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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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 unamortized debt discount (premium) and debt issuance costs.

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Represents the quantification of the effect of changes in the valuation technique and related inputs, during the period, used to measure the liability at fair value as of the statement of financial position reporting date.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital leases due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligations including current maturities.

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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Long-Term and Other Debt - Outstanding Debt (Details)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Long-Term and Other Debt - Outstanding Debt (Details)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 26, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 20, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 19, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2018 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	$ 8,843,000,000								$ 8,843,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(118,000,000)								(118,000,000)
Total long-term debt outstanding	8,725,000,000				$ 9,037,000,000				8,725,000,000	$ 9,037,000,000
Less: current portion of long-term debt	(45,000,000)				(45,000,000)				(45,000,000)	(45,000,000)
Long-term debt, excluding current portion	8,680,000,000				8,992,000,000				8,680,000,000	8,992,000,000
Debt instrument, fair value	9,181,000,000								9,181,000,000
Gain on remeasurement of debt	12,000,000	$ (19,000,000)	$ 3,000,000	$ (5,000,000)	14,000,000	$ (4,000,000)	$ 35,000,000	$ (1,000,000)	9,000,000	43,000,000	$ 0
Senior Secured Notes, maturing 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage															2.946%
Senior Subordinated Notes, maturing 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	341,000,000								341,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(2,000,000)								(2,000,000)
Senior Secured and Unsecured Notes, maturing 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in foreign currency exchange rates									68,000,000
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	$ 4,194,000,000								$ 4,194,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Secured Notes, maturing 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.00%								5.00%						2.946%
Face Value	$ 1,250,000,000								$ 1,250,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(15,000,000)								(15,000,000)
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 1,235,000,000				1,233,000,000				$ 1,235,000,000	1,233,000,000
Debt amount															$ 460,000,000	$ 900,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Secured Euro Notes, maturing 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	3.375%								3.375%
Face Value	$ 364,000,000								$ 364,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(5,000,000)								(5,000,000)
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 359,000,000				367,000,000				$ 359,000,000	367,000,000
Debt amount \| €																	€ 325,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Unsecured Notes, maturing 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	10.00%								10.00%
Face Value	$ 0								$ 0			$ 1,200,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	0								0
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 0				2,176,000,000				$ 0	2,176,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Unsecured Euro Notes, Maturing 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.50%								5.50%
Face Value	$ 280,000,000								$ 280,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(4,000,000)								(4,000,000)
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 276,000,000				282,000,000				$ 276,000,000	282,000,000
Debt amount \| €																	€ 250,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Unsecured Notes, Maturing 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	8.25%								8.25%
Face Value	$ 1,100,000,000								$ 1,100,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(15,000,000)								(15,000,000)
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 1,085,000,000				0				$ 1,085,000,000	0
Debt amount														$ 1,100,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Unsecured Notes, Maturing 2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	7.00%								7.00%
Face Value	$ 700,000,000								$ 700,000,000			700,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(10,000,000)								(10,000,000)
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 690,000,000				0				$ 690,000,000	0
Senior Notes \| Senior Unsecured Euro Notes, Maturing 2029 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	7.25%								7.25%
Face Value	$ 500,000,000								$ 500,000,000			500,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	(7,000,000)								(7,000,000)
Total long-term debt outstanding	493,000,000				0				493,000,000	0
Senior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	$ 341,000,000								$ 341,000,000
Senior Subordinated Notes \| Senior Subordinated Notes, Maturing 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	6.25%								6.25%
Face Value	$ 0								$ 0			$ 244,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	0								0
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 0				242,000,000				$ 0	242,000,000
Senior Subordinated Notes \| Senior Subordinated Notes, maturing 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	6.625%								6.625%
Total long-term debt outstanding	$ 339,000,000				337,000,000				$ 339,000,000	337,000,000
Capital Lease Obligations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	$ 11,000,000								$ 11,000,000
Capital Lease Obligations \| Finance lease obligations as of December 31, 2019 payable monthly through 2023 and other(3)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.652%								4.652%
Face Value	$ 11,000,000								$ 11,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	0								0
Total long-term debt outstanding	11,000,000				4,000,000				11,000,000	4,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount	9,000,000								9,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt outstanding	4,042,000,000				4,071,000,000				4,042,000,000	4,071,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt \| Senior Secured Revolver, maturing 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	195,000,000								195,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	0								0
Total long-term debt outstanding	195,000,000				0				195,000,000	0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt \| Senior Secured Revolver, maturing 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	0								0
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	0								0
Total long-term debt outstanding	0				325,000,000				0	325,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt amount													$ 650,000,000
SciPlay Revolver, Maturing 2024 [Member] [Member] \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	0								0
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	0								0
Total long-term debt outstanding	0				$ 0				0	$ 0
Term Loan \| Secured Debt \| Senior Secured Term Loan B-4, maturing 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Value	4,102,000,000								4,102,000,000
Unamortized debt discount/premium and deferred financing costs, net	$ (60,000,000)								$ (60,000,000)