Reportable Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011
Revenue:
Instant tickets	$ 124,434		$ 126,693		$ 367,385		$ 370,972
Services	82,622		81,429		261,543		237,272
Sales	20,421		14,617		62,431		31,399
Total revenue	227,477		222,739		691,359		639,643
Cost of instant tickets	73,085	[1]	71,785	[1]	211,468		211,151
Cost of services	42,947	[1]	42,562	[1]	134,079		122,944
Cost of sales	12,784	[1]	10,332	[1]	43,949		21,383
Selling, general and administrative expenses	44,383		47,660		137,726		130,640
Employee termination and restructuring costs	1,830		1,030		10,751		1,030
Depreciation and amortization	39,241		27,994		108,845		87,902
Operating income (loss)	13,207		21,376		44,541		64,593
Total Operating Segments
Revenue:
Instant tickets	124,434		126,693		367,385		370,972
Services	82,622		81,429		261,543		237,272
Sales	20,421		14,617		62,431		31,399
Total revenue	227,477		222,739		691,359		639,643
Cost of instant tickets	73,085	[1]	71,785	[1]	211,468	[1]	211,151	[1]
Cost of services	42,947	[1]	42,562	[1]	134,079	[1]	122,944	[1]
Cost of sales	12,784	[1]	10,332	[1]	43,949	[1]	21,383	[1]
Selling, general and administrative expenses	26,300		23,893		76,396		63,743
Employee termination and restructuring costs	1,830		1,030		10,751		1,030
Depreciation and amortization	39,091		27,860		108,396		87,511
Operating income (loss)	31,440
Printed Products
Revenue:
Instant tickets	124,434		126,693		367,385		370,972
Services	0		0		0		0
Sales	2,932		2,953		8,177		6,810
Total revenue	127,366		129,646		375,562		377,782
Cost of instant tickets	73,085	[1]	71,785	[1]	211,468	[1]	211,151	[1]
Cost of services	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Cost of sales	1,844	[1]	1,906	[1]	5,245	[1]	4,150	[1]
Selling, general and administrative expenses	11,430		13,029		34,289		36,521
Employee termination and restructuring costs	287		0		4,794		0
Depreciation and amortization	10,426		8,177		31,242		24,745
Operating income (loss)	30,294		34,749		88,524		101,215
Lottery Systems Group
Revenue:
Instant tickets	0		0		0		0
Services	49,391		49,944		153,511		150,356
Sales	12,469		9,640		37,446		22,447
Total revenue	61,860		59,584		190,957		172,803
Cost of instant tickets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Cost of services	27,852	[1]	26,899	[1]	84,174	[1]	79,087	[1]
Cost of sales	6,997	[1]	6,813	[1]	23,681	[1]	15,585	[1]
Selling, general and administrative expenses	6,241		6,626		19,492		16,422
Employee termination and restructuring costs	0		0		0		0
Depreciation and amortization	11,877		11,939		35,953		35,185
Operating income (loss)	8,893		7,307		27,657		26,524
Diversified Gaming Group
Revenue:
Instant tickets	0		0		0		0
Services	33,231		31,485		108,032		86,916
Sales	5,020		2,024		16,808		2,142
Total revenue	38,251		33,509		124,840		89,058
Cost of instant tickets	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Cost of services	15,095	[1]	15,663	[1]	49,905	[1]	43,857	[1]
Cost of sales	3,943	[1]	1,613	[1]	15,023	[1]	1,648	[1]
Selling, general and administrative expenses	8,629		4,238		22,615		10,800
Employee termination and restructuring costs	1,543		1,030		5,957		1,030
Depreciation and amortization	16,788		7,744		41,201		27,581
Operating income (loss)	(7,747)		3,221		(9,861)		4,142
Unallocated corporate costs
Revenue:
Unallocated corporate costs	(18,233)		(23,901)		(61,779)		(67,288)
Operating income (loss)	$ 31,440		$ 45,277		$ 106,320		$ 131,881

[1] Exclusive of depreciation and amortization.