Acquisitions and Dispositions - 2011 Acquisitions (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended										0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Gaming USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Gaming USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Gaming USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2011 Barcrest USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Barcrest USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2010 Barcrest USD ($)		Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Barcrest Selling, general and administrative expenses USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest Trade Name USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest Customer lists USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest Intellectual property USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2011 Barcrest Gaming USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business, cash paid																											£ 33.0
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																																	1.9
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of doubtful accounts of $2.0 as of September 23, 2011																																	22.6
Inventories																																	7.5
Prepaid expenses, deposits and other current assets																																	1.8
Property, plant and equipment, net																																	14.5
Deferred income taxes																																	0.1
Other long-term assets																																	2.5
Intangible assets																																	12.0
Total assets																																	62.9
Accounts payable																																	7.7
Accrued liabilities																																	11.1
Long-term deferred income tax liabilities																																	2.1
Net identifiable assets acquired																																	42.0
Goodwill	1,186.9								801.4								1,186.9		801.4		768.4			673.0	262.7	247.7							6.4					6.4
Total equity purchase price																																	48.4
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable																																	2.0
Adjustment, increase in goodwill																												2.0	2.0
Adjustment, increase in other assets																												1.5	1.5
Adjustment, decrease in inventory																												2.0	2.0
Adjustment, decrease in deferred income taxes																												1.1	1.1
Adjustment, decrease in prepaid expenses, deposits and other current assets																												0.5	0.5
Goodwill	1,186.9								801.4								1,186.9		801.4		768.4			673.0	262.7	247.7							6.4					6.4
Intangible assets not amortizable																																			0.9
Intangible assets amortizable																																	11.1			5.7	5.4
Weighted average useful life																																				4 years	4 years 6 months
Acquisition-related costs expensed	11.1		2.8		2.7		4.4																											4.7
Services																	415.0		340.3		318.9							6.9
Product sales																	159.9		94.7		53.7							7.4
Net income (loss)	(3.5)	[1]	(0.5)	[2]	(13.0)	[3]	(13.2)	[4]	(24.7)	[5]	(27.1)	[6]	(12.6)	[7]	1.8	[8]	(30.2)		(62.6)		(12.6)							(0.5)
Pro Forma Information:
Revenue from Consolidated Statement of Operations	401.9	[1]	234.4	[2]	235.0	[3]	219.6	[4]	246.8	[5]	224.6	[6]	226.0	[7]	231.2	[8]	1,090.9	[9]	928.6	[9]	865.9	[9]	870.5
Add: revenue not reflected in Consolidated Statement of Operations plus pro forma adjustments																													43.2	[10]	53.4	[10]
Unaudited pro forma revenue																													909.1		923.9
Net loss from continuing operations	(0.5)	[1]	(0.4)	[2]	(12.4)	[3]	(12.3)	[4]	(12.4)	[5]	(24.5)	[6]	(10.9)	[7]	3.9	[8]	(25.6)		(43.9)		(5.8)		(144.4)
Add: net income not reflected in Consolidated Statement of Operations plus pro forma adjustments																													2.5	[10],[11]	6.6	[10],[11]
Unaudited pro forma net loss																													(3.3)		(137.8)
Elimination of intercompany revenue and costs																													3.2		0.5
Capitalization of development costs																													1.7		1.7
Additional depreciation and amortization assuming the fair value adjustments																													$ 2.3		$ 2.2

[1] Reflects operating results of WMS from the acquisition date to December 31, 2013 including $144.7 million of revenue, $63.8 million of costs of services and product sales, $47.5 million of SG&A, $19.1 million of R&D, $5.3 million of employee termination and restructuring costs, and $40.1 million of depreciation and amortization. Results for the three months ended December 31, 2013 also included an additional $17.1 million of employee termination and restructuring costs which are described in Note 4 (Restructuring Plans). Depreciation and amortization also includes $4.6 million of accelerated depreciation and amortization related to obsolete gaming machine software and $3.1 million of accelerated depreciation and amortization related to the exit from our instant lottery game operations in Mexico. SG&A also includes $11.1 million acquisition-related fees and expenses.

[2] Includes $2.8 million of acquisition-related fees and expenses.

[3] Includes $2.7 million of acquisition-related fees and expenses, and $8.7 million of depreciation related to a write-down of used gaming machines and accelerated depreciation related to our change in the estimated useful lives of our gaming machine fixed assets.

[4] Includes $4.4 million of acquisition-related fees and expenses.

[5] Includes $0.8 million employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business and the reorganization of our Australia printing operations. Includes $24.0 million of accelerated depreciation related to a write-down of gaming machines and software in our gaming business and certain development costs in our licensed properties business and $5.8 million of impairment charges related to underperforming Lottery Systems contracts.

[6] Includes $1.8 million employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business and the reorganization of our Australia printing operations. Includes $6.7 million of accelerated depreciation related to a write-down of gaming machines, $1.9 million of accelerated depreciation of equipment related to reorganization of our Australia printing operations and $1.6 million 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 $15.5 million comprised primarily of the redemption premium and the write-off of previously deferred financing costs.

[7] Includes $6.0 million employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business and the reorganization of our Australia printing operations. Includes $5.8 million of accelerated depreciation related to a write-down of certain development costs and obsolete gaming machines, $2.4 million of incremental depreciation from the acquisition of Barcrest and $1.5 million of accelerated depreciation of equipment related to the reorganization of our Australia printing operations.

[8] Includes $2.9 million employee termination and restructuring costs due to our exit from the Barcrest analog AWP business and the reorganization of our pub business.

[9] Total revenue from international customers for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $531.1 million, $483.4 million and $440.2 million, respectively.

[10] Pro forma adjustment made to eliminate intercompany revenue and costs of $3.2 million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

[11] Pro forma adjustment made to capitalize development costs of $1.7 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, in accordance with the Company's accounting policies.