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Accounts and Notes Receivable and Credit Quality of Notes Receivable (Concentration Risk) (Details) (Geographic concentration risk, Notes receivable)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mexico
 
Concentration Risk [Line Items]  
Concentration risk percentage 15.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_NotesReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PE
Peru
 
Concentration Risk [Line Items]  
Concentration risk percentage 16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_NotesReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_MX
Argentina
 
Concentration Risk [Line Items]  
Concentration risk percentage 8.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_NotesReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_AR
Colombia
 
Concentration Risk [Line Items]  
Concentration risk percentage 5.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_NotesReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_IT
Italy
 
Concentration Risk [Line Items]  
Concentration risk percentage 7.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_NotesReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= stpr_DC
Other (less than 5% individually)
 
Concentration Risk [Line Items]  
Concentration risk percentage 16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_NotesReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= sgms_OtherForeignCountriesMember
Total international notes receivable as a percentage of total notes receivable
 
Concentration Risk [Line Items]  
Concentration risk percentage 67.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_NotesReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= sgms_InternationalMember