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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Including Discontinued Operations

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles, Discount Rate

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles, Royalty Rate

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Business Combination, Valuation Analysis, Discount Rate

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Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Including Discontinued Operations

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Acquisitions - Schedule of Business Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Cash paid, net of cash acquired	$ 136	$ 186	$ 13
Contingent consideration	79	51
Allocation of purchase price to Intangible assets, net		87
Excess purchase price allocated to Goodwill	$ 101	191
Aggregate Total, Total Consideration		358
Aggregate Total, Cash paid, net of cash acquired		204
Aggregate total, contingent consideration		70
Aggregate total, allocation of purchase price to Intangible assets, net		268
Sport Cast Pty Limited
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Fair Value, Option, Changes in Fair Value, Gain (Loss)		$ 63
Minimum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Business combination, contingent consideration, discount rate	0.02
Discount rate		15.00%
Royalty rate		1.00%
Maximum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Business combination, contingent consideration, discount rate	0.16
Discount rate		29.00%
Royalty rate		52.00%
Maximum \| Acquisitions During Period
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Maximum contingent consideration payout	$ 213
Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Sport Cast Pty Limited
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Business Combination, Valuation Analysis, Discount Rate		15.00%
Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Minimum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Discount rate	16.00%
Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Maximum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Discount rate	18.00%
Game Content and Technology \| Royalty \| Minimum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Royalty rate	20.00%
Game Content and Technology \| Royalty \| Maximum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Royalty rate	21.00%
Trade Names \| Royalty \| Minimum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Royalty rate	1.00%
Trade Names \| Royalty \| Maximum
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Royalty rate	3.00%
Continuing Operations
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Total consideration	$ 171	$ 252
Cash paid, net of cash acquired		186
Cash paid, net of cash acquired	133
Contingent consideration	25	45
Allocation of purchase price to Intangible assets, net	$ 64	$ 52
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets	6 years	6 years 4 months 24 days
Excess purchase price allocated to Goodwill	$ 101	$ 191
Consideration, short term investments	$ 6
Discontinued Operations
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred [Abstract]
Total consideration		106
Cash paid, net of cash acquired		18
Contingent consideration		25
Allocation of purchase price to Intangible assets, net		$ 35
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets		6 years
Excess purchase price allocated to Goodwill		$ 77