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Equity Investments (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Schedules of equity method investments See the tables below for details of our equity investments:
Equity Investment
 
Purpose
 
Concession and/or Supplier Agreement Term
 
Ownership Interest
 
Segment
LNS(1)
 
Exclusive operator of Italian instant game lottery
 
Initial term of nine years beginning October 2010, which was subsequently extended for up to nine years (September 2028)
 
20%
 
Lottery
Northstar NJ(2)
 
Provision of marketing and sales services to New Jersey Lottery
 
October 1, 2013 through 2029
 
18%
 
Lottery
Northstar SupplyCo New Jersey LLC (NJ SupplyCo)(3)
 
Separate agreement under which we provide instant games to Northstar NJ
 
October 1, 2013 through 2029
 
30%
 
Lottery
(1) Other members of consortium are Lottomatica Holdings, S.r.l. and Arianna 2001. LNS succeeded Consorzio Lotterie Nazionali, a consortium comprised of essentially the same group that owns LNS, as holder of the concession as the exclusive operator of the Italian Gratta e Vinci instant game lottery.
(2) Other members are IGT Global Solutions Corporation and a subsidiary of the administrator of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, this agreement provides us substantive participating rights.
(3) Other members are Gtech Corporation (now known as IGT) and OSI LTT NJ Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of OMERS Administration Corporation.
 
 
Equity investment Balance as of
December 31,
 
Equity earnings (loss) recognized
for the Year Ended
December 31,
 
Cash distributions and dividends received
for the Year Ended
December 31,
Equity Investment
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
LNS
 
$
201

 
$
224

 
$
16

 
$
17

 
$
14

 
$
33

 
$
38

 
$
40

Northstar NJ and NJ Supply Co
 
21

 
25

 
—

 
3

 
1

 
5

 
—

 
4

GLB and CSG
 
26

 
23

 
3

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
11

 
5

Other
 
25

 
26

 
5

 
4

 
12

 
11

 
14

 
18

Total under equity method
 
$
273

 
$
298

 
$
24

 
$
25

 
$
27

 
$
49

 
$
63

 
$
67

 
 
Revenue recognized from sales to investee for the Year Ended December 31,
Equity Investment
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
LNS
 
$
46

 
$
40

 
$
45

Northstar NJ and NJ Supply Co
 
24

 
23

 
20

Other
 
6

 
7

 
30

Total
 
$
76

 
$
70

 
$
95