Acquisitions and Dispositions (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended								0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 08, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2012 Parspro [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 19, 2012 Parspro [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 08, 2012 Provoloto [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 07, 2012 Technology and Gaming [Member] GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2011 Barcrest USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Barcrest USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2010 Barcrest USD ($)		Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest GBP (£)	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest Customer lists USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Barcrest Intellectual property Y	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest Intellectual property USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Gaming USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Gaming USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Gaming USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2011 Gaming Barcrest USD ($)
Acquisitions:
Equity interests of SG Provoloto, S. de R.L. de C.V. acquired	$ 9,720																							$ 9,900	$ 11,800	$ 9,720	£ 3,450
Equity interest (as a percent)		20.00%																20.00%								100.00%
Non-cash estimated earn-out for sellers and contingent on future performance on equity interests acquired of SG Provoloto, S. de R.L. de C.V.	2,000																									2,000
Goodwill		801,098								768,393								801,098		768,393		763,915				5,100	2,200											262,656	247,653	241,490	6,400
Adjustment, increase in goodwill																												2,040	2,040
Adjustment, increase in other assets																												1,490	1,490
Adjustment, decrease in inventory																												1,970	1,970
Adjustment, decrease in deferred income taxes																												1,090	1,090
Adjustment, decrease in prepaid expenses, deposits and other current assets																												470	470
Estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date based on a preliminary purchase price allocation
Cash and cash equivalents																																	1,900
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of doubt ful accounts of approximately $2,000 as of September 23, 2011																																	22,600
Inventories																																	7,500
Prepaid expenses, deposits and other current assets																																	1,800
Property and equipment																																	14,500
Deferred income taxes																																	100
Other long-term assets																																	2,500
Intangible assets																																	12,000
Total identifiable assets acquired																																	62,900
Accounts Payable																																	7,700
Accrued Liabilities																																	11,100
Long-term deferred income tax liabilities		62,265								56,264								62,265		56,264													2,100
Net identifiable assets acquired																																	42,000
Goodwill																																	6,400	33,000
Net assets acquired																																	48,400
Intangible assets not amortizable																																	900
Intangible assets amortizable																																	11,100		5,700		5,400
Weighted average useful life (in years)																																				4.5
Acquisition-related costs expensed																													4,700
Services																		352,317		331,701		363,138						6,900										142,732	125,900	163,699
Sales																		94,643		53,746		54,271						7,400										21,025	7,554	8,452
Net loss		24,724	[1]	27,133	[2]	12,589	[3]	(1,819)	[4]	8,533	[5]	4,124	[6]	(7,019)	[7]	6,932	[8]	62,627		12,570		149,201						500
Unaudited pro forma revenue and net income (loss)
Revenue from Consolidated Statement of Operations		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]															163,757	133,454	172,151
Add: Barcrest revenue not reflected in Consolidated Statement of Operations plus pro forma adjustments																													43,210	[10]	53,447	[10]
Unaudited pro forma revenue																													921,932		935,946
Net (loss) from Consolidated Statement of Operations		(24,724)	[1]	(27,133)	[2]	(12,589)	[3]	1,819	[4]	(8,533)	[5]	(4,124)	[6]	7,019	[7]	(6,932)	[8]	(62,627)		(12,570)		(149,201)						(500)
Add: Barcrest net income not reflected in Consolidated Statement of Operations plus pro forma adjustments																													2,518	[10],[11]	6,641	[10],[11]
Unaudited pro forma net loss																													(10,052)		(142,560)
Elimination of intercompany revenue and costs																													3,200		500
Capitalization of development costs																													1,700		1,700
Additional depreciation and amortization assuming the fair value adjustments																													$ 2,300		$ 2,200

[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] Pro forma adjustment made to eliminate intercompany revenue and costs of approximately $3,200 and $500 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

[11] Pro forma adjustment made to capitalize development costs in accordance with the Company's accounting policies, including approximately $1,700 for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.