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Description of Business
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business Description of Business
Accel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“the Company”) wholly owned subsidiary, Accel Entertainment Gaming LLC, is a terminal operator licensed by the State of Illinois Gaming Board (“IGB”) since March 15, 2012. Its Illinois terminal operator license allows the Company to install and operate video gaming terminals (“VGTs”) 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's terminal operator license in Illinois, 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 licensed operator, or a Master Licensee, which allows the Company to begin the installation and operation of coin operated amusement machines for commercial use by the public for play throughout the State of Georgia. The Company is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to gaming regulations.
The Company operates 12,247 and 10,499 VGTs across 2,435 and 2,312 locations in the State of Illinois as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
On November 20, 2019, TPG Pace Holdings Corp., (“TPG Holdings”) entered into a Transaction Agreement with each of the stockholders of Accel Entertainment, Inc. (“Accel”). Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement and in connection therewith, TPG Holdings acquired, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock from the Accel stockholders. In connection with the closing of the transaction, TPG Holdings changed its name to Accel Entertainment, Inc. This transaction was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization. For more information on this transaction, see Note 4.
The Company is an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”) following the consummation of the merger of TPG Pace Holding Corp. and Accel Entertainment, Inc. 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 common stock 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 Consolidated Financial Statements
In its initial response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the IGB made the decision to shut down all 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. As COVID-19 began a resurgence in the fall, the virus spread exponentially in every geographical region (currently 11 regions) in the State of Illinois. In response, the IGB suspended all video gaming operations until further notice across the entire state of Illinois starting at 11:01 PM on Thursday November 19, 2020. Video gaming operations resumed in certain regions of the state beginning on January 16, 2021, and fully resumed in all regions on January 23, 2021. Even though video gaming operations resumed across all regions, certain regions still had government-imposed restrictions that, among other things, limited hours of operation and restricted the number of patrons allowed within in the licensed establishments. These temporary shutdowns of Illinois video gaming impacted 148 of the 365 gaming days (or 40% of gaming days) during the year ended December 31, 2020. In light of these events and their effect on the Company’s employees and licensed establishment partners, the Company took action to position itself to help mitigate the effects of the temporary cessation of operations. During the initial shutdown, the Company furloughed a significant portion of its employees and deferred 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. During the second shutdown, the Company furloughed idle staff as appropriate and deferred certain payments to major vendors.
As a result of these developments, the Company's revenues, results of operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020 have been materially affected, and the Company expects it could 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 $1.2 million ($2.5 million of costs less recoveries under the CARES Act of $1.3 million) for the year ended December 31, 2020, 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 $2.0 million in capital costs for the year ended December 31, 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 $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 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 shutdowns of its gaming operations, the Company evaluated its goodwill and long-lived assets for potential impairment triggers as of December 31, 2020. 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, it is possible that it or the State of Illinois may order a shutdown by region, 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.