Goodwill and Intangible Assets, including Casino Contracts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Net carrying value	$ 1,828	$ 3,928
Gaming operation agreement [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Definite-life intangible assets	1,166	1,175
Less: accumulated amortization	(1,008)	(818)
Net carrying value	$ 158	357
Gaming operation agreement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	5 years
Gaming operation agreement [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	4 years
Goodwill [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Definite-life intangible assets	$ 334	351
Patents [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Definite-life intangible assets	114	114
Less: accumulated amortization	(98)	(83)
Net carrying value	$ 16	31
Patents [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	6 years
Patents [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	5 years
Trademarks [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Definite-life intangible assets	$ 26	26
Less: accumulated amortization	(15)	(12)
Net carrying value	$ 11	14
Trademarks [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	9 years
Trademarks [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	5 years
Technical know-how [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Definite-life intangible assets	$ 261	261
Less: accumulated amortization	(87)	(68)
Net carrying value	$ 174	193
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	10 years
Casino contracts [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Definite-life intangible assets	$ 12,647	12,754
Less: accumulated amortization	(11,512)	(9,772)
Net carrying value	$ 1,135	$ 2,982
Casino contracts [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	6 years
Casino contracts [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	5 years

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Carrying amount of finite-lived intangible assets, indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill. Goodwill is an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Intangible assets are assets, not including financial assets, lacking physical substance.

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