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Description of Business
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business Description of Business
Accel Entertainment, Inc.'s (and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) wholly owned subsidiary, Accel Entertainment Gaming LLC, is a terminal operator licensed by the State of Illinois Gaming Board since March 15, 2012. Its terminal operator license allows the Company to install and operate video gaming terminals in licensed video gaming locations throughout the State of Illinois as approved by individual municipalities. The Company also operates redemption terminals, which also function as automated teller machines (“ATMs”) at its licensed video gaming locations, and amusement equipment at certain locations. The Company is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to gaming regulations. The Illinois terminal operator license, which is not transferable or assignable, requires compliance with applicable regulations and the license is renewable annually unless sooner cancelled or terminated. In July 2020, the Georgia Lottery Corporation approved one of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries as a Master Licensee, which allows the Company to install and operate coin operated amusement machines for commercial use by the public for play throughout the State of Georgia.
The Company operates 11,597 and 10,346 video gaming terminals across 2,363 and 2,290 locations in the State of Illinois as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
On November 20, 2019, the Company consummated a business combination which was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization. For more details on the reverse recapitalization, see Note 3 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements as presented in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. As a result of the reverse recapitalization, all references to numbers of common shares and per common share data for 2019 in these condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes have been retroactively adjusted to account for the effect of the reverse recapitalization.
The Company is an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”) following the consummation of the reverse recapitalization. The Company has elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act and as a result of this election, its financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. The Company will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following June 30, 2022, (b) in which Accel has total annual gross revenue of at least $1.0 billion or (c) in which Accel is deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of Class A-1 Shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of the prior second fiscal quarter, and (ii) the date on which Accel has issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.
Impact of COVID-19 on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Illinois Gaming Board (“IGB”) made the decision to shut down all video gaming terminals (“VGTs”) across the State of Illinois starting at 9:00 p.m. on March 16, 2020 and ultimately extended the shutdown through June 30, 2020. The temporary shutdown of Illinois video gaming impacted 106 of the 274 gaming days (or 39% of gaming days) during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. In light of these events and their effect on the Company’s employees and licensed establishment partners, the Company took action to position the Company to help mitigate the effects of the temporary cessation of operations by, among other things, furloughing approximately 90% of its employees and deferring certain payments to major vendors. Additionally, members of the Company's senior management decided to voluntarily forgo their base salaries until the resumption of video gaming operations. Beginning in early June, the Company started reinstating employees from furlough in anticipation of resuming operations on July 1, 2020.
As a result of these developments, the Company's revenues, results of operations and cash flows have been materially affected, and the Company expects it to continue for at least as long as COVID-19 is a threat to the public health. The situation is rapidly changing and additional impacts to the business may arise that the Company is not aware of currently.
The Company incurred non-recurring, one-time expenses of $0.2 million and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, for costs to provide benefits (e.g. health insurance) for furloughed employees during COVID-19 operational disruptions. These costs are included within other expenses, net. The Company also spent $1.9 million in capital costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 related to the purchase of IGB-mandated spacers for its VGTs to promote social distancing requirements within the gaming area and incurred operating expenses of $0.4 million and $0.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 related to cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing supplies.
As part of the Company's analysis of the financial reporting impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, and corollary response in the State of Illinois, including the temporary shutdown of our gaming operations, the Company evaluated its goodwill and long-lived assets for potential impairment triggers as of September 30, 2020. As a result of this analysis, no impairment losses were recorded. The Company will continue to monitor its assets for potential impairment losses in future periods. While the IGB has announced the resumption of all video gaming activities effective July 1st, it is possible that it or the State of Illinois may order a shutdown by region (currently 11 regions), or a complete suspension of video gaming in the state, or institute stay-at-home, closure or other similar orders or measures in the future in response to a resurgence of COVID-19 or other events. If this were to occur, the Company could recognize impairment losses which could be material.
The Company also engaged a third-party valuation firm to assist in determining the fair value of its investment in convertible notes as of September 30, 2020. The valuation concluded that the carrying amount of the investment in the convertible notes approximates the fair value in all material respects, as of September 30, 2020.