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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended					0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended											0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Details 2) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 SHFL	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Computer Software	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Computer Software Minimum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Computer Software Maximum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL License Rights	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Core technology and content	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Core technology and content Minimum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Core technology and content Minimum Level 3	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Core technology and content Maximum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Core technology and content Maximum Level 3	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Customer relationships	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Customer relationships Level 3	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Trademark	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Trademark Minimum Level 3	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Trademark Maximum Level 3	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Land	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Buildings and leasehold improvements	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Buildings and leasehold improvements Minimum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Buildings and leasehold improvements Maximum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Furniture, fixtures and equipment	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Furniture, fixtures and equipment Minimum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Furniture, fixtures and equipment Maximum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Leased gaming equipment	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Leased gaming equipment Minimum	Nov. 25, 2013 SHFL Leased gaming equipment Maximum
BUSINESS COMBINATION
Useful life of tangible assets																					5 years	40 years		3 years	7 years		3 years	5 years
Property, plant and equipment				$ 31,409,000															$ 4,673,000	$ 17,750,000			$ 8,986,000
Leased gaming equipment				34,647,000																						34,647,000
Useful life of intangible assets						2 years	3 years	12 years		4 years		18 years		7 years		5 years
Intangible assets				510,627,000	2,669,000			1,958,000	456,000,000					43,000,000		7,000,000
In-process research and development assets not yet subject to amortization									46,000,000
Discount rate (as a percent)											8.50%		11.00%		10.50%		9.50%	15.00%
Royalty rate (as a percent)																	3.00%	15.00%
Acquisition-related costs			11,200,000
Effective income tax rate (as a percent)	35.90%	29.90%	35.50%
Pro forma consolidated financial information
Revenues			323,059,000
Net income attributable to Bally Technologies, Inc.			$ 33,766,000
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.88
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.86