Business and Geographic Segments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012		Sep. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2012		Mar. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Sep. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2011		Mar. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2012 Segment		Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Disclosures related to operating segments
Number of operating segments																	3
Revenue:
Instant tickets																	$ 493,642		$ 493,275		$ 465,090
Services																	352,317		331,701		363,138
Sales																	94,643		53,746		54,271
Total Revenue	249,243	[1]	227,477	[2]	229,307	[3]	234,575	[4]	239,079	[5]	222,739	[6]	220,248	[7]	196,656	[8]	940,602	[9]	878,722	[9]	882,499	[9]
Cost of instant tickets																	282,548	[10]	281,565	[10]	270,787	[10]
Cost of services																	181,108	[10]	171,374	[10]	206,034	[10]
Cost of sales																	65,053	[10]	38,340	[10]	38,045	[10]
Selling, general and administrative expenses	51,087	[1]	44,383	[2]	47,171	[3]	46,172	[4]	52,382	[5]	47,660	[6]	43,426	[7]	39,554	[8]	188,813		183,022		158,500
Write-down of assets held for sale			15,500														0		0		8,029
Employee termination and restructuring costs	751	[1]	1,830	[2]	6,046	[3]	2,875	[4]	967	[5]	1,030	[6]	0	[7]	0	[8]	11,502		1,997		602
Depreciation and amortization	64,525	[1]	39,241	[2]	39,086	[3]	30,518	[4]	30,701	[5]	27,994	[6]	29,004	[7]	30,904	[8]	173,370		118,603		141,766
Operating income	(6,333)	[1]	13,207	[2]	9,073	[3]	22,261	[4]	19,228	[5]	21,376	[6]	28,864	[7]	14,353	[8]	38,208		83,821		58,736
Assets	2,186,908								2,161,911								2,186,908		2,161,911		2,151,538
Capital, lottery and gaming systems expenditures																	108,507		89,774		108,518
Printed Products
Revenue:
Instant tickets																	493,642		493,275		465,090
Sales																	11,526		9,664		9,222
Total Revenue																	505,168		502,939		474,312
Cost of instant tickets																	282,548	[10]	281,565	[10]	270,787	[10]
Cost of sales																	7,569	[10]	5,928	[10]	6,981	[10]
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	45,617		49,269		46,894
Employee termination and restructuring costs																	5,852
Depreciation and amortization																	40,953		32,746		33,303
Operating income																	122,629		133,431		116,347
Assets	949,462								922,890								949,462		922,890		947,736
Capital, lottery and gaming systems expenditures																	26,382		22,120		19,351
Lottery Systems
Revenue:
Services																	209,585		205,801		199,439
Sales																	62,092		36,528		36,597
Total Revenue																	271,677		242,329		236,036
Cost of services																	113,918	[10]	109,016	[10]	104,274	[10]
Cost of sales																	40,275	[10]	25,134	[10]	25,716	[10]
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	26,376		23,713		22,973
Depreciation and amortization																	54,474		46,891		64,979
Operating income																	36,634		37,575		18,094
Assets	726,119								727,168								726,119		727,168		756,593
Capital, lottery and gaming systems expenditures																	52,410		47,766		47,679
Gaming
Revenue:
Services																	142,732		125,900		163,699
Sales																	21,025		7,554		8,452
Total Revenue																	163,757		133,454		172,151
Cost of services																	67,190	[10]	62,358	[10]	101,760	[10]
Cost of sales																	17,209	[10]	7,278	[10]	5,348	[10]
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	31,659		16,408		20,518
Write-down of assets held for sale																					8,029
Employee termination and restructuring costs																	5,650		1,997		602
Depreciation and amortization																	77,345		38,435		42,983
Operating income																	(35,296)		6,978		(7,089)
Assets	474,002								498,609								474,002		498,609		429,003
Capital, lottery and gaming systems expenditures																	29,715		19,888		41,488
Unallocated corporate costs
Disclosures related to operating segments
Increase in unallocated corporate expense																					17,100
Revenue:
Unallocated corporate costs																	85,759		94,163		68,616
Assets	37,325								13,244								37,325		13,244		18,206
Total Operating Segments
Revenue:
Instant tickets																	493,642		493,275		465,090
Services																	352,317		331,701		363,138
Sales																	94,643		53,746		54,271
Total Revenue																	940,602		878,722		882,499
Cost of instant tickets																	282,548	[10]	281,565	[10]	270,787	[10]
Cost of services																	181,108	[10]	171,374	[10]	206,034	[10]
Cost of sales																	65,053	[10]	38,340	[10]	38,045	[10]
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	103,652		89,390		90,385
Write-down of assets held for sale																					8,029
Employee termination and restructuring costs																	11,502		1,997		602
Depreciation and amortization																	172,772		118,072		141,265
Operating income																	$ 123,967		$ 177,984		$ 127,352

[1] Includes approximately $800 employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business in an effort to more effectively capitalize on the Barcrest acquisition and the reorganization of our Australia printing operations. Includes approximately $24,000 of accelerated depreciation related to a write-down of gaming terminals and software in our gaming business and certain development costs in our licensed properties business and approximately $5,800 of impairment charges related to underperforming Lottery Systems contracts.

[2] Includes approximately $1,800 employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business in an effort to more effectively capitalize on the Barcrest acquisition and the reorganization of our Australia printing operations. Includes approximately $6,700 of accelerated depreciation related to a write-down of gaming terminals, approximately $1,900 of accelerated depreciation of equipment related to reorganization of our Australia printing operations and approximately $1,600 of incremental depreciation from the acquisition of Barcrest. Includes a loss on early extinguishment of debt due to the redemption of the 2016 Notes resulting in a charge of approximately $15,500 comprised primarily of the redemption premium and the write-off of previously deferred financing costs.

[3] Includes approximately $6,000 employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business in an effort to more effectively capitalize on the Barcrest acquisition and the reorganization of our Australia printing operations. Includes approximately $5,800 of accelerated depreciation related to a write-down of certain development costs and obsolete gaming terminals, approximately $2,400 of incremental depreciation from the acquisition of Barcrest and approximately $1,500 of accelerated depreciation of equipment related to the reorganization of our Australia printing operations.

[4] Includes approximately $2,900 employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business in an effort to more effectively capitalize on the Barcrest acquisition.

[5] Includes approximately $1,000 employee termination and restructuring costs as a result of our cost reduction initiatives related to the integration of Barcrest.

[6] Includes approximately $1,000 employee termination and restructuring costs as a result of our cost reduction initiatives related to our migration to a new back-end technology platform. Includes a loss on early extinguishment of long-term debt of approximately $4,200 resulting from the write-off of deferred financing fees related to the August Amendment.

[7] Includes approximately $1,200 accelerated depreciation of our Gaming back-end technology platform as a result of the business's migration to a new technology.

[8] Includes approximately $5,200 accelerated depreciation of our Gaming back-end technology platform as a result of the business's migration to a new technology.

[9] Total revenue from international customers for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $495,427, $453,057 and $411,860, respectively.

[10] Exclusive of depreciation and amortization.