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Asset Acquisition, Liability, Notes Payable

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Video Game Terminals

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Video Gaming Locations

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Business and Asset Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 02, 2021 USD ($) location terminal shares	Dec. 30, 2020 USD ($) terminal location installment_payment	Aug. 06, 2020 USD ($) location	Jul. 22, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) location terminal	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) terminal location	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of video gaming locations \| location					2,470	2,353
Number of video gaming terminals \| terminal					12,720	11,164
Cash purchase price					$ 483	$ 0
Goodwill					45,754		$ 45,754
Revenues						110,423
Net income						$ 49,046
Illinois Operators Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of video gaming locations \| location			13
Asset acquisition, consideration transferred			$ 4,000
Cash payment for asset acquisition			3,700
Asset acquisition, deferred payments			300
Video game terminals and equipment acquired			600
Location contracts acquired			$ 3,400
Century
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of video gaming locations \| location	900
Number of video gaming terminals \| terminal	8,500
Consideration transferred	$ 140,000
Shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares	450,000
AVG
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of video gaming locations \| location		49
Number of video gaming terminals \| terminal		267
Consideration transferred		$ 32,000
Cash purchase price		30,500
Contingent consideration		$ 1,500
Number of installment payments \| installment_payment		2
Goodwill		$ 11,200
Revenues					3,200
Net income					200
AVG \| Contingent Consideration, Installment One
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location contracts acquired		900
AVG \| Contingent Consideration, Installment Two
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location contracts acquired		$ 1,400
Tom's Amusements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 3,600
Cash purchase price				2,100
Contingent consideration				1,500	1,500
Location contracts acquired				$ 800
Revenues					900
Net income					$ (600)
Contingent consideration, first installment term				18 months
Contingent consideration, second installment term				24 months
Contingent consideration, installment amount				$ 750
Video game terminals and equipment acquired				1,600
Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired				1,000
Business combination, cash acquired				$ 200