Financial Information for Guarantor Subsidiaries and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries - Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements
Revenue	$ 737.0	$ 671.6	$ 691.5	$ 658.7	$ 565.8	$ 415.6	$ 416.9	$ 388.1		$ 2,758.8	$ 1,786.4	$ 1,090.9	$ 928.6
Cost of instant ticket revenues, cost of services and cost of sales	323.4	250.0	275.3	255.4	275.0	199.2	192.4	182.8		1,104.1	849.4	591.7
Selling, general and administrative	144.1	136.8	140.9	145.9	225.1	95.6	95.2	91.8		567.7	507.7	266.4
Research and development	43.1	45.9	48.0	46.9	40.0	26.3	24.8	25.9		183.9	117.0	26.0
Employee termination and restructuring	2.9	5.6	5.2	8.2	18.3	1.9	4.9	5.6		21.9	30.7	22.7
Depreciation and amortization	210.3	286.5	222.2	184.2	163.8	100.4	96.0	94.1		903.2	454.3	202.4
Goodwill impairments	67.6	935.0	0.0	0.0					$ 935.0	1,002.6	0.0	0.0
Operating loss	(54.4)	(988.2)	(0.1)	18.1	(156.4)	(7.8)	3.6	(12.1)	(970.2)	(1,024.6)	(172.7)	(18.3)
Interest expense										(664.9)	(307.2)	(119.5)
Other income (expense), net										(4.7)	(15.0)	(5.5)
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes										(1,694.2)	(494.9)	(143.3)
Equity in (loss) income of subsidiaries										0.0	0.0	0.0
Income tax benefit										299.9	260.6	117.7
Net loss from continuing operations										(1,394.3)	(234.3)	(25.6)	$ (43.9)
Net loss from discontinued operations										0.0	0.0	(4.6)
Net loss	$ (127.5)	(1,078.2)	$ (102.2)	$ (86.4)	$ (47.1)	$ (69.8)	$ (72.4)	$ (45.0)	(1,266.8)	(1,394.3)	(234.3)	(30.2)
Other comprehensive (loss) income										(127.8)	(112.7)	21.3
Comprehensive loss		$ 1,127.2							$ 1,402.9	(1,522.1)	(347.0)	(8.9)
Parent Company
Condensed Financial Statements
Revenue										0.0	0.0	0.0
Cost of instant ticket revenues, cost of services and cost of sales										0.0	0.0	0.0
Selling, general and administrative										62.0	86.7	77.2
Research and development										0.0	0.0	0.0
Employee termination and restructuring										6.1	3.5	8.9
Depreciation and amortization										33.7	7.9	1.2
Goodwill impairments										0.0
Operating loss										(101.8)	(98.1)	(87.3)
Interest expense										(0.3)	(2.8)	(21.3)
Other income (expense), net										(21.0)	(57.9)	16.3
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes										(123.1)	(158.8)	(92.3)
Equity in (loss) income of subsidiaries										(1,309.0)	(330.3)	(61.8)
Income tax benefit										37.8	254.8	128.5
Net loss from continuing operations										(1,394.3)	(234.3)	(25.6)
Net loss from discontinued operations										0.0	0.0	(4.6)
Net loss										(1,394.3)	(234.3)	(30.2)
Other comprehensive (loss) income										(127.8)	(112.7)	21.3
Comprehensive loss										(1,522.1)	(347.0)	(8.9)
SGI
Condensed Financial Statements
Revenue										446.9	432.0	413.1
Cost of instant ticket revenues, cost of services and cost of sales										322.1	325.5	129.1
Selling, general and administrative										67.6	67.0	52.7
Research and development										5.5	4.0	4.6
Employee termination and restructuring										1.3	1.8	2.8
Depreciation and amortization										40.4	46.9	46.1
Goodwill impairments										67.6
Operating loss										(57.6)	(13.2)	177.8
Interest expense										(128.3)	(146.7)	(97.2)
Other income (expense), net										204.9	4.3	(190.5)
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes										19.0	(155.6)	(109.9)
Equity in (loss) income of subsidiaries										6.5	55.9	29.4
Income tax benefit										16.6	(0.3)	(0.3)
Net loss from continuing operations										42.1	(100.0)	(80.8)
Net loss from discontinued operations										0.0	0.0
Net loss										42.1	(100.0)	(80.8)
Other comprehensive (loss) income										(11.0)	(7.5)	(1.8)
Comprehensive loss										31.1	(107.5)	(82.6)
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Financial Statements
Revenue										1,683.9	973.4	164.9
Cost of instant ticket revenues, cost of services and cost of sales										576.8	405.4	183.8
Selling, general and administrative										282.2	234.2	50.3
Research and development										148.8	95.0	17.4
Employee termination and restructuring										11.2	17.5	3.5
Depreciation and amortization										689.0	303.3	61.4
Goodwill impairments										802.9
Operating loss										(827.0)	(82.0)	(151.5)
Interest expense										(535.6)	(156.9)	(0.2)
Other income (expense), net										(173.6)	(14.2)	181.2
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes										(1,536.2)	(253.1)	29.5
Equity in (loss) income of subsidiaries										(174.3)	(19.0)	0.0
Income tax benefit										299.5	19.7	0.0
Net loss from continuing operations										(1,411.0)	(252.4)	29.5
Net loss from discontinued operations										0.0	0.0
Net loss										(1,411.0)	(252.4)	29.5
Other comprehensive (loss) income										(4.4)	6.5	0.0
Comprehensive loss										(1,415.4)	(245.9)	29.5
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Financial Statements
Revenue										966.6	640.9	516.8
Cost of instant ticket revenues, cost of services and cost of sales										543.8	378.3	287.3
Selling, general and administrative										155.9	119.8	87.8
Research and development										29.6	18.0	4.0
Employee termination and restructuring										3.3	7.9	7.5
Depreciation and amortization										140.1	96.2	93.7
Goodwill impairments										132.1
Operating loss										(38.2)	20.7	36.5
Interest expense										(0.7)	(0.8)	(0.8)
Other income (expense), net										(15.0)	52.8	(6.3)
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes										(53.9)	72.7	29.4
Equity in (loss) income of subsidiaries										0.0	0.0	0.0
Income tax benefit										(54.0)	(13.6)	(10.5)
Net loss from continuing operations										(107.9)	59.1	18.9
Net loss from discontinued operations										0.0	0.0	(4.6)
Net loss										(107.9)	59.1	14.3
Other comprehensive (loss) income										(131.0)	(111.2)	1.1
Comprehensive loss										(238.9)	(52.1)	15.4
Eliminating Entries
Condensed Financial Statements
Revenue										(338.6)	(259.9)	(3.9)
Cost of instant ticket revenues, cost of services and cost of sales										(338.6)	(259.8)	(8.5)
Selling, general and administrative										0.0	0.0	(1.6)
Research and development										0.0	0.0	0.0
Employee termination and restructuring										0.0	$ 0.0	0.0
Depreciation and amortization										0.0		0.0
Goodwill impairments										0.0
Operating loss										0.0	$ (0.1)	6.2
Interest expense										0.0	0.0	0.0
Other income (expense), net										0.0	0.0	(6.2)
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes										0.0	(0.1)	0.0
Equity in (loss) income of subsidiaries										$ 1,476.8	293.4	32.4
Income tax benefit											0.0	0.0
Net loss from continuing operations										$ 1,476.8	293.3	32.4
Net loss from discontinued operations										0.0	0.0	4.6
Net loss										1,476.8	293.3	37.0
Other comprehensive (loss) income										146.4	112.2	0.7
Comprehensive loss										$ 1,623.2	$ 405.5	$ 37.7