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	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Lotterie Nazionali S.r.l. ("LNS") Year	Sep. 30, 2011 Lotterie Nazionali S.r.l. ("LNS") USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Lotterie Nazionali S.r.l. ("LNS") USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Lotterie Nazionali S.r.l. ("LNS") USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Lotterie Nazionali S.r.l. ("LNS") EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2011 Consorzio Lotterie Nazionali (CLN) USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Northstar Lottery Group, LLC USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2011 Northstar Lottery Group, LLC USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Northstar Lottery Group, LLC Year	Sep. 30, 2011 International Terminal Leasing USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Sportech Plc Day	Feb. 28, 2011 Shandong Inspur Scientific Games Technology, Ltd USD ($)	Apr. 16, 2007 Shandong Inspur Scientific Games Technology, Ltd USD ($)
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Equity interest (as a percent)			20.00%		20.00%					20.00%		20.00%
Initial term of upfront fees for new concession (in years)		9
Performance evaluation term of upfront fees (in years)		5
Additional term of upfront fees associated with the new concession (in years)		9
Upfront fees associated with the new concession						€ 800,000
Upfront fees share related to the entity						160,000
Upfront fees amortization						89,000
Proportionate share of amortization of upfront fees						18,000
Return on earnings dividend				4,238			22,012
Amount received from equity method investee					10,870
Return of capital payment received from equity method investee			366	6,266
Term of private management of Illinois lottery (in years)										10
Maximum percentage of net income to be entitled to receive annual incentive compensation payments (as a percent)										5.00%
Contribution to the equity method investee								2,000	10,000
Investments	37,000										35,961
Investment														750
Time lag allowed under Accounting Standards Codification (in days)												90
Gain on sale of interest													$ 397