Organization (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Loss on sale of assets	$ 144
MGT Interactive [Member]
Loss on sale of assets	144
MGT Interactive [Member] \| Cash [Member]
Loss on sale of assets	35
MGT Interactive [Member] \| Intangible Assets [Member]
Loss on sale of assets	$ (179)

Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824106&loc=d3e2443-110228

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