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Number of Third Party Processors

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) segment customer third_party_processor	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) customer	Dec. 31, 2022 third_party_processor
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment	2
Advertising costs	$ 89.1	$ 156.3
Selling and marketing expenses not directly related to a revenue generating transaction	$ 243.7	$ 202.3
Minimum
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Settlements receivable period	1 day
Maximum
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Settlements receivable period	2 days
Revenue Benchmark \| Customer Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers accounting for greater than 10% of total net revenue \| customer	0	0
Settlements Receivable \| Credit Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of third party processors \| third_party_processor	3		2
Settlements Receivable \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Third Party Processor One
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	41.00%		54.00%
Settlements Receivable \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Third Party Processor Two
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	29.00%		31.00%
Settlements Receivable \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Third Party Processor Three
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	10.00%