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Organization
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 1. Organization
 
MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (“MGT,” “the Company,” “we,” “us”) is a Delaware corporation, incorporated in 2000. The Company was originally incorporated in Utah in 1977. MGT is comprised of the parent company, majority–owned subsidiaries MGT Gaming, Inc. (“MGT Gaming”) MGT Interactive LLC (“MGT Interactive”), and wholly-owned subsidiaries Medicsight, Inc. (“Medicsight”), MGT Studios, Inc. (f/k/a MGT Capital Solutions, Inc.) (“MGT Studios”) including its wholly–owned subsidiary Avcom, Inc. and its minority owned subsidiary M2P Americas, Inc., and MGT Sports, Inc. (“MGT Sports”) including its majority owned subsidiary FanTD LLC, (“FanTD”). Our Corporate office is located in Harrison, New York.
 
MGT and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in the business of acquiring, developing and monetizing assets in the online and mobile gaming space, as well as the casino industry.
 
MGT Gaming
 
MGT Gaming owns U.S. Patents 7,892,088 and 8,550,554 (the “‘088 and ‘554 patents,” respectively), both entitled "Gaming Device Having a Second Separate Bonusing Event” and both relating to casino gaming systems in which a second game played on an interactive sign is triggered once specific events occur in a first game. On November 2, 2012, MGT Gaming filed a lawsuit (No. 3:12–cv–741) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (“S. D. Miss.”) alleging patent infringement against certain companies which either manufacture, sell or lease gaming systems in violation of MGT Gaming's patent rights, or operate casinos that offer gaming systems in violation of MGT Gaming's ‘088 patent, including WMS Gaming, Inc. – a subsidiary of Scientific Games, Inc. (“WMS”)(NASDAQ: SGMS), Penn National Gaming, Inc. (“Penn”) (NASDAQ GS: PENN), and Aruze Gaming America, Inc. (“Aruze”) An amended complaint added the '554 patent, a continuation of the ‘088 patent. The allegedly infringing products include at least those identified under the trade names: "Amazon Fishing," and "Paradise Fishing."
 
On October 23, 2013 the U.S. District Court severed the originally filed action into three separate actions: The Defendants in all three actions filed counterclaims denying infringement and asserting invalidity of both patents–in–suit. MGT Gaming filed appropriate responses, reasserting the validity and infringement of the ‘088 and ‘554 patents. On January 27, 2014, the District Court issued a Docket Order setting a Markman Hearing (also known as a claims construction hearing) for September 25, 2014 for all three cases.
 
On November 4, 2013, WMS filed a Petition for Inter Parties Review ("IPR") with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO"), challenging the patent–in–suit. On April 30, 2014 the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted the IPR, allowing the IPR to proceed on all claims in suit. The IPR proceeding has subsequently been dismissed by agreement between WMS and MGT Gaming.
 
On April 23, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a Petition for Writ of Mandamus, sought by WMS, vacating the decision of the S.D. Miss. denying WMS’ motion to transfer the case to the Northern District of Illinois. As a consequence, this case will be moved to Chicago, Illinois and the previously issued S.D. Miss. Docket Order is no longer in effect with respect to WMS. The case against WMS was subsequently dismissed by agreement of the parties. By motions filed on May 12, 2014, Aruze sought a similar transfer order to Nevada as well as a stay pending resolution of WMS’ IPR. Only the latter motion has been granted. The Company intends to seek reconsideration of that stay order as a result of the dismissal of the WMS’ IPR and to vigorously pursue its case against Aruze. 
 
MGT Studios
 
MGT Studios is publisher of social games and real money games of skill.
 
On November 11, 2013, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Avcom Agreement”) with MGT Capital Solutions,Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Avcom, Inc. and the shareholders and option holders of Avcom, Inc. (“Avcom”). Pursuant to Avcom the Agreement, the Company acquired 100% of the capital stock of Avcom. In consideration, the Preferred Stockholders of Avcom received $550 in value of the Company’s Common Stock and the Common Stockholders and option holders of Avcom will receive an aggregate of $1,000 in value of the Company’s Common Stock. The value of the Company’s Common Stock is based on the volume weighted average closing price for the 20 trading days prior to signing Avcom the Agreement. The acquisition contemplated by the Avcom Agreement closed on November 26, 2013.
  
One half of the issuance to the Avcom Common Stockholders and option holders was placed in escrow and will be released upon the later of (i) the commercial release of an agreed upon game or (ii) six (6) months after closing. In addition, the Common Stockholders may be awarded contingent consideration of $1.0 million through the issuance of up to 333,000 of the Company’s Common Stock in the event that the game reaches $3.0 million in gross revenues within 18 months of signing the Avcom Agreement. 
 
Avcom is a game development studio producing free to play mobile and social casino–style games. Avcom’s assets include physical and intellectual property associated with Mobilevegas and freeawesome.com, as well as a game under development titled “SlotChamp”. Prior to entering into the Agreement, Avcom had performed certain game development consulting services for the Company for which Avcom received an aggregate of $146 as consideration for such services in 2013.
 
On December 4, 2013, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with M2P Entertainment GmbH, a German corporation (“M2P”), the newly formed Delaware corporation, M2P Americas, Inc. (“M2P Americas”) and the Company’s ’s existing subsidiary MGT Studios. The purpose of the transaction is to allow M2P Americas to market and exploit MP2’s gaming technology in North and South America through M2P Americas. As part of the transaction, the Company acquired 50.1% of M2P Americas and M2P acquired 49.9%. The Strategic Alliance Agreement provides that the Company and M2P will jointly cooperate to launch M2P’s gaming technology in North and South America. It further provides M2P Americas with an exclusive royalty free license to M2P’s gaming technology for North and South America.
 
Pursuant to the terms of the Strategic Alliance Agreement, the Company will advance certain expenses to M2P Americas and the Company and M2P will provide network and human resources support to M2P Americas. The parties also entered into a Stockholders Agreement dated the same date which, among other things, grants M2P an option to purchase 10% of the Company’s ownership in M2P Americas at book value if the Company does not purchase equity in M2P prior to April 2, 2014.  This agreement was subsequently amended to extend the purchase date to May 31, 2014.
 
On May 31, 2014, M2P exercised its option to purchase 10% of the outstanding equity interests of M2P Americas from the Company.  As a result, the Company’s ownership of M2P Americas is now 40.1%, and M2P’s ownership is 59.9%.
 
MGT filed a completed application for a New Jersey Casino Service Industry Enterprise License (“CSIE”). According to regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE), companies providing Internet gaming software or systems, and vendors who manage, control, or administer games and associated wagers conducted through the Internet, must obtain a CSIE. The Company expects a determination from NJDGE after it reviews the Personal History Disclosure forms to be provided by a significant minority stockholder of the Company. Completion of this paperwork is beyond the control of MGT; therefore the Company is unable to predict when or if a CSIE License will be granted. 
 
MGT Sports
 
MGT Sports operates DraftDay.com, third largest and one of industry's most respected Daily Fantasy Sports wagering sites. The website offers players the opportunity to participate in real money Daily Fantasy gameplay for the NFL, MLB, NCAA (basketball & football), NHL, NBA and professional golf. Players select a roster of athletes across most popular sports, and winnings are determined by the same–day performance of these rosters. Daily Fantasy Sports compress the timeframe of traditional fantasy sports from multi–month seasons into 24–hour periods. DraftDay is also a leader in the popular quick–pick style of skill–based fantasy sports gaming. The Company also has a majority interest in FanTD LLC, the operator of FanThrowdown.com. The Company has also launched an online portal for fantasy sports news and commentary, www.FantasySportsLive.com.
 
On April 7, 2014, the Company closed on the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with CardRunners Gaming, Inc. (“CRG”), and certain key shareholders of CRG. The Agreement provided for the Company’s purchase of all of the business assets and intellectual property related to DraftDay.com. (See Note 9)
 
On May 20, 2013, MGT Sports completed the acquisition of 63% of the outstanding membership interests of FanTD LLC.
 
On September 30, 2006, the United States Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (“UIGEA”). The criminal provisions of UIGEA provide that no person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept directly or indirectly virtually any type of payment from a player in unlawful internet gambling (i.e. bets that are unlawful under other state or Federal laws). Fantasy sports are exempt from the definition of unlawful internet gambling provided that:
 
 
They are not based on the current membership of an actual sports team or on the score, point spread or performance of teams;
 
 
All prizes and awards are established and made known before the start of the contest;
 
 
Winning outcomes are based on the skill of the participants and predominately by accumulated statistics of individual performances of athletes, but not solely on a single performance of an athlete.
 
 
MGT Interactive
 
On September 3, 2013, the Company entered into a Contribution and Sale Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) by and among the Company, Gioia Systems, and LLC (“Gioia”) and MGT Interactive, LLC whereby MGT Interactive acquired certain assets from Gioia which was the inventor and owner of a proprietary method of card shuffling for the online poker market. Trademarked under the name Real Deal Poker, the technology uses patented shuffling machines, along with permutation re–sequencing, allowing for the creation of up to 16,000 decks per minute in real time. The acquisition includes seven (7) U.S. Patents and several Internet URL addresses, including www.RealDealPoker.com. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, Gioia contributed the assets to MGT Interactive in exchange for a 49% interest in MGT Interactive and MGT contributed $200 to MGT Interactive in exchange for a 51% interest in MGT Interactive. The $200 contributed by the Company shall be utilized as working capital, which shall be used to cover the direct and associated costs relating to the achievement of a certification from Gaming Laboratories International (“GLI”). The Company has the right to acquire an additional 14% ownership interest in MGT Interactive from Gioia in exchange for a purchase price of $300 after GLI certification is obtained. Gioia, in turn, will have the right to re–acquire the 14% interest for a period of three years at a purchase price of $500. Gioia shall have the right to certain royalty payments from the gross rake payments, and any licensing or royalty income received by MGT Interactive after certain revenue targets are exceeded.
 
Medicsight
 
Medicsight owns medical imaging software that has received U.S. FDA approval and European CE Mark. The software is designed to detect colorectal polyps during a virtual colonoscopy performed using CT Tomography. Software sales have been very limited in the past two years. The Company also has developed an automated carbon dioxide insufflation device and receives royalties on a per–unit basis from an international manufacturer. On June 30, 2013, the Company completed the sale of Medicsight’s global patent portfolio to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. for gross proceeds of $1.5 million.