -0.53% 4.02% -2.20% 21.25% 24.09% -9.06% 269.79% -72.63% -16.78% -0.98% 2.37% 3.16%                                                       
      operating expenses
                                                                                     
      general and administrative
    402,600,000 417,900,000 410,300,000 403,000,000 398,300,000 392,500,000 388,700,000 388,900,000 383,800,000 406,400,000 380,300,000 392,900,000 263,200,000 277,900,000 273,800,000 295,500,000 333,700,000 376,500,000 316,500,000 326,200,000 302,100,000 317,600,000 204,100,000 307,000,000 304,100,000 309,700,000 286,968,000 286,928,000 239,945,000 125,084,000 132,659,000 121,263,000 151,664,000 107,201,000 130,096,000 125,815,000 122,174,000 114,376,000 109,974,000 116,504,000 107,614,000 118,572,000 116,069,000 116,510,000 107,898,000 107,739,000 131,140,000 128,730,000 135,577,000 137,615,000 115,251,000 115,997,000 108,897,000 102,322,000 103,476,000 102,164,000 106,953,000 94,516,000 110,116,000 93,001,000 99,470,000 110,149,000 98,103,000 97,892,000 98,935,000 98,993,000 93,499,000 95,121,000 85,984,000 73,600,000 75,011,000 131,488,000 92,239,000 46,213,000 135,689,000 94,835,000 55,416,000 37,391,750 149,567,000 94,610,000 38,764,000 
      depreciation and amortization
    114,200,000 114,200,000 110,500,000 108,000,000 107,100,000 108,700,000 109,100,000 108,700,000 111,200,000 105,800,000 110,600,000 107,500,000 150,300,000 148,700,000 150,300,000 118,200,000 97,600,000 83,700,000 81,900,000 81,300,000 91,400,000 87,700,000 91,900,000 95,700,000 97,800,000 106,300,000 106,020,000 104,053,000 93,189,000 56,852,000 58,559,000 60,390,000 61,374,000 66,483,000 68,969,000 70,236,000 71,109,000 67,903,000 66,182,000 66,020,000 66,141,000 41,752,000 42,922,000 40,253,000 47,183,000 47,366,000 79,968,000 80,615,000 77,071,000 62,399,000 56,791,000 53,337,000 52,195,000 54,230,000 53,158,000 53,842,000 52,653,000 51,180,000 50,055,000 46,942,000 44,430,000 44,224,000 45,182,000 39,792,000 37,241,000 37,622,000 35,358,000 35,309,000 31,196,000 27,728,000 29,718,000 46,406,000 31,464,000 15,495,000 49,413,000 33,673,000 19,266,000 12,157,250 48,629,000 30,149,000 12,829,000 
      impairment losses
    105,300,000 825,000,000           13,600,000 104,600,000       7,300,000   616,100,000        618,000 7,488,000 24,317,000           4,560,000   71,846,000        816,000 30,590,000                         
      total operating expenses
    1,823,700,000 2,493,700,000 1,687,500,000 1,629,700,000 1,717,100,000 1,571,700,000 1,588,500,000 1,628,300,000 1,703,800,000 2,405,800,000 1,469,300,000 1,474,200,000 1,342,700,000 1,488,300,000 1,324,500,000 1,272,200,000 1,346,400,000 1,272,700,000 1,167,900,000 1,058,400,000 907,800,000 933,500,000 470,900,000 1,676,700,000 1,329,900,000 1,174,700,000 1,124,714,000 1,100,185,000 1,030,909,000 633,808,000 645,158,000 643,951,000 742,261,000 662,584,000 661,474,000 635,937,000 629,062,000 626,297,000 620,085,000 615,920,000 597,125,000 666,262,000 640,660,000 623,109,000 628,764,000 623,029,000 621,155,000 714,490,000 664,931,000 608,378,000 584,536,000 593,444,000 580,570,000 547,287,000 544,288,000 527,794,000 546,600,000 499,972,000 533,022,000 504,112,000 511,391,000 521,510,000 506,995,000 494,935,000 495,571,000 496,824,000 471,478,000 373,813,000 458,056,000 415,936,000 440,342,000 755,866,000 503,533,000 233,007,000 700,118,000 484,552,000 276,477,000 181,189,500 724,758,000 458,282,000 186,407,000 
      operating income
    -17,500,000 -776,400,000 77,500,000 42,800,000 -48,100,000 67,500,000 74,500,000 -21,400,000 -308,400,000 -786,400,000 205,500,000 199,100,000 242,900,000 136,700,000 302,400,000 292,000,000 226,100,000 239,100,000 377,900,000 216,500,000 119,600,000 196,200,000 -165,400,000 -560,600,000 11,300,000 179,800,000 198,380,000 182,386,000                                                      
      yoy
    -63.62% -1250.22% 4.03% -300.00% -84.40% -108.58% -63.75% -110.75% -226.97% -675.27% -32.04% -31.82% 7.43% -42.83% -19.98% 34.87% 89.05% 21.87% -328.48% -138.62% 958.41% 9.12% -183.38% -407.37%                                                          
      qoq
    -97.75% -1101.81% 81.07% -188.98% -171.26% -9.40% -448.13% -93.06% -60.78% -482.68% 3.21% -18.03% 77.69% -54.79% 3.56% 29.15% -5.44% -36.73% 74.55% 81.02% -39.04% -218.62% -70.50% -5061.06% -93.72% -9.37% 8.77%                                                       
      operating margin %
    -0.97% -45.21% 4.39% 2.56% -2.88% 4.12% 4.48% -1.33% -22.10% -48.56% 12.27% 11.90% 15.32% 8.41% 18.59% 18.67% 14.38% 15.82% 24.45% 16.98% 11.64% 17.37% -54.14% -50.23% 0.84% 13.27% 14.99% 14.22% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      other income
                                                                                     
      interest expense
    -101,900,000 -97,200,000 -95,900,000 -110,800,000 -113,600,000 -118,400,000 -119,400,000 -119,100,000 -118,600,000 -117,500,000 -115,600,000 -113,000,000 -210,500,000 -193,300,000 -193,600,000 -160,800,000 -143,100,000 -144,900,000 -138,000,000 -135,700,000 -136,100,000 -142,300,000 -135,000,000 -129,800,000 -133,700,000 -133,500,000 -135,039,000 -132,587,000 -192,960,000 -114,844,000 -115,873,000 -115,740,000 -116,761,000 -118,236,000 -116,768,000 -114,996,000 -113,695,000 -114,349,000 -114,687,000                                           
      interest income
    2,100,000 2,300,000 2,100,000 3,200,000 4,400,000 6,300,000 5,800,000 7,100,000 9,800,000 10,200,000 9,900,000 10,400,000               257,000 319,000 269,000 246,000 241,000 249,000 367,000 304,000 235,000 2,646,000 4,147,000 8,202,000 6,597,000 5,240,000 3,083,000 2,443,000 1,870,000 1,025,000 790,000 467,000 369,000 343,000 262,000 218,000 246,000 219,000 68,000 96,000 53,000 398,000 611,000 730,000 956,000 1,603,000 3,091,000 720,000 553,000 683,000 1,020,000 1,289,000 876,000 873,000 882,000 867,000 903,000 3,180,000 2,222,000 1,293,000 1,299,000 816,000 389,000 338,000 1,352,000 917,000 434,000 
      income from unconsolidated affiliates
    8,600,000 8,200,000 13,300,000 7,600,000 6,000,000 7,100,000 7,800,000 7,200,000 8,300,000 7,200,000 7,200,000 2,600,000 6,600,000 6,600,000 1,800,000 8,700,000 10,900,000 9,100,000 9,100,000 9,600,000 6,400,000 5,000,000 -1,700,000 4,100,000 6,700,000 9,800,000 6,255,000 5,687,000 5,535,000 5,696,000 5,734,000 5,361,000 4,321,000 4,781,000 5,021,000 4,548,000 2,675,000 3,505,000 3,548,000 4,609,000 3,759,000 4,154,000 3,982,000 2,291,000 1,473,000 2,483,000                                    
      gain on reit transaction
    825,000 3,300,000                                                                                
      gain on financing arrangement
       215,100,000                                                                              
      loss on early extinguishment of debt
      -11,800,000                              -573,000   -23,390,000                                              
      other
    500,000  2,900,000 1,300,000 2,800,000 2,800,000 1,000,000 -1,300,000 1,000,000 -300,000 5,800,000 -1,000,000 5,600,000 -8,800,000 -28,200,000 -40,700,000 -40,600,000 19,200,000 2,800,000 21,100,000 31,100,000 68,000,000 29,300,000 -21,800,000 12,800,000 7,200,000 43,000  -5,642,000 -1,435,000 -48,000 4,000 -55,000 -236,000 -173,000 -1,793,000 299,000 404,000 44,000  2,672,000  3,089,000 1,583,000  1,631,000  2,402,000 664,000  1,474,000  2,737,000   8,259,000 1,307,000   2,887,000 2,092,000 636,000  1,458,000      184,000  438,000          
      total other expenses
    -14,100,000 -83,400,000       72,525,000 -100,400,000   -190,400,000 -195,500,000 -220,000,000 -192,800,000 -172,800,000 -116,600,000 -126,100,000 -105,000,000 -99,800,000 -69,300,000 -107,400,000 -147,500,000 -114,200,000 -116,500,000 -128,484,000 -126,581,000 -209,990,000 -110,648,000 -112,525,000 -111,008,000 -112,701,000 -113,387,000 -111,685,000 -132,985,000 -78,956,250 -102,238,000 -104,498,000                                           
      income before income taxes
    -108,200,000 -859,800,000 -11,900,000 159,200,000 -148,800,000 -34,700,000 -30,300,000 -127,500,000 -407,900,000 -886,800,000 112,800,000 682,300,000 52,500,000 -58,800,000 82,400,000 99,200,000 53,300,000 122,500,000 251,800,000 111,500,000 19,800,000 126,900,000 -272,800,000 -708,100,000 -102,900,000 63,300,000 69,896,000 55,805,000                                                 28,367,000 17,087,750 68,351,000 46,349,000 21,532,000 
      income tax benefit
    34,800,000 -5,300,000 -6,400,000 -47,700,000 15,000,000 -2,800,000 3,200,000 12,600,000 49,100,000 161,700,000   -31,700,000 182,000,000   -8,500,000 -36,400,000 -53,100,000 -20,600,000 -7,100,000 14,300,000 58,400,000 99,500,000                                                          
      net income
    -73,400,000 -865,100,000 -18,300,000 111,500,000 -133,800,000 -37,500,000 -27,100,000 -114,900,000 -358,800,000 -725,100,000 78,100,000 514,400,000 20,800,000 123,200,000 26,100,000 51,600,000 44,800,000 86,100,000 198,700,000 90,900,000 12,700,000 141,200,000 -214,400,000 -608,600,000 -92,900,000 43,700,000 51,357,000 40,987,000 -42,036,000 36,125,000 53,988,000 45,437,000 -338,060,000 789,340,000 17,079,000 5,104,000 5,032,000 46,535,000 34,035,000 23,708,000 4,900,000 16,886,000 10,996,000 8,499,000 4,176,000 4,537,000 41,317,000 -12,180,000 65,271,000 46,446,000 66,667,000 78,619,000       21,351,000 28,480,000 40,661,000 147,491,000 37,023,000 40,736,000 46,590,000 38,299,000 42,941,000 87,350,000 155,060,000 42,695,000 41,983,000 83,326,000 27,925,000 15,802,000 54,626,000 37,437,000 17,787,000 10,572,250 42,289,000 28,660,000 13,187,000 
      yoy
    -45.14% 2206.93% -32.47% -197.04% -62.71% -94.83% -134.70% -122.34% -1825.00% -688.56% 199.23% 896.90% -53.57% 43.09% -86.86% -43.23% 252.76% -39.02% -192.68% -114.94% -113.67% 223.11% -517.47% -1584.86% 121.00% 20.97% -4.87% -9.79% -87.57% -95.42% 216.11% 790.22% -6818.20% 1596.23% -49.82% -78.47% 2.69% 175.58% 209.52% 178.95% 17.34% 272.18% -73.39% -169.78% -93.60% -90.23% -38.02% -115.49%           -42.33% -30.09% -12.73% 285.10% -13.78% -53.36% -69.95% -10.30% 2.28% 4.83% 455.27% 170.19% -23.14% 122.58% 57.00% 49.47% 29.17% 30.62% 34.88%     
      qoq
    -91.52% 4627.32% -116.41% -183.33% 256.80% 38.38% -76.41% -67.98% -50.52% -1028.43% -84.82% 2373.08% -83.12% 372.03% -49.42% 15.18% -47.97% -56.67% 118.59% 615.75% -91.01% -165.86% -64.77% 555.11% -312.59% -14.91% 25.30% -197.50% -216.36% -33.09% 18.82% -113.44% -142.83% 4521.70% 234.62% 1.43% -89.19% 36.73% 43.56% 383.84% -70.98% 53.56% 29.38% 103.52% -7.96% -89.02% -439.22% -118.66% 40.53% -30.33% -15.20%        -25.03% -29.96% -72.43% 298.38% -9.11% -12.56% 21.65% -10.81% -50.84% -43.67% 263.18% 1.70% -49.62% 198.39% 76.72% -71.07% 45.91% 110.47% 68.24% -75.00% 47.55% 117.34%  
      net income margin %
    -4.06% -50.38% -1.04% 6.67% -8.02% -2.29% -1.63% -7.15% -25.71% -44.78% 4.66% 30.74% 1.31% 7.58% 1.60% 3.30% 2.85% 5.70% 12.85% 7.13% 1.24% 12.50% -70.18% -54.53% -6.93% 3.23% 3.88% 3.20% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
    500,000 500,000 900,000                                                                               
      net loss attributable to penn entertainment, inc.
    -72,900,000 -864,600,000   -44,550,000 -36,700,000                                                                            
      loss per share:
                                                                                     
      basic loss per share
    -0.63 -6.03   -0.293 -0.24                                                                            
      diluted loss per share
    -0.63 -6.03   -0.293 -0.24                                                                            
      weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic
    144.6 143.5 149 152.3 152.1 152.2 152.1 151.9 152.1 150.9 152.8 153.3 161.2 157.6 164.8 168.2 158.7 156.1 156 155.7                                                              
      weighted-average common shares outstanding—diluted
    144.6 143.5 149 167 152.1 152.2 152.1 151.9 152.1 150.9 167.9 168.6 176.6 173 180.2 184.2 175.5 172.7 172.7 172.8                                                              
      impairment loss
      15,000,000                                                                               
      total other income
      -89,400,000 116,400,000 -100,700,000 -102,200,000 -104,800,000 -106,100,000   -92,700,000 483,200,000                                                  158,808,000                    
      net income attributable to penn entertainment, inc.
      -17,400,000 111,800,000   -26,800,000 -114,700,000                                                                          
      earnings per share:
                                                                                     
      basic earnings per share
      -0.12 0.73   -0.18 -0.76 -2.35 -4.8 0.51 3.35 0.14 0.78 0.16 0.31 0.24 0.55 1.27 0.58 0.36 1.02 -1.69                                       1.72 0.43 0.47 0.54 0.45 0.51 1.03 1.84 0.51 0.5           
      diluted earnings per share
      -0.12 0.68   -0.18 -0.76 -2.35 -4.8 0.48 3.05 0.14 0.72 0.15 0.29 0.24 0.52 1.17 0.55 0.36 0.93 -1.69                                       1.69 0.42 0.46 0.52 0.43 0.49 1.01 1.79 0.49 0.49           
      less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
       300,000 500,000 800,000 300,000 200,000 700,000 300,000 300,000 100,000  300,000  100,000 200,000   100,000 -1,600,000 700,000 500,000  400,000 200,000 190,000 5,000                                                      
      loss on disposal of barstool
             923,200,000                                                                        
      gain on barstool acquisition
               83,400,000                                                                      
      gain on reit transactions
               500,800,000                                                                      
      net income attributable to penn entertainment
            -32,975,000 -724,800,000 78,400,000 514,500,000 20,800,000 123,500,000 26,100,000                                                                   
      income tax expense
              -34,700,000 -167,900,000   -56,300,000 -47,600,000         -13,250,000 -19,600,000 -18,539,000 -14,818,000                                                      
      food, beverage, hotel and other
                318,200,000 307,500,000 301,300,000 273,000,000 270,900,000 255,600,000 240,300,000 192,900,000 132,000,000 136,100,000 46,300,000 213,200,000 257,700,000 266,000,000 260,955,000 248,060,000 226,331,000 138,769,000 133,664,000 130,969,000 148,009,000 153,833,000 152,148,000 147,741,000 145,642,000 147,554,000 144,390,000 137,848,000                                          
      net income attributable to penn national gaming
                   51,700,000                                                                  
      net income attributable to penn national
                    93,950,000 86,100,000 198,700,000 91,000,000 11,100,000 141,900,000 -213,900,000 -608,600,000                                                          
      comprehensive income
                    93,925,000 86,100,000 198,700,000 90,900,000 12,700,000 141,200,000 -214,400,000                                                           
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest
                    25,000   100,000 -1,600,000 700,000 500,000                                                           
      comprehensive income attributable to penn national
                    93,950,000 86,100,000 198,700,000 91,000,000 11,100,000 141,900,000 -213,900,000                                                           
      weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic
                        134 138.2 126.8                                                           
      weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted
                        134 155.5 126.8                                                           
      earnings per common share:
                                                                                     
      basic earnings per common share
                           -5,260,000 -800,000 380,000 440 350 -520 390 590 500 -3,720 8,680 190 60 50 520 380 260 60 190 120 100 50 50 430 -160 680 490 700 830 730 790 530 510 90 370 220 290 420                     
      diluted earnings per common share
                           -5,260,000 -790,000 380,000 440 350 -500 380 570 480 -3,670 8,430 180 60 50 510 370 260 50 190 120 100 50 50 400 -160 630 440 630 740 660 710 480 460 90 340 200 270 380                     
      weighted-average basic shares outstanding
                           115,700,000 115,700,000 115,200,000 115,982,000 116,293,000 97,105,000    90,854,000    82,929,000                                             
      weighted-average diluted shares outstanding
                           115,700,000 117,800,000 116,700,000 117,676,000 118,595,000 100,338,000    93,378,000    91,407,000                                             
      management service and license fees
                                                                                     
      reimbursable management costs
                                 3,910,000 25,187,000 28,184,000 6,236,000 6,679,000 6,387,000 6,758,000 7,177,000 5,965,000 2,855,000                                           
      recoveries on loan loss and unfunded loan commitments, net of impairment losses
                                                                                     
      net income attributable to penn
                            34,100,000 43,900,000 51,547,000                                                       
      earnings per common share
                                                                                     
      net income attributable to penn national gaming, inc.
                               40,992,000                                                      
      management service fees
                                1,510,750 637,000 2,968,000 2,438,000                                                  
      less promotional allowances
                                    -46,812,000 -48,843,000 -45,983,000 -41,858,000 -44,334,000 -45,643,000 -44,113,000                                           
      net revenues
                                608,162,250 789,651,000 826,913,000 816,085,000 769,036,000 806,247,000 796,463,000 776,224,000 742,910,000 765,597,000 769,422,000 756,451,000 739,297,000 700,956,000 664,138,000 645,940,000 652,146,000 641,080,000 714,435,000 761,371,000 798,246,000 707,044,000 712,551,000 736,059,000 710,905,000 687,879,000 667,023,000 638,256,000 598,311,000 592,323,000 620,426,000 580,817,000 612,226,000 617,887,000 620,586,000 613,494,000 629,450,000 625,244,000 596,258,000 572,861,000 586,111,000 537,773,000 569,243,000 888,100,000 593,474,000 289,306,000 864,001,000 595,320,000 330,771,000 216,512,000 866,048,000 549,926,000 225,210,000 
      provision (recovery) for loan loss and unfunded loan commitments to the jivdc and impairment losses
                                -4,091,750                                                     
      insurance recoveries
                                -17,000  -68,000      -181,500 -726,000                                            
      income from operations
                                127,433,000 155,843,000 181,755,000 172,134,000 26,775,000 143,663,000 134,989,000 140,287,000 113,848,000 139,300,000 149,337,000 140,531,000 142,172,000 34,694,000 23,478,000 22,831,000 23,382,000 18,051,000 93,280,000 46,881,000 133,315,000 98,666,000 128,015,000 142,615,000 130,335,000 140,592,000 122,735,000 110,462,000 51,711,000 92,351,000 87,404,000 76,705,000 100,835,000 96,377,000 113,591,000 118,559,000  128,420,000 124,780,000       56,299,000   54,294,000 35,322,500 141,290,000 91,644,000 38,803,000 
      loss on early extinguishment of debt and modification costs
                                -943,000 -311,000 -2,579,000 -882,000                                                  
      income from operations before income taxes
                                43,887,750 45,195,000 69,230,000 61,126,000 -85,926,000 30,276,000 23,304,000 7,302,000 7,274,000 37,062,000 44,839,000 31,442,000 40,280,000 28,040,000 20,256,000 16,541,000 12,930,000 11,337,000 70,449,000 26,387,000 108,038,000 77,784,000 112,966,000 125,473,000 109,081,000 114,309,000 89,765,000 82,782,000 19,774,000 56,056,000 45,380,000 50,928,000 74,477,000 255,185,000 68,882,000 72,726,000  73,256,000 77,121,000               
      income tax provision
                                10,000,250 9,070,000 15,242,000 15,689,000 252,134,000 -759,064,000 6,225,000 2,198,000 2,242,000 -9,473,000 10,804,000 7,734,000 35,380,000 11,154,000 9,260,000 8,042,000 8,754,000 6,800,000                                    
      (recovery) provision for loan loss and unfunded loan commitments to the jivdc and impairment losses
                                  -16,985,000                                                   
      management service and licensing fees
                                    2,202,250 3,550,000 2,932,000 2,327,000 2,781,000 3,130,000                                            
      impairment losses on loans to the jamul tribe
                                      5,635,000                                               
      management service fee
                                          2,964,000 2,473,000 2,871,000 2,816,000 1,927,000 3,240,000 3,105,000 2,458,000 3,685,000 3,667,000 3,047,000 4,347,000 3,614,000 3,443,000 4,476,000 4,037,000 3,317,000 4,363,000 4,012,000 3,194,000 4,239,000 3,674,000 3,033,000 4,898,000 4,694,000 3,985,000 5,217,000 4,341,000 3,474,000 4,019,000 4,819,000 4,921,000 4,387,000 13,968,000 8,767,000 4,067,000 11,950,000 7,366,000 3,458,000 2,467,250 9,869,000 5,864,000 2,699,000 
      food, beverage and other
                                            124,721,000 117,421,000 108,763,000 107,266,000 110,574,000 104,870,000 112,687,000 121,044,000 121,860,000 103,735,000 109,955,000 112,908,000 109,681,000 94,391,000 85,289,000 85,787,000 84,752,000 80,432,000 87,404,000 86,247,000 84,622,000 88,670,000 81,845,000 81,525,000 82,418,000 82,894,000 73,770,000 111,517,000 59,198,000 52,417,000 52,568,000           
      total other incomes
                                                                                     
      rental expense related to master lease
                                             109,519,000 108,845,000 104,625,000 104,613,000 104,309,000                                    
      insurance (recoveries) deductible charges
                                                                                     
      insurance deductible charges
                                                                                     
      insurance deductible charges (recoveries)
                                                                                     
      gain from unconsolidated affiliates
                                                  2,296,000 3,821,000 1,721,000 807,000 1,054,000 1,685,000 17,293,000 431,000                            
      taxes on income
                                                  29,132,000 38,567,000 42,767,000 31,338,000 46,299,000 46,854,000 38,278,000 38,320,000 38,237,000 34,437,000 12,802,000 19,901,000 24,029,000 22,448,000 33,816,000 107,694,000 31,859,000 31,990,000 35,347,000 34,957,000 34,180,000 57,630,000 36,548,000 33,001,000 29,673,000 27,793,000 16,407,000 9,352,000 39,550,000 27,029,000 10,580,000 6,515,500 26,062,000 17,689,000 8,345,000 
      insurance deductible charges, net of recoveries
                                                   2,500,000     30,000                             
      insurance recoveries, net of deductible charges
                                                                                     
      net income including noncontrolling interests
                                                        70,803,000 75,989,000 51,528,000 48,345,000 6,972,000 36,155,000                        
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                     
      net income attributable to the shareholders of penn national gaming, inc. and subsidiaries
                                                        70,803,000 75,989,000 51,528,000 48,345,000 9,156,000 36,164,000                        
      earnings per common share attributable to the shareholders of penn national gaming, inc. and subsidiaries:
                                                                                     
      hollywood casino joliet fire (gain) loss
                                                                                     
      gross revenues
                                                           672,457,000 631,954,000 626,999,000 657,126,000 616,311,000 647,558,000 651,992,000 652,934,000 646,146,000 662,352,000 657,516,000 626,337,000 601,721,000 613,993,000 561,777,000 595,413,000 935,453,000 626,999,000 306,191,000 913,409,000 628,014,000 353,026,000 229,791,000 919,164,000 581,589,000 236,905,000 
      empress casino hotel fire
                                                            155,000 59,000 211,000 331,000 5,400,000                     
      impairment loss for replaced lawrenceburg vessel
                                                             136,000 120,000 11,689,000                      
      income from joint venture
                                                                                     
      merger termination settlement fees, net of related expenses
                                                                 195,471,000                    
      total other (expenses) income
                                                                                     
      earnings from joint venture
                                                                     325,000 40,000   574,000 413,000 1,216,000 985,000 343,000 1,298,000 1,092,000 460,000 408,000 1,632,000 1,305,000 588,000 
      income from continuing operations
                                                                    133,879,000   199,048,000 128,055,000 121,837,000 128,901,000 132,234,000 89,941,000 16,254,000 163,883,000 110,768,000      
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                    81,937,000   145,633,000 76,947,000 75,696,000 71,656,000 78,743,000 47,553,000 25,606,000 108,094,000 73,444,000      
      net income from continuing operations
                                                                    46,590,000   88,003,000 40,399,000 42,695,000 41,983,000 50,950,000   68,544,000 46,415,000      
      gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                       -653,000 114,661,000             
      earnings per share - basic
                                                                                     
      discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                       -0.01 1.36   0.39          
      earnings per share - diluted
                                                                                     
      racing
                                                                       10,069,250 13,075,000 13,635,000 13,567,000 37,768,000 25,522,000 11,793,000 38,359,000 43,695,000 24,640,000 20,950,000 83,800,000 56,380,000 25,720,000 
      hurricane expense
                                                                           19,142,000          
      settlement costs
                                                                           28,175,000 28,175,000         
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                     
      earnings per share-basic
                                                                                     
      earnings per share-diluted
                                                                                     
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                     
      earnings (loss) per share-basic
                                                                                     
      revenues:
                                                                                     
      food, beverage and other revenue
                                                                           110,226,000 76,733,000 37,280,000 111,935,000 77,160,000 41,120,000 25,493,250 101,973,000 62,486,000 24,633,000 
      less: promotional allowances
                                                                                     
      operating expenses:
                                                                                     
      food, beverage and other expenses
                                                                           74,193,000 49,335,000 23,848,000 73,155,000 50,574,000 28,785,000 18,568,250 74,273,000 44,965,000 16,607,000 
      interest expense, net of capitalized interest
                                                                                     
      (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) of (4,180) and (2,989), respectively
                                                                                     
      gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax of -0- and 20,401, respectively
                                                                           37,888,000          
      earnings per share – basic
                                                                                     
      basic net income per share
                                                                           1.01 0.34 0.19 1.36 0.94      
      earnings per share – diluted
                                                                                     
      diluted net income per share
                                                                           0.97 0.33 0.19 1.32 0.91      
      weighted shares outstanding
                                                                                     
      basic
                                                                           82,754 82,497 82,198 40,116 39,974 39,859  39,408 39,320 39,219 
      diluted
                                                                           85,777 85,563 85,390 41,520 41,290 41,112  40,525 40,413 40,280 
      (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) of (4,180) and (1,749), respectively
                                                                                     
      less: promotional allowances.
                                                                                     
      (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) of (1,864) and (245), respectively
                                                                                     
      loss on change in fair values of interest rate swaps
                                                                                     
      (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 3,652 and 7,444, respectively
                                                                                     
      earnings per share — basic
                                                                                     
      earnings per share — diluted
                                                                                     
      (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 2,596 and 4,911, respectively
                                                                                     
      per share data
                                                                                     
      basic net income
                                                                                0.45    0.34 
      diluted net income
                                                                                0.43    0.33 
      per share data
                                                                                     
      basic
                                                                                     
      diluted
                                                                                     
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        assets
                                                                                        
        current assets
                                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      686,600,000 660,100,000 671,600,000 591,600,000 706,600,000 834,000,000 877,600,000 903,600,000 1,071,800,000 1,317,900,000 1,271,600,000 1,311,300,000 1,624,000,000 1,728,400,000 1,708,300,000 1,805,500,000 1,863,900,000 2,729,300,000 2,274,700,000 2,062,200,000 1,853,800,000 1,873,100,000 1,244,300,000 730,700,000 437,400,000 406,900,000 378,766,000 400,280,000 479,598,000 244,548,000 200,151,000 217,997,000 277,953,000 264,907,000 224,399,000 259,488,000 201,768,000 221,360,000 214,238,000 223,489,000 233,118,000 237,729,000 230,707,000 251,299,000 287,695,000 267,871,000 235,135,000 247,702,000 217,432,000 204,126,000 217,451,000 207,821,000 321,985,000 234,478,000 355,442,000 398,204,000 642,507,000 764,409,000 795,117,000 738,236,000 125,656,000 124,371,000 167,899,000 179,137,000 159,594,000 170,822,000 168,515,000 136,322,000 130,318,000 138,120,000 210,502,000 173,943,000 155,303,000 210,502,000 118,361,000 83,200,000 122,573,000 118,361,000 118,052 82,550,000 94,198,000 118,052,000 
        accounts receivable
      254,200,000 231,000,000 252,100,000 253,300,000 256,800,000 239,700,000 251,900,000 282,300,000 319,000,000 252,800,000 289,600,000 260,200,000 246,400,000 155,800,000 169,400,000 122,900,000 195,000,000 154,100,000   96,400,000 138,600,000 71,100,000 50,100,000 88,700,000 91,600,000 106,442,000 114,439,000 106,837,000 49,542,000 54,969,000 56,563,000 62,805,000 54,081,000 48,984,000 49,490,000 43,209,000 47,069,000 47,029,000 40,929,000 45,135,000 40,918,000 42,303,000 69,521,000 53,137,000 42,453,000 52,135,000 56,888,000 56,851,000 53,602,000 55,569,000 41,812,000 51,822,000 41,512,000 43,917,000 46,253,000 37,846,000 49,074,000 45,463,000 39,746,000 54,559,000 54,681,000 60,072,000 50,651,000 41,237,000 45,075,000 53,829,000 58,857,000 53,305,000 46,263,000 36,002,000 37,949,000 45,615,000 36,002,000  34,475,000 32,446,000      
        prepaid expenses
      151,700,000 141,500,000 122,300,000 127,500,000 152,300,000 155,900,000 158,300,000 156,600,000 225,600,000 168,000,000 114,000,000 123,800,000 106,100,000 111,800,000 132,800,000 134,300,000 132,300,000 112,000,000 104,400,000 112,200,000 103,500,000 49,500,000 57,100,000  76,700,000 72,800,000 73,961,000 67,856,000 62,971,000 40,122,000 37,321,000 44,252,000 43,780,000 54,965,000 48,213,000 55,631,000 59,538,000 61,189,000 65,976,000 66,150,000 62,185,000 82,381,000 45,807,000 70,056,000 84,840,000 37,306,000 65,482,000 74,525,000 81,658,000 40,536,000 36,468,000 38,834,000 32,883,000 45,813,000 42,841,000 38,600,000                           
        other current assets
      73,600,000 55,100,000 49,600,000 45,100,000 38,700,000 51,300,000 45,000,000 50,400,000 42,600,000 30,600,000 27,500,000 23,400,000 36,900,000 62,500,000 48,400,000 50,300,000 32,400,000 43,700,000 34,800,000 35,800,000 31,300,000 61,300,000 209,900,000  40,000,000 56,900,000 50,065,000 56,629,000 28,252,000 14,154,000 16,064,000 15,871,000 16,494,000 28,375,000 51,957,000 52,508,000 48,515,000 13,091,000 13,177,000 12,819,000 15,452,000 10,913,000 10,667,000 30,036,000 10,250,000 13,889,000 11,646,000 11,480,000 47,040,000 47,289,000 38,039,000 52,079,000 52,494,000 77,727,000 78,215,000 77,830,000                           
        total current assets
      1,166,100,000 1,087,700,000 1,095,600,000 1,017,500,000 1,154,400,000 1,280,900,000 1,332,800,000 1,392,900,000 1,659,000,000 1,780,700,000 1,735,700,000 1,753,400,000 2,013,400,000 2,058,500,000 2,058,900,000 2,113,000,000 2,223,600,000 3,039,100,000 2,552,400,000 2,347,700,000 2,085,000,000 2,186,500,000 1,646,600,000 1,270,000,000 642,800,000 628,200,000 609,234,000 639,204,000 677,658,000 348,366,000 308,505,000 334,683,000 401,032,000 402,328,000 373,553,000 417,117,000 353,030,000 342,709,000 340,420,000 373,654,000 406,641,000 417,243,000 404,073,000 497,101,000 507,637,000 401,235,000 401,282,000 427,458,000 439,127,000 377,409,000 377,206,000 370,332,000 485,485,000 421,154,000 541,894,000 597,502,000 819,968,000 969,256,000 988,780,000 911,302,000 284,600,000 291,364,000 296,361,000 304,437,000 262,197,000 286,285,000 401,963,000 282,254,000 283,167,000 305,965,000 392,353,000 307,766,000 259,532,000 392,353,000 202,479,000 161,525,000 197,113,000 202,479,000 601,929 170,017,000 179,677,000 601,929,000 
        property and equipment
      3,717,300,000 3,777,700,000 3,839,000,000 3,769,200,000 3,705,000,000 3,580,900,000 3,498,100,000 3,467,400,000 3,514,000,000 3,461,300,000 3,443,800,000 3,443,300,000 4,515,500,000 4,517,200,000 4,539,700,000 4,579,600,000 4,582,200,000 4,570,100,000 4,456,400,000 4,483,200,000 4,529,300,000 4,592,900,000 4,677,000,000 4,745,500,000 5,120,200,000 5,155,200,000 5,215,777,000 5,227,922,000 6,868,768,000 2,650,322,000 2,680,565,000 2,710,652,000 2,756,669,000 2,785,958,000 2,827,717,000 2,774,323,000 2,844,992,000 2,894,742,000 2,935,270,000 3,029,375,000 835,462,000 802,520,000 745,355,000 557,044,000 550,427,000 2,642,297,000 2,678,003,000 2,707,172,000 2,495,122,000 2,420,087,000 2,339,781,000 2,221,467,000 2,179,737,000 1,974,705,000 1,945,538,000 1,908,499,000 1,909,192,000 1,820,391,000 1,818,467,000 1,792,201,000 1,791,009,000 1,773,886,000 1,733,068,000 1,554,410,000 1,497,653,000 1,404,740,000 1,365,871,000 1,317,614,000 1,194,664,000 1,103,697,000             
        investment in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates
      79,400,000 80,400,000 82,400,000 89,000,000 86,200,000 88,600,000 86,500,000 84,800,000 84,900,000 82,600,000 86,400,000 87,000,000 248,600,000 246,300,000 250,300,000 256,200,000 255,100,000 252,000,000 277,300,000 275,800,000 266,800,000 263,000,000 264,000,000 264,700,000 128,300,000 128,500,000 127,219,000 127,924,000 128,488,000 124,653,000 146,593,000 147,658,000 148,912,000 149,570,000 152,913,000 154,974,000 158,304,000 162,951,000 165,356,000 171,904,000 173,726,000 175,574,000 183,067,000 187,307,000 190,312,000 195,825,000 201,547,000 201,727,000 208,748,000 216,478,000 215,416,000 153,762,000 142,978,000 72,006,000 70,936,000 38,086,000 38,503,000                          
        goodwill
      1,786,600,000 1,784,800,000 2,643,200,000 2,563,000,000 2,563,100,000 2,664,300,000 2,648,200,000 2,664,700,000 2,695,100,000 2,687,300,000 2,957,100,000 2,926,000,000 2,689,500,000 2,661,800,000 2,799,600,000 2,847,100,000 2,822,500,000 1,175,100,000 1,165,600,000 1,157,100,000 1,157,100,000    1,270,700,000 1,350,400,000 1,354,127,000 1,279,496,000 1,228,422,000 1,008,891,000 1,008,891,000 1,008,097,000 1,008,097,000 1,007,701,000 1,025,887,000 989,859,000 993,633,000 911,942,000 911,942,000 911,923,000 274,764,000 276,173,000 491,048,000 492,515,000 493,925,000 1,308,079,000 1,309,413,000 1,379,355,000 1,176,358,000 1,178,136,000 1,179,025,000 1,181,708,000 1,183,057,000 1,184,418,000 1,375,948,000 1,377,286,000 1,378,623,000 1,595,875,000 1,595,875,000 1,598,571,000 2,013,284,000 2,013,454,000 2,012,330,000 2,010,727,000 2,010,169,000 1,866,487,000 1,869,444,000 1,894,074,000 1,832,986,000 1,828,069,000             
        other intangible assets
      1,404,800,000 1,506,300,000 1,516,400,000 1,523,800,000 1,529,900,000 1,624,800,000 1,606,100,000 1,605,500,000 1,618,200,000 1,721,400,000 2,218,600,000 2,225,800,000 1,738,900,000 1,754,600,000 1,842,100,000 1,864,100,000 1,872,600,000 1,550,500,000 1,531,700,000 1,511,900,000 1,513,500,000    2,026,500,000 2,104,500,000 2,110,863,000 1,923,347,000 1,856,868,000 472,968,000 475,317,000 469,578,000 422,606,000 426,350,000 430,332,000 432,558,000 431,989,000 390,769,000 391,149,000 431,876,000 370,820,000 370,602,000 475,096,000 375,200,000 379,852,000 693,932,000 698,467,000 706,718,000 526,382,000 471,380,000 421,420,000 421,117,000 418,923,000 418,050,000 420,304,000 402,254,000 375,294,000 685,843,000 690,443,000 692,104,000 769,771,000 771,723,000 775,493,000 776,189,000 778,137,000 775,449,000 726,126,000 727,555,000 740,385,000 742,044,000             
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      3,966,100,000 3,899,300,000 3,831,200,000 3,905,000,000 3,976,800,000 4,030,600,000 4,110,700,000 4,189,300,000                 4,613,300,000 4,592,000,000 4,458,257,000 3,972,527,000                                                       
        finance lease right-of-use assets
      1,924,300,000 1,946,900,000 1,969,600,000 1,991,800,000 2,014,300,000 2,036,900,000 2,059,600,000 2,019,100,000                 224,000,000 222,700,000 224,641,000 222,418,000                                                       
        other assets
      223,900,000 227,400,000 229,300,000 230,700,000 232,000,000 207,500,000 196,000,000 190,700,000 187,300,000 173,500,000 211,600,000 189,300,000 192,900,000 187,800,000 208,900,000 219,200,000 263,100,000 334,100,000 327,700,000 326,600,000 297,900,000 264,100,000 194,200,000 157,200,000 168,700,000 136,500,000 109,107,000 105,333,000 120,196,000 93,534,000 87,182,000 86,194,000 85,653,000 86,152,000 89,465,000 86,366,000 108,793,000 140,548,000 137,759,000 79,408,000 79,358,000 77,631,000 128,945,000 116,606,000 101,691,000 125,694,000 112,897,000 109,187,000 93,803,000 89,238,000 85,295,000 101,397,000 114,297,000 109,253,000 104,277,000 117,054,000 96,661,000 108,800,000 80,394,000 126,000,000 138,465,000 134,110,000 130,239,000 132,900,000 116,541,000 106,148,000 77,154,000 72,954,000 90,656,000 87,368,000             
        total assets
      14,268,500,000 14,310,500,000 15,206,700,000 15,090,000,000 15,261,700,000 15,514,500,000 15,538,000,000 15,614,400,000 16,064,200,000 16,168,600,000 17,028,000,000 17,040,000,000 17,502,100,000 17,535,100,000 17,880,800,000 18,071,100,000 16,872,100,000 15,748,700,000 15,078,200,000 14,888,200,000 14,667,300,000 14,812,000,000 14,321,500,000 13,938,400,000 14,194,500,000 14,318,000,000 14,209,225,000 13,498,171,000 10,961,012,000 5,083,842,000 5,091,830,000 5,165,533,000 5,234,812,000 5,569,401,000 4,984,019,000 4,947,040,000 5,251,679,000 5,142,753,000 5,128,688,000 5,142,006,000 2,325,048,000 2,280,678,000 2,463,099,000 2,253,858,000 2,253,440,000 5,396,738,000 5,433,370,000 5,565,576,000 4,968,196,000 4,782,989,000 4,649,963,000 4,484,261,000 4,547,468,000 4,434,787,000 4,489,679,000 4,474,486,000 4,655,748,000 5,251,239,000 5,217,004,000 5,166,415,000 5,049,794,000 5,040,174,000 5,005,573,000 4,843,552,000 4,732,942,000 4,509,819,000 4,514,082,000 4,370,924,000 4,273,849,000 4,201,512,000 1,950,675,000 1,701,411,000 1,842,921,000 1,950,675,000  1,628,135,000 1,664,395,000      
        liabilities
                                                                                        
        current liabilities
                                                                                        
        accounts payable
      54,200,000 69,700,000 64,800,000 65,600,000 50,800,000 66,700,000 46,100,000 38,200,000 36,600,000 44,500,000 52,400,000 45,900,000 40,100,000 40,900,000 38,900,000 45,500,000 53,300,000 36,700,000 38,300,000 26,700,000 33,200,000 64,400,000 30,600,000 74,300,000 40,300,000 39,500,000 28,350,000 31,388,000 30,551,000 21,801,000 24,131,000 18,782,000 26,048,000 24,104,000 28,975,000 29,292,000 60,823,000 68,949,000 68,059,000 68,190,000 73,393,000 66,587,000 41,689,000 60,773,000 24,887,000 28,317,000 25,256,000 37,198,000 57,605,000 30,332,000 29,447,000 23,221,000 19,391,000 14,174,000 19,867,000 23,852,000 23,230,000 15,438,000 49,774,000 27,899,000 26,753,000 44,966,000 32,263,000 34,074,000 20,017,000 17,344,000 37,928,000 43,472,000 20,163,000 22,286,000 15,575,000 8,765,000 12,376,000 15,575,000 21,331,000 9,061,000 16,457,000 21,331,000 53,306 30,372,000 33,596,000 53,306,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt
      38,200,000 38,200,000 38,200,000 38,200,000 38,200,000 38,200,000 38,200,000 47,600,000 47,600,000 56,700,000 56,200,000 56,200,000 56,200,000 55,800,000 55,800,000 99,500,000 99,500,000 95,100,000 90,400,000 85,800,000 81,400,000 84,800,000 72,100,000 67,700,000 62,900,000 62,900,000 62,505,000 62,505,000 62,140,000 39,223,000 37,087,000 35,498,000 35,612,000 36,235,000 35,675,000 35,561,000 81,741,000 100,664,000 96,543,000 87,801,000 44,015,000 40,890,000 30,547,000 27,823,000 27,600,000 100,688,000 82,594,000 88,368,000 46,974,000 42,600,000 44,581,000 45,581,000 3,052,000 745,680,000 2,970,000 4,297,000 74,640,000 1,221,000 99,106,000 99,441,000 105,774,000 101,811,000 97,629,000 89,187,000 72,792,000 56,426,000 40,058,000 18,481,000 18,447,000 18,433,000 161,104,000 1,827,000 1,805,000 161,104,000 124,736,000 4,906,000 5,473,000 124,736,000 387,510 10,043,000 15,994,000 387,510,000 
        current portion of financing obligations
      45,800,000 45,200,000 44,600,000 44,000,000 43,500,000 42,900,000 42,400,000 41,900,000 41,300,000 40,800,000 40,300,000 39,800,000 63,400,000 65,000,000 63,800,000 63,800,000 39,000,000 38,200,000 37,400,000 36,700,000 36,000,000 35,300,000 34,600,000 35,700,000 40,500,000 45,300,000 49,890,000 52,600,000 67,777,000                                                      
        current portion of operating lease liabilities
      386,000,000 372,700,000 343,400,000 332,000,000 322,100,000 315,400,000 311,600,000 307,400,000                 124,100,000 124,400,000 123,797,000 95,894,000                                                       
        current portion of finance lease liabilities
      45,700,000 49,000,000 52,100,000 54,000,000 53,200,000 52,500,000 51,800,000 37,400,000                 6,500,000 6,300,000 6,214,000 5,874,000                                                       
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      905,600,000 867,900,000 849,800,000 840,100,000 907,300,000 845,500,000 809,500,000 865,200,000 1,021,900,000 789,800,000 749,800,000 801,600,000 804,700,000 797,900,000 737,700,000 735,800,000 798,500,000 764,700,000 651,900,000 660,400,000 575,100,000 609,700,000 560,400,000 510,500,000 631,300,000 598,900,000 589,750,000 572,122,000                                                       
        total current liabilities
      1,475,500,000 1,442,700,000 1,392,900,000 1,373,900,000 1,415,100,000 1,361,200,000 1,299,600,000 1,337,700,000 1,490,000,000 1,252,800,000 1,226,700,000 1,271,000,000 1,158,700,000 1,148,300,000 1,085,900,000 1,122,900,000 1,133,200,000 1,077,700,000 958,100,000 947,300,000 860,000,000 921,400,000 827,800,000 813,900,000 905,600,000 877,300,000 860,506,000 820,383,000 738,436,000 472,637,000 489,344,000 475,319,000 530,009,000 492,203,000 500,576,000 467,122,000 552,897,000 540,553,000 530,274,000 534,854,000 491,524,000 454,877,000 440,271,000 395,680,000 394,833,000 478,163,000 457,048,000 471,715,000 436,588,000 383,637,000 394,580,000 363,670,000 309,017,000 1,010,086,000 308,927,000 311,471,000 364,126,000 346,042,000 438,948,000 430,145,000 493,027,000 498,227,000 482,271,000 452,396,000 379,699,000 361,243,000 415,671,000 394,022,000 278,877,000 319,073,000 407,050,000 251,348,000 279,765,000 407,050,000 300,674,000 138,320,000 132,589,000 300,674,000 580,627 178,694,000 193,012,000 580,627,000 
        long-term debt
      2,848,900,000 2,796,300,000 2,761,200,000 2,583,500,000 2,732,500,000 2,727,200,000 2,722,200,000 2,718,100,000 2,718,000,000 2,715,400,000 2,722,800,000 2,721,400,000 2,721,300,000 2,730,200,000 2,730,400,000 2,694,300,000 2,637,300,000 2,654,400,000 2,269,900,000 2,289,500,000 2,231,200,000 2,355,700,000 3,044,800,000 2,829,300,000 2,322,200,000 2,392,000,000 2,489,613,000 2,311,379,000 2,350,088,000 1,013,747,000 1,041,368,000 1,164,147,000 1,214,625,000 1,282,456,000 1,303,023,000 1,387,542,000 1,589,216,000 1,567,153,000 1,597,870,000 1,598,813,000 1,216,908,000 1,235,061,000 1,198,848,000 1,027,976,000 1,034,835,000 2,299,929,000 2,393,606,000 2,525,316,000 2,129,475,000 2,059,433,000 1,986,019,000 1,922,192,000 2,095,084,000 1,389,458,000 2,098,105,000 2,098,087,000 2,228,188,000 2,380,384,000 2,280,253,000 2,284,775,000 2,287,986,000 2,855,395,000 2,911,934,000 2,836,775,000 2,872,657,000 2,737,012,000 2,789,390,000 2,783,713,000 2,788,958,000 2,727,397,000 636,863,000 636,285,000 636,577,000 636,863,000 963,429,000 904,888,000 962,059,000 963,429,000 1,184,288 1,108,792,000 1,133,530,000 1,184,288,000 
        long-term portion of financing obligations
      2,297,800,000 2,309,400,000 2,320,800,000 2,332,000,000 2,343,100,000 2,354,100,000 2,364,900,000 2,375,600,000 2,386,100,000 2,396,500,000 2,406,800,000 2,417,000,000 3,970,700,000 3,984,700,000 4,001,300,000 4,017,400,000 4,057,800,000 4,067,800,000 4,077,500,000 4,087,000,000 4,096,400,000 4,075,500,000 4,084,600,000 4,093,500,000 4,102,200,000 4,110,800,000 4,119,159,000 4,129,233,000                                                       
        long-term portion of operating lease liabilities
      3,592,400,000 3,534,400,000 3,497,100,000 3,577,100,000 3,654,300,000 3,710,900,000 3,791,300,000 3,868,800,000                 4,450,600,000 4,439,100,000 4,317,349,000 3,868,392,000                                                       
        long-term portion of finance lease liabilities
      2,017,400,000 2,027,600,000 2,037,500,000 2,048,700,000 2,062,300,000 2,075,800,000 2,089,200,000 2,053,300,000                 219,400,000 217,800,000 219,475,000 216,948,000                                                       
        deferred income taxes
      87,800,000 117,300,000 82,900,000 72,600,000 61,000,000 83,800,000 74,200,000 44,800,000 117,600,000 154,600,000 261,800,000 230,400,000 33,900,000 37,800,000 227,900,000 213,000,000 189,100,000 145,700,000 148,100,000 134,600,000 126,300,000 120,700,000 130,500,000 177,300,000     80,612,000 385,108,000 384,777,000 388,058,000 390,943,000 635,864,000 129,011,000 127,576,000 120,161,000 112,287,000 107,300,000 30,267,000 50,751,000 45,302,000 74,589,000 76,189,000 71,715,000 38,987,000 36,674,000 36,863,000 36,146,000 31,856,000 29,679,000 28,833,000 25,459,000 21,624,000 21,479,000 22,753,000 20,375,000 22,900,000 21,541,000 20,635,000 21,715,000 18,909,000 19,257,000 16,244,000 24,357,000 23,856,000 22,187,000 33,992,000 32,153,000 48,369,000 19,924,000 31,687,000 31,324,000 19,924,000 17,477,000 17,568,000 18,026,000 17,477,000 28,393 31,610,000 28,408,000 28,393,000 
        other long-term liabilities
      121,200,000 130,000,000 131,700,000 132,800,000 135,000,000 140,600,000 143,700,000 144,100,000 146,300,000 199,900,000 132,700,000 125,000,000 117,900,000 125,700,000 127,600,000 130,300,000 129,000,000 131,800,000 132,100,000 126,300,000 119,400,000 111,500,000 105,100,000  98,000,000                                                          
        total liabilities
      12,441,000,000 12,357,700,000 12,224,100,000 12,120,600,000 12,403,300,000 12,453,600,000 12,485,100,000 12,542,400,000 12,864,600,000 12,687,800,000 12,819,200,000 12,864,900,000 13,905,500,000 13,919,100,000 14,114,800,000 14,118,400,000 12,775,000,000 12,677,300,000 12,120,400,000 12,132,400,000 12,011,500,000 12,180,300,000 12,816,600,000 12,660,800,000 12,342,600,000 12,378,600,000 12,317,517,000 11,636,360,000 10,229,791,000                                                      
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                        
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        series b preferred stock
                                                                                        
        series c preferred stock
                                                                                        
        series d preferred stock
                11,800,000 11,800,000 19,400,000 19,400,000 19,400,000 19,400,000 25,800,000 25,800,000 24,200,000 24,200,000 23,100,000 23,100,000 23,100,000 23,100,000                                                           
        common stock
      1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,700,000 1,700,000 1,700,000 1,700,000 1,700,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,176,000 1,189,000 1,188,000 945,000 943,000 937,000 933,000 929,000 934,000 931,000 855,000 849,000 834,000 826,000 795,000 791,000 781,000 781,000 780,000 785,000 780,000 774,000 761,000 760,000 758,000 776,000 783,000 781,000 774,000 785,000 787,000 785,000 784,000 782,000 859,000 887,000 887,000 884,000 874,000 872,000 868,000 865,000  864,000             
        exchangeable shares
                                                                                        
        treasury stock
      -1,137,200,000 -1,051,300,000 -895,800,000 -804,600,000 -779,500,000 -779,500,000 -779,500,000 -779,500,000 -779,500,000 -779,600,000 -779,700,000 -679,500,000 -629,500,000 -538,500,000 -370,500,000 -203,500,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,400,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000 -28,414,000                                             
        additional paid-in capital
      4,652,800,000 4,626,700,000 4,597,700,000 4,567,300,000 4,542,400,000 4,514,300,000 4,487,400,000 4,459,900,000 4,436,600,000 4,406,500,000 4,353,000,000 4,333,600,000 4,220,200,000 4,201,900,000 4,187,300,000 4,170,400,000 4,239,600,000 3,204,400,000 3,178,500,000 3,175,200,000 3,167,200,000 3,155,800,000 2,170,400,000 1,728,900,000 1,718,300,000 1,712,900,000 1,708,904,000 1,730,351,000 1,726,401,000 1,023,843,000 1,018,723,000 1,011,322,000 1,007,606,000 1,002,440,000 1,016,075,000 1,011,167,000 1,007,504,000 1,000,771,000 992,608,000 980,857,000 936,391,000 929,598,000 911,615,000 908,271,000 903,463,000 1,500,928,000 1,479,945,000 1,454,864,000 1,420,169,000 1,411,670,000 1,399,383,000 1,450,937,000 1,469,031,000 1,458,052,000 1,430,332,000 1,476,105,000 1,476,153,000 1,472,066,000 1,463,757,000 1,452,821,000 307,759,000 333,495,000 328,046,000 309,398,000 276,981,000 267,265,000 251,943,000 241,299,000 235,964,000 228,140,000 197,464,000 207,687,000 206,871,000 197,464,000 165,372,000 178,233,000 171,483,000 165,372,000 154,711 158,136,000 156,334,000 154,711,000 
        accumulated deficit
      -1,490,100,000 -1,417,200,000 -552,600,000 -535,200,000 -647,000,000 -513,700,000 -477,000,000 -450,200,000         -86,500,000            -967,949,000                                                      
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -193,300,000 -201,200,000 -163,000,000 -255,300,000 -255,000,000 -158,200,000 -176,800,000 -157,300,000 -121,300,000 -168,700,000 -124,000,000 -160,400,000 -168,600,000 -201,100,000 -81,300,000 -18,600,000 -54,400,000              -1,453,000 -1,453,000 -1,453,000 -1,185,000 -3,022,000 -4,239,000 -3,494,000 -3,282,000              31,000                               
        total penn entertainment, inc. stockholders’ equity
      1,834,000,000 1,958,800,000 2,988,100,000 2,974,000,000 2,862,700,000 3,064,700,000 3,055,900,000 3,074,700,000 3,202,100,000                                                                          
        non-controlling interest
      -6,500,000 -6,000,000 -5,500,000 -4,600,000 -4,300,000 -3,800,000 -3,000,000 -2,700,000 -2,500,000 -1,800,000 -1,500,000 -1,200,000 -1,100,000 -1,100,000 -800,000 -800,000 -700,000 -500,000 -500,000 -500,000 -400,000 -2,000,000 -1,300,000 -800,000 -800,000 -400,000 -200,000 -10,000 -5,000                                                      
        total stockholders’ equity
      1,827,500,000 1,952,800,000 2,982,600,000 2,969,400,000 2,858,400,000 3,060,900,000 3,052,900,000 3,072,000,000 3,199,600,000 3,480,800,000 4,208,800,000 4,175,100,000 3,596,600,000 3,616,000,000 3,766,000,000 3,952,700,000 4,097,100,000 3,071,400,000 2,957,800,000 2,755,800,000 2,655,800,000 2,631,700,000 1,504,900,000 1,277,600,000 1,851,900,000 1,939,400,000 1,891,708,000 1,861,811,000 731,221,000                                                      
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      14,268,500,000 14,310,500,000 15,206,700,000 15,090,000,000 15,261,700,000 15,514,500,000 15,538,000,000 15,614,400,000 16,064,200,000 16,168,600,000 17,028,000,000 17,040,000,000 17,502,100,000 17,535,100,000 17,880,800,000 18,071,100,000 16,872,100,000 15,748,700,000 15,078,200,000 14,888,200,000 14,667,300,000 14,812,000,000 14,321,500,000 13,938,400,000 14,194,500,000 14,318,000,000 14,209,225,000 13,498,171,000 10,961,012,000                                                      
        lease right-of-use assets
              6,305,700,000 6,261,800,000 6,374,800,000 6,415,200,000 6,103,300,000 6,108,900,000 6,181,300,000 6,191,900,000 4,853,000,000 4,827,800,000 4,767,100,000 4,785,900,000 4,817,700,000 4,832,700,000 4,862,300,000 4,817,400,000                                                           
        current portion of lease liabilities
              342,600,000 321,000,000 328,000,000 327,500,000 194,300,000 188,700,000 189,700,000 178,300,000 142,900,000 143,000,000 140,100,000 137,700,000 134,300,000 127,200,000 130,100,000 125,700,000                                                           
        long-term portion of lease liabilities
              6,006,600,000 5,968,600,000 6,068,400,000 6,100,100,000 5,903,000,000 5,892,400,000 5,941,700,000 5,940,500,000 4,628,600,000 4,599,900,000 4,534,700,000 4,547,700,000 4,578,200,000 4,595,500,000 4,623,800,000 4,646,000,000                                                           
        retained earnings
              -335,500,000 22,600,000 747,400,000 669,000,000 154,500,000 133,700,000 10,200,000 -15,900,000  -131,500,000 -217,600,000 -416,300,000 -507,300,000 -518,400,000 -660,300,000 -446,400,000 161,600,000 254,100,000 210,242,000 158,695,000                  889,581,000 848,264,000 860,444,000 774,934,000 728,488,000 661,821,000 539,171,000 468,368,000 392,512,000 491,072,000 442,727,000 433,571,000 752,847,000 731,496,000 703,016,000 1,040,928,000 893,437,000 856,414,000 783,455,000 736,865,000 698,566,000 667,557,000 580,207,000 425,147,000 382,452,000 235,341,000 302,865,000 247,464,000 235,341,000 165,842,000 202,681,000 185,492,000 165,842,000 109,771 138,873,000 125,244,000 109,771,000 
        inventory
               11,400,000 33,000,000 34,700,000                                                                       
        total penn entertainment stockholders’ equity
               3,482,600,000 4,210,300,000 4,176,300,000 3,597,700,000 3,617,100,000 3,766,800,000                                                                    
        total penn national gaming stockholders’ equity
                     3,953,500,000                                                                   
        total penn national stockholders’ equity
                      4,097,800,000 3,071,900,000 2,958,300,000 2,756,300,000 2,656,200,000 2,633,700,000 1,506,200,000 1,278,400,000 1,852,700,000                                                          
        receivables
                        138,500,000 137,500,000                                                       30,346,000   30,346,000 22,574 26,379,000 27,604,000 22,574,000 
        income tax receivable
                           64,000,000 64,200,000 53,900,000                                                           
        goodwill and other intangible assets
                           2,672,800,000 2,677,400,000 2,683,600,000                                                           
        assets held for sale
                             336,300,000                                               139,124,000  136,883,000 139,124,000  196,346,000 145,069,000      
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
                             99,000,000                                 105,586,000 96,514,000 94,114,000 81,510,000 82,670,000 93,403,000 49,133,000 58,405,000 37,009,000 46,532,000 57,432,000 53,083,000 47,312,000 37,695,000 26,687,000 23,042,000 25,017,000 26,687,000 29,861,000 18,699,000 16,485,000 29,861,000 30,298 29,478,000 29,467,000 30,298,000 
        other noncurrent liabilities
                             100,800,000  88,800,000 62,097,000 24,885,000 28,269,000 22,329,000 25,215,000 47,820,000 46,652,000 15,259,000 35,819,000 36,861,000 43,602,000 18,047,000 43,046,000 17,833,000 7,460,000 7,570,000 6,424,000 6,424,000 6,424,000 7,050,000 7,050,000 7,050,000 7,686,000 7,686,000 7,673,000 8,321,000 8,970,000 8,970,000 8,970,000 8,970,000 8,369,000 7,169,000 6,568,000 3,517,000 474,178,000 2,782,000 2,785,000 276,000 265,000 254,000 243,000 244,000   274,523,000 274,523,000 274,523,000 274,523,000         
        total penn stockholders’ equity
                               1,939,800,000 1,891,908,000                                                        
        total other assets
                                 7,631,045,000 3,414,586,000 2,085,154,000 2,102,760,000 2,120,198,000 2,077,111,000 2,381,115,000 1,782,749,000 1,755,600,000 2,053,657,000 1,905,302,000 1,852,998,000 1,738,977,000 1,082,945,000 1,060,915,000 1,313,671,000 1,199,713,000 1,195,376,000 2,353,206,000 2,354,085,000 2,430,946,000 2,033,947,000 1,985,493,000 1,932,976,000 1,892,462,000 1,882,246,000 2,038,928,000 2,002,247,000 1,968,485,000 1,926,588,000 2,461,592,000 2,409,757,000 2,462,912,000 2,974,185,000 2,974,924,000 2,976,144,000 2,984,705,000 2,973,092,000 2,818,794,000 2,746,248,000 2,771,056,000 2,796,018,000 2,791,850,000 960,640,000 804,791,000 964,784,000 960,640,000 686,195,000 872,677,000 841,773,000 686,195,000 707,707 721,773,000 707,534,000 707,707,000 
        noncurrent tax liabilities
                                 32,461,000 32,360,000 37,258,000 36,421,000 35,101,000 34,099,000 28,995,000 27,062,000 27,312,000 28,212,000 26,555,000  8,907,000 9,935,000 8,171,000 19,318,000 25,533,000 23,420,000 21,819,000 23,044,000 21,757,000 21,411,000 36,870,000 36,237,000 31,755,000 30,473,000 36,634,000 38,856,000 35,250,000 36,695,000 61,756,000 52,625,000 69,593,000 82,523,000 84,394,000 80,834,000 82,146,000 69,155,000 59,760,000                 
        total penn national gaming, inc. stockholders’ equity
                                 1,861,821,000 731,226,000                                                      
        loan to the jivdc, net of allowance for loan losses of 0 and 64,052
                                                                                        
        accrued expenses
                                  204,656,000 126,874,000 132,589,000 134,312,000 125,688,000 110,725,000 113,529,000 107,699,000 94,511,000 100,901,000 94,318,000 87,671,000 136,681,000 135,518,000 136,582,000 89,172,000 86,625,000 102,604,000 102,821,000 103,308,000 108,588,000 106,673,000 89,802,000 102,088,000 92,786,000 73,806,000 89,605,000 96,529,000 83,533,000 101,522,000 91,200,000 79,629,000 101,293,000 94,376,000 88,044,000 108,940,000 95,322,000 85,965,000 130,877,000 105,821,000 89,221,000 64,012,000 40,617,000 62,239,000 74,024,000 40,617,000         
        accrued interest
                                  15,793,000 5,788,000 12,513,000 6,223,000 13,528,000 5,856,000 13,096,000 5,426,000 8,702,000 5,705,000 8,641,000 8,861,000 8,781,000 11,427,000 7,457,000 2,997,000 7,511,000 12,584,000 19,831,000 14,882,000 11,409,000 17,301,000 10,236,000 12,339,000 23,851,000 18,757,000 32,408,000 50,644,000 47,080,000 60,751,000 62,050,000 74,652,000 46,217,000 51,900,000 82,511,000 40,242,000 32,955,000 30,090,000 31,329,000 30,449,000 30,254,000 27,315,000 6,379,000 6,749,000 10,908,000 6,379,000         
        accrued salaries and wages
                                  139,159,000 91,195,000 90,767,000 76,982,000 111,252,000 94,158,000 86,292,000 72,691,000 80,697,000 80,744,000 76,451,000 89,355,000 86,069,000 69,671,000 83,505,000 80,205,000 70,908,000 84,984,000 80,567,000 78,076,000 88,161,000 75,390,000 63,084,000 72,869,000 69,271,000 56,029,000 66,213,000 55,323,000 51,188,000 67,535,000 57,849,000 53,926,000 60,688,000 56,891,000 51,121,000 63,569,000 55,269,000 52,404,000 60,164,000 59,108,000 51,800,000 42,481,000 21,795,000 29,290,000 25,371,000 21,795,000         
        gaming, pari-mutuel, property, and other taxes
                                  105,767,000 70,071,000 63,074,000 63,153,000 69,645,000 72,187,000 56,757,000 53,840,000 62,683,000 49,701,000 52,382,000 68,594,000 62,965,000 55,762,000 65,290,000 56,062,000 54,821,000 71,883,000 65,857,000 61,313,000 59,480,000 45,551,000 49,340,000 51,879,000 39,517,000 41,243,000 51,945,000 37,381,000 39,734,000 50,781,000 42,211,000 44,479,000 60,919,000 55,133,000 54,699,000 63,876,000 52,836,000 59,499,000 48,181,000 56,176,000 41,307,000 61,591,000             
        other current liabilities
                                  112,593,000 91,770,000 89,272,000 87,945,000 89,584,000 86,155,000 101,728,000 96,542,000 107,809,000 75,242,000 72,661,000 72,677,000 73,528,000 64,771,000 72,166,000 70,777,000 109,979,000 74,197,000 71,997,000 75,114,000 61,810,000 58,791,000 59,763,000 53,294,000 55,472,000 52,267,000 42,686,000 42,631,000 42,184,000 38,739,000 36,758,000 33,378,000 39,072,000 43,614,000 40,678,000 31,253,000 33,394,000 31,026,000 26,778,000 27,857,000 23,143,000 42,957,000 13,122,000 12,681,000 17,258,000 13,122,000 13,308,000 10,785,000 11,197,000 13,308,000 11,849 8,369,000 10,282,000 11,849,000 
        long-term financing obligations, net of current portion
                                  7,080,638,000                                                      
        loan to the jivdc, net of allowance for loan losses of 64,052 at december 31, 2017
                                                                                        
        current portion of financing obligation to glpi
                                   23,068,000 34,329,000 45,386,000 56,248,000 62,783,000 61,302,000 57,936,000 55,256,000 53,948,000 52,685,000 49,352,000                                           
        insurance financing
                                   2,847,000 3,131,000 7,038,000 2,404,000  3,222,000 8,135,000 675,000 4,699,000 8,534,000 2,353,000 6,092,000 10,251,000 3,035,000 7,871,000 12,502,000 2,906,000 8,125,000 13,456,000 2,561,000 6,999,000 11,681,000 2,399,000 5,677,000 8,130,000 3,233,000 814,000 2,537,000 8,099,000  2,023,000 14,162,000 490,000 8,454,000 21,255,000 414,000 5,122,000 19,336,000 26,490,000               
        long-term liabilities
                                                                                        
        long-term financing obligation to glpi, net of current portion
                                   3,467,415,000 3,471,726,000 3,476,785,000 3,482,573,000 3,490,476,000 3,506,053,000 3,441,359,000 3,471,453,000 3,485,082,000 3,499,295,000 3,526,709,000                                           
        total long-term liabilities
                                   4,540,749,000 4,574,730,000 4,723,853,000 4,777,949,000 4,817,186,000 5,000,968,000 5,020,650,000 5,252,644,000 5,209,124,000 5,247,511,000 5,283,354,000 1,234,303,000 1,250,802,000 1,224,590,000 1,070,425,000 1,080,458,000 2,526,350,000 2,646,704,000 2,775,247,000 2,332,727,000 2,256,198,000 2,190,885,000 2,129,676,000 2,300,342,000 1,576,624,000 2,271,960,000 2,264,424,000 2,405,393,000 2,711,067,000 2,613,790,000 2,624,623,000 3,222,676,000 3,332,650,000 3,374,163,000 3,303,734,000 3,332,701,000 3,184,205,000 3,177,248,000 3,154,179,000 3,318,667,000 3,264,048,000 1,112,529,000 942,149,000 1,111,749,000 1,112,529,000 992,713,000 1,110,127,000 1,175,712,000 992,713,000 1,218,556 1,167,970,000 1,170,020,000 1,218,556,000 
        shareholders' equity
                                                                                        
        retained deficit
                                   -925,918,000 -962,043,000 -1,016,031,000 -1,051,818,000 -713,758,000 -1,503,098,000 -1,520,177,000 -1,530,313,000 -1,576,848,000                                             
        total shareholders' equity
                                   70,456,000 27,756,000   260,012,000                                   676,305,000              
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                   5,083,842,000 5,091,830,000   5,569,401,000                                   4,273,849,000              
        income taxes
                                    2,451,000                    36,646,000       1,956,000                         
        loan to the jivdc, net of allowance for loan losses of 64,052 at march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017
                                     20,613,000                                                   
        shareholders' deficit
                                                                                        
        total shareholders' deficit
                                     -33,639,000 -73,146,000                                                  
        total liabilities and shareholders' deficit
                                     5,165,533,000 5,234,812,000                                                  
        loan to the jivdc, net of allowance for loan losses of 64,052 at december 31, 2017 and 0 at december 31, 2016
                                      20,900,000                                                  
        loans to the jamul tribe, net of reserves of 11,926 at september 30, 2017 and 0 at december 31, 2016
                                       75,478,000                                                 
        loans to the jamul tribe, net of reserves of 5,635 at june 30, 2017 and 0 at december 31, 2016
                                        84,152,000                                                
        shareholders’ deficit
                                                                                        
        total shareholders’ deficit
                                        -517,525,000 -540,732,000 -553,862,000 -606,924,000                                             
        total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
                                        4,984,019,000 4,947,040,000 5,251,679,000 5,142,753,000                                             
        advances to the jamul tribe
                                         91,843,000 360,938,000 299,092,000 246,792,000 143,866,000 108,142,000 86,443,000                                         
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        total shareholders’ equity
                                              599,221,000 574,999,000 798,238,000 787,753,000 778,149,000 2,392,225,000 2,329,618,000 2,318,614,000 2,198,881,000 2,143,154,000 2,064,498,000 1,990,915,000 1,938,109,000 1,848,077,000 1,908,792,000 1,898,591,000 1,886,229,000 2,194,130,000 2,164,266,000 2,111,647,000 1,334,091,000 1,209,297,000 1,149,139,000 1,087,422,000 1,020,542,000 964,371,000 921,163,000 822,723,000  618,391,000 431,096,000 507,914,000 451,407,000 431,096,000 329,394,000 379,688,000 356,094,000 329,394,000 260,164 294,039,000 276,335,000 260,164,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                            5,128,688,000 5,142,006,000 2,325,048,000 2,280,678,000 2,463,099,000 2,253,858,000 2,253,440,000 5,396,738,000 5,433,370,000 5,565,576,000 4,968,196,000 4,782,989,000 4,649,963,000 4,484,261,000 4,547,468,000 4,434,787,000 4,489,679,000 4,474,486,000 4,655,748,000 5,251,239,000 5,217,004,000 5,166,415,000 5,049,794,000 5,040,174,000 5,005,573,000 4,843,552,000 4,732,942,000 4,509,819,000 4,514,082,000 4,370,924,000  4,201,512,000 1,950,675,000 1,701,411,000 1,842,921,000 1,950,675,000         
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 5,330 and 922 at september 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                26,617,000                                        
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                 302,000  931,000 629,000 2,532,000 3,017,000 2,236,000 2,536,000              8,201,000 47,000 3,174,000 2,731,000 16,708,000 9,314,000 1,821,000 648,000 477,000 1,821,000 148,000 2,970,000 3,438,000 148,000     
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 3,861 and 922 at june 30, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                 28,085,000                                       
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 2,388 and 922 at march 31, 2014 and december 31, 2013, respectively
                                                  29,596,000                                      
        insurance receivable
                                                   729,000 210,000     953,000 842,000   13,862,000 13,654,000 36,359,000 32,545,000 31,175,000       100,000,000  20,079,000 35,518,000  38,870,000           
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 17,721 and 11,462 at september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                   29,676,000                                     
        preferred stock
                                                                                        
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 15,636 and 11,462 at june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                    31,761,000                                    
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 13,548 and 11,462 at march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                     33,959,000                                   
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 9,530 and 4,860 at september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                      28,656,000                                  
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 7,977 and 4,860 at june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                       30,261,000                                 
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 6,418 and 4,860 at march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                        31,820,000                                
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 3,313 and 45,234 at september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                         34,478,000                               
        loan receivable
                                                           230,500,000                             
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 51,315 and 45,234 at june 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                          22,991,000                              
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 48,275 and 45,234 at march 31, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                           24,701,000                             
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 42,193 and 39,703 at september 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                            30,782,000                            
        penn national gaming, inc. and subsidiaries shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                        
        total penn national gaming, inc. and subsidiaries shareholders’ equity
                                                            1,908,792,000 1,901,349,000 1,886,803,000                          
        noncontrolling interests
                                                                                        
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 39,153 and 39,703 at june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                             33,805,000                           
        deferred financing fees, net of accumulated amortization of 43,125 and 39,703 at march 31, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                              37,507,000                          
        investment in and advances to unconsolidated affiliate
                                                               26,237,000 13,754,000 14,136,000 14,945,000 15,114,000 14,748,000 15,935,000 16,481,000 16,134,000 16,138,000 16,277,000 18,018,000 17,597,000 16,072,000 16,944,000 16,714,000 16,072,000 14,535,000 15,372,000 15,167,000 14,535,000 16,736 16,995,000 16,667,000 16,736,000 
        deferred financing fees, net of accumulated amortization of 39,774 and 38,914 at september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                               44,837,000                         
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 44,533 and 38,914 at june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                29,291,000                        
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 41,723 and 38,914 at march 31, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                                 32,101,000                       
        income taxes payable
                                                                 14,718,000 38,149,000 49,046,000 26,872,000  16,700,000 23,367,000 21,020,000 26,168,000 4,542,000 39,998,000 128,730,000 110,281,000 121,529,000 128,730,000 7,397,000 25,733,000 8,710,000 7,397,000 5,678 15,656,000 11,102,000 5,678,000 
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 36,104 and 27,680 at september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                  37,720,000                      
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 33,301 and 27,680 at june 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                   40,523,000                     
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 30,490 and 27,680 at march 31, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                    43,334,000                    
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 24,870 and 16,438 at september 30, 2007 and december 31, 2006, respectively
                                                                     48,954,000                   
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 22,060 and 16,438 at june 30, 2007 and december 31, 2006, respectively
                                                                      51,764,000                  
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 19,248 and 16,438 at march 31, 2007 and december 31, 2006, respectively
                                                                       54,576,000                 
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 16,438 and 7,349 at december 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively
                                                                        57,386,000                
        restricted assets held for sale
                                                                          50,972,000 50,983,000             
        liabilities held for sale
                                                                          275,042,000 275,111,000 168,532,000  168,900,000 168,532,000  186,122,000 181,445,000      
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 13,629 and 7,349 at september 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005, respectively
                                                                         60,196,000               
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 10,818 and 7,349 at june 30, 2006 and december 31, 2005, respectively
                                                                          63,001,000              
        common stock (.01 par value...
                                                                                        
        june 30, 2006, and 85,064,886 shares at december 31, 2005, issued)
                                                                          865,000              
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 8,006 and 7,349 at march 31, 2006 and december 31, 2005, respectively
                                                                           65,789,000             
        current assets:
                                                                                        
        restricted cash
                                                                            96,961,000   96,961,000         
        prepaid income taxes
                                                                            2,277,000 2,274,000 2,273,000 2,277,000 6,434,000 7,583,000 7,583,000 6,434,000     
        net property and equipment, at cost
                                                                            597,682,000 588,854,000 618,605,000 597,682,000 734,107,000 593,933,000 625,509,000 734,107,000 749,711 748,913,000 752,156,000 749,711,000 
        other assets:
                                                                                        
        excess of cost over fair market value of net assets acquired
                                                                            588,085,000 590,282,000 590,260,000 588,085,000 604,982,000 587,757,000 604,257,000 604,982,000 626,872 625,750,000 628,333,000 626,872,000 
        management service contract, net of amortization of 9,231 and 9,859, respectively
                                                                            15,887,000   15,887,000         
        deferred financing costs
                                                                            20,305,000 18,186,000 17,560,000 20,305,000 27,388,000 24,947,000 26,170,000 27,388,000 31,715 28,906,000 30,411,000 31,715,000 
        miscellaneous
                                                                            32,534,000 40,531,000 39,475,000 32,534,000 20,891,000 31,112,000 33,339,000 20,891,000 10,473 12,274,000 10,840,000 10,473,000 
        restricted assets for sale
                                                                            50,983,000 50,983,000 50,983,000 50,983,000         
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        current liabilities:
                                                                                        
        gaming, pari-mutuel, property and other taxes
                                                                            19,728,000 19,516,000 16,494,000 19,728,000 20,948,000 14,489,000 15,806,000 20,948,000 25,124 23,275,000 25,283,000 25,124,000 
        long term liabilities:
                                                                                        
        restricted liabilities for sale
                                                                                        
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                        
        preferred stock, .01 par value...
                                                                                        
        common stock, .01 par value...
                                                                            844,000 849,000 849,000 844,000 411,000 417,000 414,000 411,000 404 408,000 407,000 404,000 
        restricted stock, 160,000 shares issued
                                                                                        
        management service contract, net of amortization of 9,231 and 11,114, respectively
                                                                             14,631,000           
        management service contract, net of amortization of 9,231 and 10,276, respectively
                                                                              15,259,000          
        management service contract
                                                                                18,399,000 17,143,000 17,771,000 18,399,000 20,911 19,655,000 20,283,000 20,911,000 
        accrued liabilities:
                                                                                        
        expenses
                                                                                51,383,000 44,185,000 42,752,000 51,383,000 43,015 39,396,000 37,829,000 43,015,000 
        interest
                                                                                38,446,000 3,046,000 8,085,000 38,446,000 34,556 25,013,000 32,693,000 34,556,000 
        salaries and wages
                                                                                23,125,000 26,115,000 24,109,000 23,125,000 19,589 26,570,000 26,233,000 19,589,000 
        other liabilities
                                                                                434,000   434,000     
        restricted stock, 80,000 shares issued
                                                                                        
        total liabilities and shareholder’s equity
                                                                                 1,628,135,000 1,664,395,000      
        cash in escrow
                                                                                    402,612   402,612,000 
        note receivable
                                                                                    1,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 
        other non-current liabilities
                                                                                    319 377,000 351,000 319,000 
        deferred income taxes, non-current
                                                                                     18,193,000   
      Cashflow Statements:
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          operating activities
                                                                                        
          net loss
        -73,400,000                                                                                
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          depreciation and amortization
        114,200,000 114,200,000 110,500,000 108,000,000 107,100,000 108,700,000 109,100,000 108,700,000 111,200,000 105,800,000 110,600,000 107,500,000 150,300,000 148,700,000 150,300,000 118,200,000 97,600,000 83,700,000 81,900,000 81,300,000 91,400,000 87,700,000 91,900,000 95,700,000 97,800,000 106,327,000 106,020,000 104,053,000 93,189,000 56,852,000 58,559,000 60,390,000 61,374,000 66,483,000 68,969,000 70,236,000 71,109,000 67,903,000 66,182,000 66,020,000 107,111,000 41,752,000 42,922,000 40,253,000 47,183,000 47,366,000 79,968,000 80,615,000 77,071,000 62,399,000 56,791,000 53,337,000 52,195,000 54,230,000 53,158,000 53,842,000 52,653,000 51,180,000 50,055,000 46,942,000 44,430,000 44,224,000 45,182,000 39,792,000 37,241,000 37,622,000 35,358,000 35,309,000 31,196,000 27,728,000 29,718,000 14,942,000 15,969,000 15,495,000 15,740,000 14,407,000 19,266,000 18,480,000 17,320,000 12,829,000 
          amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs
            2,100,000 2,300,000 2,100,000 2,200,000 1,900,000 2,100,000 2,100,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,100,000 2,200,000 2,700,000  5,900,000 5,500,000 5,500,000  5,400,000                                                           
          noncash interest expense
                   8,100,000 7,600,000 7,100,000 6,700,000 6,200,000 5,800,000 6,900,000                                                               
          noncash operating lease expense
                   86,500,000 19,700,000 20,600,000 22,000,000 25,200,000 43,700,000 41,600,000 40,000,000 35,500,000 36,300,000 31,500,000 30,500,000 22,000,000 21,400,000 17,953,000                                                       
          gain on barstool acquisition
                -83,400,000                                                                     
          gain on reit transactions
                -500,800,000                                                                     
          loss on disposal of barstool
                                                                                       
          loss on sale or disposal of property and equipment
            1,200,000 -100,000       900,000 -200,000   1,000,000   -100,000 4,700,000 -6,000,000 -28,500,000 600,000 -2,800,000                                                        
          income from unconsolidated affiliates
        -8,600,000 -8,200,000 -13,300,000 -7,600,000 -6,000,000 -7,100,000 -7,800,000 -7,200,000 -8,300,000 -7,200,000 -7,200,000 -2,600,000 -6,600,000 -6,600,000 -1,800,000 -8,700,000 -10,900,000 -9,100,000 -9,100,000 -9,600,000 -6,400,000 -5,000,000 1,700,000 -4,100,000 -6,700,000 -9,758,000 -6,255,000 -5,687,000 -5,535,000 -5,696,000 -5,734,000 -5,361,000 -4,321,000 -4,781,000 -5,021,000 -4,548,000  -3,505,000                -431,000 2,354,000 3,925,000 425,000 1,412,000                       
          return on investment from unconsolidated affiliates
        8,900,000 10,500,000 9,700,000 8,300,000 8,800,000 8,600,000 8,700,000 7,300,000 5,500,000 11,000,000 8,300,000 8,500,000 6,300,000 10,500,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 7,900,000 10,500,000 7,900,000 5,500,000 4,500,000 6,800,000 1,800,000 8,700,000 7,000,000 8,500,000 7,000,000 6,500,000                                                     
          deferred income taxes
        -28,600,000 35,000,000 9,000,000 11,500,000 -23,200,000 9,300,000 28,100,000 -72,300,000 -37,600,000 -106,700,000 31,000,000 80,600,000 -4,600,000 -185,700,000 16,700,000 22,900,000 -23,900,000 -2,400,000 13,500,000 8,300,000 5,700,000 -9,800,000 -46,800,000 -67,400,000 -7,700,000 13,371,000 4,449,000 10,980,000 -34,559,000 -331,000 2,284,000 5,926,000 244,882,000 -764,875,000 1,435,000 652,000  -1,481,000   41,655,000 -6,569,000 15,374,000   1,803,000  2,546,000 8,174,000    11,314,000 19,750,000 7,842,000   4,782,000  2,126,000 982,000 -2,598,000 2,073,000 3,461,000 7,495,000 1,272,000 3,161,000    1,613,000    1,805,000 2,807,000 867,000 1,267,000 2,175,000 2,319,000 
          stock-based compensation
        12,400,000 16,800,000 16,100,000 15,600,000 13,900,000 12,900,000 14,200,000 11,900,000 14,500,000 35,200,000 19,700,000 16,500,000 13,000,000 13,600,000 14,500,000 17,000,000 13,200,000 8,500,000 9,200,000 4,200,000 2,800,000 2,800,000 2,900,000 6,000,000 4,500,000 3,736,000 3,247,000 3,417,000                                                     
          investment agreement warrant expense
        14,100,000 14,500,000 14,300,000 14,200,000 14,500,000 15,900,000 18,800,000 18,700,000                                                                         
          impairment losses
        105,300,000            13,600,000        7,300,000 616,100,000        618,000                       816,000                         
          gain on financing arrangement
        -215,100,000                                                                             
          loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          accounts receivable
        -22,700,000 20,500,000 2,900,000 900,000 -17,400,000 12,100,000 28,300,000 35,900,000 -65,100,000 -16,900,000 -23,900,000 31,100,000 -90,300,000 1,400,000 -46,500,000 54,200,000 -25,000,000 -15,200,000 -1,000,000 -41,100,000 11,000,000 -45,800,000 -21,000,000 39,300,000 3,400,000 16,005,000 10,521,000 -2,926,000 -12,924,000 5,427,000 1,793,000 3,973,000 -11,520,000 -5,044,000 845,000 6,533,000  7,105,000     727,000            2,951,000   6,654,000   3,828,000 122,000   -9,414,000 4,268,000 8,754,000    1,369,000   4,810,000       
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        -30,800,000 7,500,000 12,900,000 -8,600,000 -6,900,000 4,600,000 29,500,000 -500,000 -46,400,000 2,000,000 5,500,000 -27,400,000 400,000 7,000,000 8,300,000 -39,800,000 -10,500,000 200,000 6,500,000 -28,500,000 -900,000 10,100,000 8,600,000 -4,300,000 -2,800,000 12,756,000 7,876,000 -8,132,000 15,527,000 2,842,000 2,167,000 -7,248,000 -607,000 -1,803,000 3,603,000 -8,432,000  2,624,000   3,751,000      26,631,000 9,736,000 21,878,000 686,000 7,857,000 3,459,000 -17,378,000 17,725,000 25,083,000 -2,420,000 17,449,000 16,636,000  -10,604,000 13,714,000   3,692,000 -22,605,000 21,308,000 6,865,000        -2,385,000      
          other assets
        1,700,000 1,600,000 -17,100,000 1,700,000 2,700,000 -15,200,000 -17,000,000 -6,200,000 5,300,000 -13,600,000 -4,300,000 -5,600,000 -12,900,000 3,100,000 900,000 6,700,000 -19,600,000 6,300,000 -6,800,000 -1,600,000 -9,400,000 -3,700,000 -6,200,000 6,500,000 -800,000 -3,000 -849,000 -648,000 9,431,000 -6,348,000 -998,000 -555,000 346,000 4,192,000 -1,130,000 -1,746,000  -836,000 -3,360,000 3,039,000 3,119,000 -650,000 6,400,000 22,000           561,000 4,342,000 -2,038,000 9,590,000   4,275,000       -5,622,000 18,079,000 -4,414,000 5,493,000          
          accounts payable
        -9,900,000 5,600,000 -2,100,000 4,000,000 -15,600,000 20,500,000 7,800,000 1,500,000 -7,800,000 3,300,000 6,200,000 -10,300,000 -800,000 1,800,000 -6,600,000 -7,800,000 -29,200,000 -2,200,000 11,600,000 -10,600,000 -28,900,000 34,300,000 -41,100,000 29,100,000 -3,700,000 7,981,000 -808,000 927,000 -979,000 -3,087,000 2,128,000 -4,142,000 1,411,000 2,176,000 -1,459,000 -2,470,000  -2,467,000   -1,870,000 3,746,000 2,887,000 -20,096,000 21,929,000 2,186,000   3,922,000   197,000 2,461,000 14,000 1,124,000 683,000 447,000 1,476,000          -5,544,000           -19,710,000 21,649,000 
          accrued expenses
        17,000,000 10,300,000 54,900,000 -64,200,000 17,000,000 4,300,000 -7,300,000 -81,700,000 62,000,000 14,700,000 27,700,000 -78,500,000 -1,600,000 42,000,000 21,400,000 -44,400,000 6,800,000 76,300,000 -15,600,000 70,900,000 -44,500,000 43,500,000 61,500,000 -101,400,000 16,400,000 -257,000 5,248,000 -25,291,000 -19,598,000 -5,773,000 -1,420,000 -2,567,000 16,491,000 -1,625,000 3,544,000 5,351,000  -9,720,000 6,583,000 648,000 -4,900,000 1,163,000 4,985,000                             -11,786,000         
          income taxes
        -1,700,000 -29,400,000 -28,500,000 55,800,000 11,400,000 -4,500,000 -31,800,000 58,300,000 -11,000,000 -60,200,000 -62,200,000 83,200,000 8,000,000 3,900,000 -7,500,000 22,900,000 -900,000 -10,000,000 900,000 20,200,000 11,400,000 100,000 -12,300,000 -31,700,000 -2,700,000 -12,121,000 2,326,000 5,295,000 -8,944,000 -8,463,000 8,019,000 6,072,000 13,630,000 -7,839,000 4,567,000 10,090,000  -254,000 139,000 22,826,000 -4,069,000   23,868,000        31,434,000                             
          operating lease liabilities
        -102,000,000 -96,000,000 -79,700,000 -78,900,000 -75,900,000 -76,800,000 -73,100,000 -72,400,000 -75,000,000 -73,700,000 -69,400,000 -87,700,000 -19,400,000 -20,400,000 -19,600,000 -23,600,000 -38,900,000 -34,400,000 -32,100,000 -31,100,000 -25,000,000 -19,900,000 -18,500,000 -31,400,000 -31,500,000 -29,293,000 -39,443,000 -38,864,000                                                     
          other current and long-term liabilities
        -6,400,000 17,100,000 -14,700,000 -19,900,000 19,500,000 22,400,000 -37,800,000 -52,500,000 87,300,000 27,900,000   7,800,000 26,600,000 -20,000,000 -16,600,000 17,800,000 39,900,000 5,000,000 2,500,000 14,800,000 24,800,000 6,600,000 -29,900,000                                                         
          other
        2,500,000 6,300,000 12,400,000 4,900,000 6,100,000 4,900,000 5,500,000 4,900,000 5,700,000 4,800,000 5,900,000 800,000 500,000 11,400,000 900,000 300,000 6,000,000 900,000 -8,000,000 -1,600,000 -900,000 6,800,000 -600,000 -2,600,000 -900,000 -250,000 -250,000                                                     
          net cash from operating activities
        107,200,000 180,900,000 178,200,000 41,900,000 102,900,000 174,700,000 150,400,000 -68,700,000 -84,800,000 217,000,000 176,000,000 147,700,000 118,200,000 323,600,000 211,500,000 224,900,000 117,100,000 274,400,000 324,100,000 180,500,000 118,000,000 351,700,000 -97,700,000 -33,200,000 184,700,000 204,006,000 189,515,000 125,679,000 51,770,000 93,939,000 140,148,000 66,937,000 121,750,000 141,423,000 129,086,000 66,820,000 93,302,000 121,858,000 118,330,000 71,333,000   65,561,000 82,811,000 98,265,000 23,608,000 136,528,000 157,642,000 133,788,000 106,874,000 108,262,000 122,624,000 147,095,000 188,687,000 102,290,000 146,357,000 129,613,000 93,736,000 111,522,000 61,201,000 104,113,000 191,135,000 92,978,000 86,632,000        36,657,000 39,827,000 22,183,000   41,941,000   58,797,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                        
          capital expenditures
        -190,400,000 -172,700,000 -159,400,000 -125,200,000 -221,000,000 -132,100,000 -88,200,000 -41,400,000 -152,200,000 -75,000,000 -69,600,000 -63,200,000 -73,800,000 -64,000,000 -60,000,000 -65,600,000 -106,300,000 -73,200,000 -38,900,000 -25,700,000 -39,400,000 -23,900,000 -30,900,000 -42,800,000              
          free cash flows
        -83,200,000 8,200,000 18,800,000 -83,300,000 -118,100,000 42,600,000 62,200,000 -110,100,000 -237,000,000 142,000,000 106,400,000 84,500,000 44,400,000 259,600,000 151,500,000 159,300,000 10,800,000 201,200,000 285,200,000 154,800,000 78,600,000 327,800,000 -128,600,000 -76,000,000 184,700,000 204,006,000 189,515,000 125,679,000 51,770,000 93,939,000 140,148,000 66,937,000 121,750,000 141,423,000 129,086,000 66,820,000 93,302,000 121,858,000 118,330,000 71,333,000   65,561,000 82,811,000 98,265,000 23,608,000 136,528,000 157,642,000 133,788,000 106,874,000 108,262,000 122,624,000 147,095,000 188,687,000 102,290,000 146,357,000 129,613,000 93,736,000 111,522,000 61,201,000 104,113,000 191,135,000 92,978,000 86,632,000        36,657,000 39,827,000 22,183,000   41,941,000   58,797,000 
          proceeds from sale-and-leaseback transactions in conjunction with development projects
        150,000,000                                                                                
          sale of barstool sports, net of cash
                                                                                        
          consideration paid for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                        -843,200,000 -28,200,000   -3,000,000 66,000 -989,204,000 -370,262,000                                                     
          consideration paid for gaming licenses and other intangible assets
        -8,400,000 -9,200,000   -8,500,000 -32,200,000   -4,800,000 -5,400,000   -4,900,000 -2,200,000   -3,600,000 -1,900,000       -10,200,000 -123,000 -1,034,000 -343,000                                                     
          net cash from investing activities
        -47,800,000 -30,800,000 -136,600,000 -135,900,000 -228,500,000 -166,600,000 -98,800,000 -47,300,000 -156,600,000 -123,100,000 -84,700,000 -378,200,000 -78,600,000 -66,300,000 -74,100,000 -39,600,000 -952,300,000 -170,400,000 -71,800,000 -27,300,000 2,200,000 -17,400,000 -35,100,000 -183,400,000 -65,400,000 -47,480,000 -86,420,000 -408,200,000 -1,339,003,000 -4,985,000 -16,646,000 -62,470,000 -29,156,000 -26,241,000 -142,900,000 -23,311,000 198,024,000 -133,550,000                                  -16,999,000 -36,363,000 259,020,000       
          financing activities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from revolving credit facility
        150,000,000 160,000,000 417,500,000 150,000,000                 540,000,000 17,000,000 55,000,000 250,000,000 90,000,000                                                     
          repayments on revolving credit facility
                            -670,000,000 -10,000,000 -77,000,000 -135,000,000 -62,000,000 -110,000,000 -35,000,000 -24,000,000 -30,000,000                                                 
          repurchases of convertible debt
                                                                                      
          principal payments on long-term debt
        -9,300,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -9,300,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -9,300,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -9,400,000 -20,500,000 -16,100,000 -16,100,000 -16,100,000 -16,100,000 -126,700,000 -11,700,000 -11,600,000 -11,700,000 -11,600,000 -11,664,000 -11,668,000 -11,668,000     -82,428,000 -63,329,000 -98,442,000 -1,330,719,000  -38,419,000                                           
          payments of other long-term obligations
            -9,400,000 -700,000 -9,100,000 -8,900,000 -700,000 -8,600,000 -100,000 -8,500,000 -600,000 -8,400,000 -7,900,000 -700,000 -7,800,000 -8,400,000 -7,461,000 -2,000 -7,937,000 -911,000 -7,150,000 -7,636,000 -226,000 -7,038,000 -156,000 -28,033,000  -6,488,000                                           
          principal payments on financing obligations
        -11,100,000 -10,900,000 -10,800,000 -10,700,000 -10,300,000 -10,300,000 -10,200,000 -10,000,000 -9,900,000 -9,900,000 -9,800,000 -9,600,000 -15,700,000 -15,600,000 -16,400,000 -15,500,000 -9,200,000 -9,100,000 -9,000,000 -8,700,000 -5,800,000 -2,900,000 -4,500,000 -13,500,000 -13,200,000 -13,057,000 -12,784,000 -12,559,000                                                     
          principal payments on finance leases
        -13,600,000 -13,100,000 -13,600,000 -13,100,000 -12,800,000 -12,700,000 -12,600,000 -12,200,000 -12,000,000 -11,800,000 -11,800,000 -11,500,000 -28,600,000 -28,400,000 -28,100,000 -25,400,000 -2,400,000 -2,700,000 -1,700,000 -1,700,000 -1,200,000 -600,000 -500,000 -1,600,000 -1,600,000 -1,659,000 -1,301,000 -1,640,000                                                     
          repurchases of common stock
        -85,000,000 -154,100,000                                                                               
          proceeds from insurance financing
                        3,500,000 23,100,000 700,000 200,000 3,600,000 15,700,000 1,800,000 503,000 131,000 13,666,000 4,575,000 8,541,000 3,180,000 8,768,000  90,000 331,000 9,193,000 885,000 481,000 14,335,000 15,306,000                  3,090,000             
          payments on insurance financing
        -4,000,000 -10,300,000 -4,400,000 -12,400,000 -6,800,000 -11,100,000 -5,300,000 -12,200,000         -1,100,000 -8,100,000 -8,300,000 -9,200,000 -1,800,000 -6,200,000 -7,100,000 -6,300,000 -4,600,000 -4,326,000 -4,617,000 -5,857,000 -2,848,000 -284,000 -3,907,000 -3,907,000 -776,000 -3,222,000 -4,913,000 -3,269,000  -4,114,000                                           
          indemnification payments
                                                                                      
          net cash from financing activities
        -36,600,000 -157,300,000 44,500,000 -16,200,000 -11,500,000 -46,400,000 -78,500,000 -50,100,000 -4,700,000 -43,800,000 -131,100,000 -83,000,000 -147,800,000 -227,900,000 -238,100,000 -239,200,000 -35,300,000 356,400,000 -41,300,000 60,100,000 -135,400,000 290,400,000 646,300,000 508,800,000 -88,500,000 -120,844,000 -128,426,000 215,370,000 1,522,458,000 -44,557,000 -141,348,000 -64,423,000 -79,548,000 -74,674,000 -21,275,000 -13,531,000 -263,584,000 -7,900,000     28,807,000 18,690,000 -8,980,000 15,590,000    71,581,000              27,372,000                681,492,000 
          effect of currency rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -100,000 -1,200,000   -1,400,000 -100,000 -800,000 -1,400,000 -500,000 1,500,000 -500,000 -1,400,000 300,000 -900,000                                                                 
          change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        22,700,000 -8,400,000 86,900,000 -110,200,000 -138,500,000 -38,300,000 -27,000,000 -166,900,000 -247,500,000 50,100,000 -40,300,000 -312,000,000 -108,700,000 28,000,000 -100,400,000 -54,800,000 -875,000,000 460,400,000 211,000,000 213,300,000 -15,200,000 624,700,000 513,500,000 292,200,000 30,800,000 35,682,000 -25,331,000 -67,151,000                                                     
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the beginning of the year
        723,800,000 100,000 1,094,400,000  1,644,200,000                                                                     
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the year
                                                                                        
          non-cash interest expense
         100,000 100,000 14,000,000  12,100,000 11,400,000 10,600,000  9,300,000                                                                       
          non-cash operating lease expense
         97,900,000 84,600,000 83,500,000  80,300,000 78,500,000 77,700,000  70,100,000                                                                       
          gain on reit transaction
                                                                                        
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of investments
                                                                                       
          repayments of revolving credit facility
         -117,500,000 -10,000,000 -90,000,000                                                                             
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the period
         -8,400,000 86,900,000 613,600,000  -38,300,000 -27,000,000 927,500,000  50,100,000 -40,300,000 1,332,200,000                                                                     
          reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash:
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents
         -11,500,000    -43,600,000 -26,000,000 903,600,000  46,300,000 -39,700,000 1,311,300,000  20,100,000 -97,200,000 1,805,500,000  454,600,000 212,500,000 2,062,200,000  628,800,000 513,600,000 730,700,000                                                         
          restricted cash included in other current assets
         3,100,000    5,300,000 -1,000,000 22,700,000  3,800,000 -600,000 19,700,000  7,900,000 -3,200,000 18,600,000  5,800,000 -1,400,000 20,200,000  -4,400,000 -100,000 14,400,000                                                         
          restricted cash included in other assets
            1,200,000  1,200,000  1,200,000  -100,000 1,300,000  300,000 2,300,000                                                         
          total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
         -8,400,000    -38,300,000 -27,000,000 927,500,000  50,100,000 -40,300,000 1,332,200,000                                                                     
          supplemental disclosure:
                                                                                        
          cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized
         104,200,000    112,200,000 98,400,000 114,000,000  113,700,000 96,900,000 110,500,000  196,700,000 178,600,000 159,900,000  143,700,000 136,400,000 138,800,000  67,800,000 53,200,000 135,600,000                                                         
          non-cash activities:
                                                                                        
          accrued capital expenditures
         -400,000    20,600,000 20,800,000 12,700,000  15,100,000 -2,400,000 17,400,000  3,200,000 -3,400,000 28,900,000  -500,000 9,900,000 15,600,000  -4,500,000 -16,000,000 7,400,000      761,000 3,303,000 786,000 -603,000 -7,102,000 316,000 9,279,000                                             
          net income
          -18,300,000 111,500,000   -27,100,000 -114,900,000 -358,800,000 -725,100,000 78,100,000 514,400,000 20,800,000 123,200,000 26,100,000 51,600,000 44,800,000 86,100,000 198,700,000 90,900,000 12,700,000 141,200,000 -214,400,000 -608,600,000 -92,900,000 43,656,000 51,357,000 40,987,000 -42,036,000 36,125,000 53,988,000 45,437,000 -338,060,000 789,340,000 17,079,000 5,104,000  46,535,000 34,035,000 23,708,000 -18,130,000 16,886,000 10,996,000 8,499,000 4,176,000 4,537,000 41,317,000 -12,180,000 65,271,000 46,446,000 66,667,000 78,619,000       21,351,000 28,480,000 40,661,000 147,491,000 37,023,000 40,736,000 46,590,000 38,299,000 42,941,000 87,350,000 155,060,000        17,787,000 13,629,000 15,473,000 13,187,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          impairment loss
                                                                                        
          cash payments related to income taxes
              300,000 600,000  7,900,000 64,900,000 1,100,000  800,000                                                                   
          amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs
           2,300,000                                                                             
          debt issuance costs
             -2,600,000                                                                        
          repurchase of common stock
           -25,000,000     -99,800,000 -50,000,000 -91,000,000 -168,000,000 -167,000,000 -175,100,000         -15,000       -19,002,000 -5,794,000                                             
          holding loss on equity securities
            -2,300,000 -3,000,000 3,900,000 1,500,000 -2,100,000 11,600,000 -6,300,000 3,200,000 3,500,000 10,800,000 16,900,000 38,700,000    -26,200,000    21,800,000                                                         
          gain on hurricane laura
            -2,800,000   -300,000   -1,900,000 -8,800,000                                                                 
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
            200,000 300,000   300,000 100,000   300,000 800,000 3,800,000           55,000 321,000  37,000 169,000 49,000         14,000 229,000 146,000 996,000 47,000 129,000 454,000 301,000 2,517,000 341,000 1,520,000 1,283,000 11,033,000 452,000 158,000 113,000 209,000 1,103,000 -6,668,000 7,576,000 1,212,000 301,000 402,000 179,000 370,000 13,079,000 802,000 136,000 1,430,000 675,000 165,000 493,000 37,000 160,000 24,000 329,000 105,000 155,000 446,000 62,000 
          hurricane laura insurance proceeds
            1,300,000   200,000   1,200,000 24,200,000                                                                 
          cost method investment proceeds received
                                                                                       
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of discounts
                                                                                   
          repayments on credit facilities
                                                                                      
          debt and equity issuance costs
                           -800,000                                                           
          proceeds from exercise of options
            200,000 100,000 700,000 500,000 3,600,000 600,000 1,100,000 3,800,000 300,000 500,000 2,300,000 2,000,000 300,000 2,800,000 5,700,000 7,200,000 28,000,000 22,900,000 4,600,000 900,000 288,000 178,000 534,000 -23,000 2,207,000 4,404,000 791,000 3,217,000 3,509,000 3,109,000 612,000  1,045,000 2,867,000 1,742,000 2,551,000 2,775,000 2,743,000 189,000 453,000 5,581,000 12,574,000 17,344,000 15,461,000 1,158,000 3,894,000 4,640,000 2,570,000 4,374,000 3,321,000 1,147,000 2,096,000 746,000 826,000 2,697,000 776,000 1,148,000 49,000 745,000 14,061,000 2,367,000 4,962,000 2,290,000 358,000 781,000 8,772,000 375,000 4,485,000 5,516,000 2,334,000 2,716,000 1,229,000    
          consideration paid for barstool, net of cash acquired
                 -314,600,000                                                                     
          sale of barstool, net of cash disposed
                                                                                        
          proceeds received for a cost method investment
                                                                                        
          cash payments (refunds) related to income taxes
                       1,000,000  47,900,000    -4,800,000                                                           
          gain on sale or disposal of property and equipment
               -200,000                                                                         
          reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
                                                                                        
          gain on acquisition of sam houston
                                                                                       
          consideration paid for remaining interest of sam houston
                                                                                       
          acquisition of equity securities
                                                                                      
          proceeds from other long-term obligations
                        72,500,000                                                             
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the year
                    1,880,100,000 1,870,400,000 455,200,000 -38,000 481,238,000                                                     
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the year
                                                                                        
          inventory
                 -300,000 -1,400,000 1,600,000                                                                     
          noncash rent and interest expense related to the utilization of rent credits
                            54,800,000 121,600,000                                                           
          consideration paid for barstool sports investment
                            -135,000,000                                                         
          consideration paid for a cost method investment
                                                                                      
          additional contributions to joint ventures
                             -300,000         -500,000                                                 
          proceeds from common stock offerings, net of discounts and fees
                                                                                       
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
                     28,000,000 -100,400,000 1,825,300,000  460,400,000 211,000,000 2,083,700,000  624,700,000 513,500,000 747,400,000  35,644,000 -25,331,000 414,087,000                                                     
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                     28,000,000 -100,400,000 1,825,300,000  460,400,000 211,000,000 2,083,700,000  624,700,000 513,500,000 747,400,000                                                         
          commencement of operating leases
                     400,000 900,000 38,100,000  2,700,000 23,200,000 5,700,000  3,900,000 62,500,000 1,000,000                                                         
          commencement of finance leases
                     200,000 59,300,000 1,357,800,000                                                                 
          amortization of items charged to interest expense
                               2,000,000 2,000,000 1,874,000 1,909,000 1,917,000          1,822,000 1,825,000 1,876,000 1,722,000 1,503,000 1,505,000 1,510,000 1,515,000 1,507,000 2,150,000 2,151,000 2,149,000 1,614,000 1,641,000 1,649,000      3,422,000 2,961,000 2,810,000 2,975,000 3,164,000 3,166,000 3,159,000 3,266,000 3,260,000 3,251,000              
          change in fair value of contingent purchase price
                        600,000 1,400,000 -100,000  800,000 -2,200,000 1,243,000 1,040,000 4,717,000                                                     
          dispositions of property and equipment
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale-and-leaseback transactions in conjunction with acquisitions
                                -27,000 700,000,000 261,127,000                                                     
          holding gain on equity securities
                         10,100,000   -31,100,000 -67,900,000   -12,800,000                                                        
          change in fair value in puts/calls associated with our barstool sports investment
                         700,000 -5,900,000 4,600,000                                                             
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                        
          rent credits received upon sale of tropicana land and buildings
                                                                                       
          cash refunds related to income taxes
                           -8,800,000    -1,100,000                                                         
          change in fair values of contingent purchase price
                                     406,000 203,000 1,134,000 9,954,000 -20,716,000 1,362,000 2,560,000                                             
          recoveries on loan loss and unfunded loan commitments
                                                                                        
          reclassification of accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings upon termination of management contract
                                                                                        
          cash received for the sale of the divested properties and belterra park
                                                                                        
          additional contributions from (to) joint ventures
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of loan
                                                                                        
          receipts applied against non-accrual loan
                                                                                        
          prepayment penalties and modification payments incurred with debt refinancing
                                                                                        
          proceeds from the sale of real estate assets in conjunction with acquisitions
                                                                                        
          proceeds from common stock offering, net of discounts and fees
                                                                                        
          provision for (recoveries on) loan loss and unfunded loan commitments
                                                                                        
          project capital expenditures
                                -6,900,000 -6,190,000 -10,564,000 -1,446,000 -724,000 -487,000 -450,000 -1,211,000 -1,422,000 -8,938,000                                               
          maintenance capital expenditures
                                -47,000,000 -35,480,000 -46,800,000 -36,220,000 -34,872,000 -23,516,000 -20,695,000 -10,602,000 -27,597,000 -18,344,000 -17,309,000 -10,978,000                                             
          receipts applied against nonaccrual loan
                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                                 33,925,000 527,530,000 96,765,000 25,919,000 97,937,000 30,000,000 88,000,000 20,000,000 194,000,000 113,000,000 28,295,000 -37,645,000 68,588,000 136,440,000          
          debt issuance costs and debt discount
                                                                                        
          payments of contingent purchase price
                                -100,000 -3,433,000 -346,000 -21,000 80,000 -3,647,000 -420,000 -121,000 -76,000 -19,496,000 -20,000 -21,000                                             
          recoveries on loan loss and unfunded loan commitments, net of impairment losses
                                                                                        
          other current and noncurrent liabilities
                                 21,729,000 4,893,000 -2,522,000 -11,506,000 3,079,000 2,278,000 -642,000 19,011,000 33,335,000 -1,633,000 -4,430,000  -8,487,000      1,389,000 2,798,000 669,000 2,225,000 -3,117,000 6,669,000 3,019,000 -959,000 5,465,000 -2,827,000 -183,000 5,503,000 55,000 1,048,000 1,646,000 2,582,000   -4,546,000                   
          additional contributions from joint venture
                                                                                        
          loss on sale of property and equipment
                                  371,000 522,000  3,220,000 -52,000 55,000                                                 
          amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets
                                   30,434,000                                                     
          loss on sale of property and equipment and assets held for sale
                                        69,000 96,000    -2,780,000                                           
          charge for stock-based compensation
                                    3,187,000 2,915,000 3,003,000 2,929,000 1,953,000 1,853,000 1,801,000 2,173,000  1,517,000 1,582,000 1,455,000 2,025,000 2,337,000 2,084,000 2,916,000 2,517,000 2,579,000 6,369,000 5,450,000 6,251,000 6,888,000 7,396,000 7,911,000 6,107,000 6,124,000 6,225,000 6,704,000                         
          provision for loan loss and unfunded loan commitments to the jivdc, net of recoveries, and impairment losses
                                                                                        
          reclassification of accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings upon termination of casino rama management contract
                                                                                        
          accrued interest
                                    9,966,000 -6,725,000 6,290,000 -7,305,000 7,672,000 -7,240,000 7,670,000 -919,000  2,997,000 -2,936,000 1,550,000 62,000 -2,646,000 6,264,000   2,484,000                   -617,000      2,495,000          
          accrued salaries and wages
                                    20,139,000 428,000 13,785,000 -34,270,000 17,094,000 7,866,000 10,370,000 -19,547,000  -335,000                     9,686,000   3,797,000      1,056,000             
          gaming, pari-mutuel, property and other taxes
                                    -20,935,000 7,589,000 -79,000 -6,492,000 -2,938,000 15,430,000 2,547,000 -6,544,000  13,100,000   4,208,000 7,203,000 3,630,000 9,228,000 1,241,000 2,768,000 6,225,000 4,544,000 5,703,000         791,000    5,786,000 434,000 11,078,000 11,040,000 -6,732,000 11,318,000    16,799,000   4,533,000 -1,066,000 -5,706,000 9,321,000 -2,008,000 159,000 2,760,000 
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment and assets held for sale
                                        251,000 285,000 168,000 309,000  10,940,000 181,000 2,091,000                                         
          contributions from (to) joint ventures
                                                                                        
          proceeds from the sale of loan to the jivdc
                                                                                      
          loans to the jivdc
                                                                                        
          receipts applied against nonaccrual loan to the jivdc
                                    512,000                                                 
          reimbursement of advances with the jivdc
                                                                                        
          funds advanced to the jivdc in connection with their refinancing
                                                                                        
          repayment of note from the previous developer of the jamul project
                                                                                        
          land purchased adjacent to hollywood casino jamul - san diego
                                                                                        
          amortization of items charged to interest expense and interest income
                                     1,465,000 1,540,000 1,603,000 1,627,000 2,058,000 1,600,000 1,675,000                 1,775,000 3,089,000 3,100,000 3,026,000                         
          distributions from unconsolidated affiliates
                                     8,250,000 6,800,000 6,500,000 5,250,000 8,200,000 7,250,000 5,750,000  8,150,000 5,950,000 7,400,000                                         
          (recovery) provision for loan loss and unfunded loan commitments to the jivdc and impairment losses
                                                                                       
          reclassification of aoci to earnings upon termination of the casino rama management contract
                                                                                        
          write off of debt issuance costs and discounts
                                     311,000 2,579,000 882,000 574,000                                               
          loss on early extinguishment and modification of debt
                                                                                        
          decrease, net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          increase, net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          insurance remediation proceeds
                                                                                        
          loan to the jivdc
                                     1,000 -339,000                                                 
          additional contributions from/(to) joint ventures
                                                                                        
          consideration paid for acquisitions of businesses, gaming licenses, and other intangibles, net of cash acquired
                                     -411,000                                                   
          principal payments on financing obligation with glpi
                                     -15,572,000 -16,116,000 -16,650,000 -14,438,000 -14,093,000 -14,543,000 -14,785,000  -12,322,000                                           
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of issuance costs
                                        11,999,000 48,000,000 11,087,000 1,359,710,000  49,966,000 11,990,000 12,214,000 457,290,000 15,000,000 45,000,000    110,000 19,954,000 105,052,000 104,000,000 47,932,000 1,622,940,000 -1,330,000 30,000,000 -17,000                         
          proceeds from revolving credit facility draws
                                     35,000,000 24,000,000 30,000,000                                                 
          increase to financing obligation in connection with acquisition
                                         -3,000                                               
          repayments on long-term debt
                                     -20,111,000 -125,309,000 -45,441,000                                                 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                       -59,956,000 13,046,000   29,978,000  -19,592,000   -9,629,000 -4,611,000 29,056,000                -30,708,000        2,307,000 32,193,000   5,500,000 18,640,000 -152,160,000 219,843,000   11,392,000 -11,648,000 -23,854,000 62,931,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                     277,953,000 229,510,000  237,009,000 208,673,000 292,995,000 260,467,000 238,440,000 246,385,000 713,118,000 746,278,000 174,372,000 168,515,000              
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                     44,397,000 -17,846,000 217,997,000  40,508,000 -35,089,000 259,488,000  -19,592,000 7,122,000 214,238,000 -9,629,000 -4,611,000 237,729,000 -20,592,000 -36,396,000 287,695,000 32,736,000 -12,567,000 247,702,000 13,306,000 -13,325,000 217,451,000 -114,164,000 87,507,000 234,478,000 -42,762,000 -244,303,000 642,507,000 -30,708,000 56,881,000 738,236,000 1,285,000 -43,528,000 167,899,000 19,543,000 -11,228,000 170,822,000  6,004,000 -7,802,000 138,120,000          
          supplemental disclosure
                                                                                        
          interest expense paid, net of amounts capitalized
                                     120,136,000 109,794,000 120,229,000 107,319,000 122,819,000 108,816,000 113,825,000  109,232,000 116,350,000 113,629,000 304,162,000 13,078,000 4,036,000 4,759,000 13,909,000 7,278,000 30,276,000 19,347,000 32,673,000                                
          income taxes paid
                                     17,281,000 4,274,000 2,233,000         447,000 206,000 226,000 8,217,000 2,678,000 352,000 30,101,000 27,124,000 1,124,000    41,767,000 27,453,000 1,166,000 21,675,000 21,411,000 7,271,000 4,191,000 54,105,000 445,000 125,664,000 6,348,000 3,586,000 35,029,000 39,137,000 11,309,000 33,718,000 25,569,000 65,448,000 3,052,000          
          non-cash investing activities
                                                                                        
          accrued advances to jamul tribe
                                       82,000 1,136,000 55,000 171,000 1,103,000                                             
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                        
          increase in cash in escrow
                                           -4,432,000                                             
          consideration paid for acquisitions of businesses, gaming licenses, and other intangibles
                                       -50,379,000                                                 
          non-cash financing activities
                                                                                        
          accrued debt issuance costs
                                           828,000                                             
          impairment losses, provision for loan loss and unfunded loan commitments to the jivdc
                                                                                        
          repayment (purchase) of note from the previous developer of the jamul project
                                                                                        
          additional fundings and investment in joint ventures
                                                                                        
          increase from financing obligation in connection with acquisition
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                        
          income taxes (refunds received)/taxes paid
                                                                                        
          impairment losses on loans to the jamul tribe and goodwill
                                                                                        
          proceeds for insurance claim
                                         577,000                                             
          loans to the jamul tribe
                                         -367,000                                               
          principal and interest receipts applied against loans to the jamul tribe
                                         2,752,000                                               
          investment in joint ventures
                                                                                        
          consideration paid for acquisitions of businesses and other property and equipment, net of cash acquired
                                         -1,379,000                                               
          income tax refunds received
                                         -15,793,000 3,644,000 -9,303,000                                             
          impairment losses on loans to the jamul tribe
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of property and equipment and assets held for sale
                                           -45,000                                             
          write off of debt issuance costs
                                           5,377,000                                             
          project capital expenditures, net of reimbursements
                                           -6,178,000                                             
          advances to the jamul tribe
                                             -65,643,000                                           
          delayed draw term loan c commitments with jamul tribe
                                           -168,000                                             
          acquisition of businesses and other licenses
                                           -2,441,000                                             
          income statement data:
                                                                                        
          net revenues
                                                                                        
          total operating expenses
                                                                                        
          income from continuing operations
                                                                                        
          total other incomes
                                                                                        
          income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                                        
          income tax benefit
                                                                                        
          net income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests
                                                                                        
          net income from discontinued operations net of tax
                                                                                        
          net income attributable to the shareholders of penn
                                                                                        
          per share data:
                                                                                        
          basic earnings per common share from continuing operations
                                                                                        
          diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations
                                                                                        
          basic earnings per common share from discontinued operations
                                                                                        
          diluted earnings per common share from discontinued operations
                                                                                        
          weighted shares outstanding—basic
                                                                                        
          weighted shares outstanding—diluted
                                                                                        
          other data:
                                                                                        
          interest expense
                                                                                        
          balance sheet data:
                                                                                        
          total assets
                                                                                        
          total financing obligation
                                                                                        
          total debt
                                                                                        
          shareholders’ (deficit) equity
                                                                                        
          capital project expenditures, net of reimbursements
                                             -3,491,000                                           
          capital maintenance expenditures
                                             -18,888,000                                           
          acquisition of businesses, gaming and other licenses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          tax benefit from stock options exercised
                                             4,135,000 3,686,000 689,000 2,090,000 1,657,000 6,379,000   7,752,000 2,045,000 2,293,000 3,467,000 454,000 999,000 1,479,000 259,000   114,000   428,000 1,130,000 327,000 551,000 18,000 396,000 12,036,000 1,095,000 3,766,000     440,000 4,927,000 11,387,000 4,419,000 1,000,000 1,707,000 1,439,000 557,000 342,000 
          income tax (refunds received)/taxes paid
                                             413,000 348,000 -12,481,000                                         
          change in contingent purchase price
                                                                                        
          decrease,
                                                                                        
          increase,
                                                                                        
          acquisition of other property and equipment
                                                                                        
          capital project expenditures
                                                                                        
          net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                        
          accretion of settlement value on other noncurrent liabilities
                                                                                        
          loss on sale of fixed assets
                                                413,000 235,000 153,000    158,000 285,000 2,390,000         64,000   12,000 642,000 245,000 112,000 308,000 135,000 923,000 591,000 418,000 -498,000 872,000         830,000 
          distributions of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates
                                                8,050,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 6,500,000 5,500,000 5,500,000 8,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000                                
          impairment losses and writedowns
                                                                                        
          other noncurrent tax liabilities
                                                1,217,000 1,272,000 1,519,000 -4,921,000 1,209,000 4,489,000 -1,630,000 2,113,000 1,971,000  1,612,000 1,724,000   682,000    1,359,000 1,132,000 1,618,000  -5,163,000 6,971,000                 
          decrease in cash in escrow
                                                   18,000,000 26,000,000 300,000 -10,150,000 25,650,000      10,982,000                       
          acquisition of businesses and gaming and other licenses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          principal payments on long-term obligations
                                                                                        
          accretion of settlement values on long term obligations
                                                 356,000 351,000                                      
          (increase) decrease, net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          increase (decrease), net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                         108,158,000 168,739,000 64,711,000   83,777,000       34,239,000   
          (increase) decrease in cash in escrow
                                                                                        
          acquisition of businesses and gaming and other licenses
                                                                                        
          net cash provided by financing activities
                                                                                     -30,972,000   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                        
          acquisition of gaming licenses
                                                                                        
          accretion of settlement value on long term obligations
                                                                                        
          hollywood casino st. louis tornado deductible charges
                                                                                        
          impairment losses and write downs
                                                                                       
          gain on investment in corporate debt securities
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of bullwhackers
                                                                                        
          insurance receivable
                                                         1,072,000    13,863,000 -208,000 15,019,000       100,000,000    16,996,000          
          advances to jamul tribe
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of investment in corporate debt securities
                                                                  -1,000                      
          proceeds from sale of bullwhackers, net of cash on hand
                                                                                        
          repurchase of preferred stock
                                                                                        
          tax benefit from share based awards exercised
                                                   239,000                                     
          accretion of settlment value on long term obligation
                                                                                        
          accretion of settlement value on long term obligation
                                                                                       
          hollywood st. louis tornado deductible charges
                                                                                       
          gain from unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                        
          proceeds from investment in corporate debt securities
                                                                                       
          acquisition of businesses and gaming licenses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          increase in other long-term obligations
                                                                                        
          acquisition of gaming licenses, net of acquisition of businesses
                                                                                        
          expenditures for property and equipment, net of reimbursements
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of fixed assets
                                                               -14,000                         
          insurance proceeds related to damaged property and equipment
                                                                                        
          investment in joint ventures, net of proceeds received
                                                                                        
          acquisitions of businesses and gaming licenses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          cash paid for interest
                                                         26,494,000 12,078,000 26,888,000                             
          cash paid for income taxes
                                                         71,382,000 99,701,000 15,353,000                             
          loss from unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                        
          acquisitions of businesses and licenses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          acquisitions of businesses and licenses
                                                                                        
          net income including noncontrolling interests
                                                            70,803,000 75,989,000 51,528,000 48,345,000 6,972,000 36,155,000                       
          adjustments to reconcile net income including noncontrolling interests to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                        
          (gain) loss on sale of fixed assets
                                                                                        
          (gain) income from unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                        
          loss on police services contract termination at hollywood casino aurora
                                                                                       
          decrease (increase), net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          expenditures for property and equipment
                                                                                        
          decrease (increase) in cash in escrow
                                                            -100,000                            
          cash acquired, net of acquisitions of businesses and licenses
                                                            -3,000,000                            
          repurchase of noncontrolling interest
                                                                                        
          interest expense paid
                                                            32,068,000 14,956,000 38,357,000 41,859,000 19,876,000 43,234,000 33,400,000 33,349,000 32,943,000 40,604,000 48,458,000 50,248,000 51,412,000 46,484,000 49,836,000 50,389,000 50,728,000 44,892,000 52,596,000          
          hollywood casino joliet fire
                                                                                        
          proceeds from hollywood casino joliet fire
                                                                                        
          investment in kansas entertainment
                                                                                        
          acquisition of businesses and licenses
                                                                                        
          tax impact from stock options exercised
                                                              1,576,000                          
          empress casino hotel fire
                                                                 59,000 210,000 536,000 4,318,000                    
          gain on accelerated payment of other long-term obligations
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of corporate debt securities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of corporate debt securities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from empress casino hotel fire
                                                               4,821,000 1,000,000                      
          acquisition of businesses and gaming licenses
                                                                                        
          increase
                                                                                        
          investment in kansas entertainment joint venture
                                                                                        
          amortization of items charged to interest income
                                                                                        
          charge for stock compensation
                                                                 6,384,000 6,632,000 6,787,000 8,485,000 8,991,000 5,383,000 4,145,000 6,330,000 6,256,000 6,598,000  4,831,000 5,493,000 4,911,000          
          impairment loss for replaced lawrenceburg vessel
                                                                 136,000                      
          increase in deferred financing fees
                                                                                        
          income from joint venture
                                                                  36,000 416,000 303,000                    
          gain on sale of investment in corporate debt securities
                                                                                        
          income taxes payable
                                                                    14,718,000 -21,412,000 22,174,000 23,230,000  -5,549,000 19,465,000    21,714,000 88,037,000 -104,215,000 105,514,000 1,072,000 7,948,000 7,400,000 4,554,000 5,424,000 5,678,000 
          investment in corporate debt securities
                                                                                        
          acquisition of businesses and licenses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          deposit on preferred stock, net of related expenses
                                                                                        
          loss (earnings) from joint venture
                                                                     139,000 152,000 759,000    110,000             
          proceeds on insurance financing
                                                                                        
          effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash
                                                                              1,000       9,000 156,000 125,000 
          (earnings) loss from joint venture
                                                                                        
          loss relating to early extinguishment of debt
                                                                           2,255,000       1,310,000 
          gain on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                        
          noncurrent tax liabilities
                                                                        1,850,000 948,000 1,298,000              
          other liabilities
                                                                        -2,130,000 2,378,000 4,259,000              
          operating cash flows from discontinued operations
                                                                                       
          increase in deferred financing cost
                                                                                        
          earnings from joint venture
                                                                                        
          distributions from joint venture
                                                                                  3,112,000   
          insurance proceeds from hurricane
                                                                                        
          amortization of deferred financing costs charged to interest expense
                                                                           2,810,000 2,811,000 2,812,000 2,928,000 668,000 653,000 997,000 1,338,000 1,334,000 1,360,000 1,949,000 1,169,000 707,000 
          amortization of the unrealized loss on interest rate swap contracts charged to interest expense, net of income tax benefit
                                                                                        
          gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                        
          gain on hurricane, net of tax
                                                                                        
          goodwill impairment, net of tax
                                                                                        
          other current liabilities
                                                                              21,113,000    1,534,000      
          proceeds from hurricane
                                                                                        
          (payments to) distributions from joint venture
                                                                                        
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                               274,523,000       
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          investing cash flows from discontinued operations
                                                                                        
          net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
                                                                                        
          amortization of the unrealized gain on interest rate swap contracts charged to interest expense, net of income tax benefit
                                                                                        
          book value of assets tranferred to insurance receivable
                                                                                        
          prepaid income taxes
                                                                               -1,000 4,000 5,703,000 -1,149,000 1,159,000  6,415,000 
          other current and non-current liabilities
                                                                                    3,617,000    
          payments to joint venture
                                                                                        
          net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                                                            132,620,000          
          decrease net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          (decrease) increase, net of businesses acquired
                                                                                        
          distributions from (payments to) joint venture
                                                                                        
          net cash from (used in) financing activities
                                                                                        
          net income from operations
                                                                              41,983,000 55,401,000 12,123,000 15,802,000       
          net cash used in financing activities
                                                                                        
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                        
          loss from discontinued operations
                                                                               2,291,000 2,769,000 452,000       
          after-tax gain on sale of hollywood casino shreveport
                                                                                        
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                        
          amortization of the unrealized loss on interest rate swap contracts charged to interest expense
                                                                                  14,000 28,000 39,000 387,000 401,000 373,000 
          book value of assets transferred to insurance receivable
                                                                                        
          loss on sale of net assets
                                                                               1,963,000 185,000 37,000 245,000      
          loss relating to early extinguishment of debt, before income tax benefit
                                                                               2,567,000 4,679,000       
          amortization of restricted stock
                                                                               119,000 120,000 119,000       
          insurance receiveable
                                                                                        
          miscellaneous other assets
                                                                                     805,000 216,000 10,096,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                        
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from long term debt
                                                                               250,000,000 129,000      
          increase in unamortized financing cost
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents for beginning of period
                                                                               87,620,000       
          cash and cash equivalents for end of period
                                                                               18,640,000 -152,160,000 307,463,000       
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                        
          loss on change in value of interest rate swap contracts
                                                                                     527,000 
          payments to terminate interest rate swap contract
                                                                                        
          cash in escrow
                                                                                       
          net cash (used) in investing activities
                                                                                        
          cash flows from continuing operating activities
                                                                                        
          net income from continuing operations
                                                                                        
          net cash from continuing operating activities
                                                                                        
          net cash (used) in continuing investing activities
                                                                                        
          (increase) in unamortized financing cost
                                                                                        
          increase in balances due to/from discontinued subsidiaries
                                                                                        
          net cash from continuing financing activities
                                                                                        
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents for continuing operations, beginning of period
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents for continuing operations, end of period
                                                                                        
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents for discontinued operations, beginning of period
                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents for discontinued operations, end of period
                                                                                        
          loss on disposal of fixed assets
                                                                                    679,000 462,000   
          decrease, net of businesses acquired in:
                                                                                        
          receivables
                                                                                       2,219,000 
          increase, net of businesses acquired in:
                                                                                        
          accrued liabilities
                                                                                        
          proceeds from credit facility
                                                                                     700,000,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of period
                                                                                    106,969,000 55,121,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, at end of period
                                                                                    118,361,000 -11,648,000 -23,854,000 118,052,000 
          accelerated vesting of stock options
                                                                                        
          decrease (increase), net of businesses acquired in:
                                                                                        
          increase (decrease), net of businesses acquired in:
                                                                                        
          proceeds from exercise of options and warrants
                                                                                     365,000 1,069,000 321,000 
          proceeds from sale of common stock