Segment Information - Schedule of Reportable Segment and Reconciliation to Net Income (Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Revenues
Other	$ 50,719	$ 56,061	$ 71,791
Total revenues	634,911	666,818	1,053,149
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related	(216,308)	(222,260)	(209,666)
Operating expenses	(188,740)	(199,503)	(200,765)
Cost of sales	(45,867)	(46,260)	(46,523)
Other segment items	(43,963)	(43,420)	(373,673)
Adjusted EBITDA	140,033	155,375	222,522
Adjustments
Depreciation and amortization	(90,282)	(90,034)	(88,933)
Non-cash lease benefit (expense)	402	380	15
Share-based compensation	(9,249)	(10,434)	(13,476)
Gain on disposal of assets	(10,240)	213	228
Gain on sale of businesses	0	69,238	303,179
Loss on debt extinguishment and modification	0	(4,446)	(1,734)
Preopening and related expenses	(718)	(508)	(760)
System implementation costs	(638)
Impairment of assets	0	(2,399)	(12,072)
Other, net	(7,777)	(9,707)	(11,491)
Interest expense, net	(30,665)	(34,884)	(65,515)
(Loss) income before income tax benefit (provision)	(9,134)	72,794	331,963
Income tax benefit	3,091	(22,063)	(76,207)
Net (loss) income	(6,043)	50,731	255,756
Gaming
Revenues
Revenues	316,132	319,267	674,301
Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues	162,936	171,925	182,408
Rooms
Revenues
Revenues	105,124	119,565	124,649
Operating Segments
Revenues
Other	49,565	55,096	62,486
Total revenues	633,757	665,853	1,043,844
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related	(216,308)	(222,260)	(209,666)
Operating expenses	(188,740)	(199,503)	(200,765)
Cost of sales	(45,867)	(46,260)	(46,523)
Other segment items	2,680	(367)	(312,909)
Adjusted EBITDA	185,522	197,463	273,981
Operating Segments \| Gaming
Revenues
Revenues	316,132	319,267	674,301
Operating Segments \| Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues	162,936	171,925	182,408
Operating Segments \| Rooms
Revenues
Revenues	105,124	119,565	124,649
Operating Segments \| Nevada Casino Resorts
Revenues
Other	36,212	38,644	43,943
Total revenues	375,641	399,139	413,058
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related	(150,001)	(156,550)	(147,730)
Operating expenses	(112,632)	(121,361)	(125,385)
Cost of sales	(22,851)	(22,437)	(22,531)
Other segment items	2,241	4,547	2,844
Adjusted EBITDA	92,398	103,338	120,256
Operating Segments \| Nevada Casino Resorts \| Gaming
Revenues
Revenues	153,881	155,472	160,371
Operating Segments \| Nevada Casino Resorts \| Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues	89,118	95,082	98,748
Operating Segments \| Nevada Casino Resorts \| Rooms
Revenues
Revenues	96,430	109,941	109,996
Operating Segments \| Nevada Locals Casinos
Revenues
Other	8,696	8,148	7,960
Total revenues	150,917	150,972	157,435
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related	(37,510)	(37,951)	(36,884)
Operating expenses	(37,741)	(38,837)	(39,278)
Cost of sales	(8,404)	(8,657)	(8,545)
Other segment items	651	977	1,118
Adjusted EBITDA	67,913	66,504	73,846
Operating Segments \| Nevada Locals Casinos \| Gaming
Revenues
Revenues	108,048	106,531	112,772
Operating Segments \| Nevada Locals Casinos \| Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues	25,479	26,669	26,372
Operating Segments \| Nevada Locals Casinos \| Rooms
Revenues
Revenues	8,694	9,624	10,331
Operating Segments \| Nevada Taverns
Revenues
Other	4,657	8,283	4,756
Total revenues	107,199	109,723	109,215
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related	(28,797)	(27,759)	(25,052)
Operating expenses	(38,367)	(39,305)	(36,102)
Cost of sales	(14,612)	(15,166)	(15,447)
Other segment items	(212)	(356)	68
Adjusted EBITDA	25,211	27,137	32,682
Operating Segments \| Nevada Taverns \| Gaming
Revenues
Revenues	54,203	51,283	52,817
Operating Segments \| Nevada Taverns \| Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues	48,339	50,157	51,642
Operating Segments \| Nevada Taverns \| Rooms
Revenues
Revenues	0	0	0
Operating Segments \| Distributed Gaming
Revenues
Other		21	4,733
Total revenues		6,019	320,680
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related		0	0
Operating expenses		0	0
Cost of sales		0	0
Other segment items		(5,535)	(286,135)
Adjusted EBITDA		484	34,545
Operating Segments \| Distributed Gaming \| Gaming
Revenues
Revenues		5,981	315,182
Operating Segments \| Distributed Gaming \| Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues		17	765
Operating Segments \| Distributed Gaming \| Rooms
Revenues
Revenues		0	0
Operating Segments \| Maryland Casino Resort
Revenues
Other			1,094
Total revenues			43,456
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related			0
Operating expenses			0
Cost of sales			0
Other segment items			(30,804)
Adjusted EBITDA			12,652
Operating Segments \| Maryland Casino Resort \| Gaming
Revenues
Revenues			33,159
Operating Segments \| Maryland Casino Resort \| Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues			4,881
Operating Segments \| Maryland Casino Resort \| Rooms
Revenues
Revenues			4,322
Corporate and Other
Revenues
Other	1,154	965	9,305
Total revenues	1,154	965	9,305
Segment (expenses) income
Payroll and related	0	0	0
Operating expenses	0	0	0
Cost of sales	0	0	0
Other segment items	(46,643)	(43,053)	(60,764)
Adjusted EBITDA	(45,489)	(42,088)	(51,459)
Corporate and Other \| Gaming
Revenues
Revenues	0	0	0
Corporate and Other \| Food and beverage
Revenues
Revenues	0	0	0
Corporate and Other \| Rooms
Revenues
Revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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