Route and Customer Acquisition Costs

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Route and Customer Acquisition Costs

Route and Customer Acquisition Costs

The Company enters into contracts with third parties and its gaming locations to install and operate gaming terminals. Payments are due when gaming operations commence and then on a periodic basis for a specified period of time thereafter. Gross payments due, based on the number of live locations, were approximately $11.4 million and $7.4 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Payments are due over varying terms of the individual agreements and are discounted at the Company’s incremental borrowing rate associated with its long-term debt at the time the contract is acquired. The net present value of payments due was $9.5 million and $6.5 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, of which approximately $2.0 million and $1.5 million was included in current liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The route and customer acquisition cost asset was comprised of upfront payments made on the contracts of $22.1 million and $20.0 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company has upfront payments of commissions paid to the third parties for the acquisition of the customer contracts that are subject to a clawback provision if the customer cancels the contract prior to completion. The payments subject to a clawback were $1.4 million and $1.0 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Route and customer acquisition costs consisted of the following as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Cost	$	38,927	$	33,855
Accumulated amortization	(15,222)		(14,667)
Route and customer acquisition costs, net	$	23,705	$	19,188

Amortization expense of route and customer acquisition costs was $0.6 million and $1.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. In comparison, amortization expense of route and customer acquisition costs was $0.4 million and $0.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.