Acquisitions and Disposals	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]
Acquisitions and Disposals	2. Acquisitions and Disposals In January 2022, the Company sold its Italian VLT business, including all terminal and other assets, staff costs and facilities and contracts, to a non-connected party for total proceeds of €1.1 million ($1.1 million), recognizing a profit on disposal of €0.8 million ($0.8 million). The Company continues to serve these Italian markets in the form of the provision of platform and games. On December 31, 2021, the Company acquired 100% of the membership interests of Sportech Lotteries, LLC, which has since been renamed Inspired Entertainment Lotteries LLC. As part of the transaction, the Company recorded the acquisition of a customer contract as an intangible asset in the amount of $12.3 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as a result of revisions made to management’s preliminary assessments, the Company recognized an additional $0.9 million long-term receivable related to Inspired Entertainment Lotteries, LLC, and reduced the value of the customer contract intangible asset accordingly.

The entire disclosure for business combinations, including leverage buyout transactions (as applicable), and divestitures. This may include a description of a business combination or divestiture (or series of individually immaterial business combinations or divestitures) completed during the period, including background, timing, and assets and liabilities recognized and reclassified or sold. This element does not include fixed asset sales and plant closings.

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