Goodwill And Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Abstract]

4.GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill

We test goodwill for impairment as of October 1 each year, or more frequently as circumstances indicate it is necessary. Testing compares the estimated fair values of our reporting units to the reporting units’ carrying values. Our reporting units with goodwill balances as of September 30, 2013 include our Edmonton casino property and our CPL casino operations. We consider a variety of factors when estimating the fair value of our reporting units, including estimates about the future operating results of each reporting unit, various market analyses, and recent sales of comparable businesses, if such information is available to us. The Company makes a variety of estimates and judgments about the relevance and comparability of these factors to the reporting units in estimating the fair value of our reporting units.

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill related to the Company’s Edmonton property and CPL for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 are as follows:


Amounts in thousands	Edmonton	Casinos Poland	Total
Balance – January 1, 2013	$ 4,941	$ 0	$ 4,941
Purchase of Casinos Poland	0	8,221	8,221
Effect of foreign currency translation	(161)	132	(29)
Balance – September 30, 2013	$ 4,780	$ 8,353	$ 13,133

Goodwill related to the purchase of additional ownership in CPL was $8.4 million as of September 30, 2013 (Note 3).

Intangible Assets

Trademarks

The Company currently owns two trademarks, the Century Casinos trademark and the Casinos Poland trademark. As of April 8, 2013, the Company began reporting the Casinos Poland trademark as an intangible asset on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2013, the carrying amounts of the trademarks were as follows:


Amounts in thousands
Century Casinos	$ 104
Casinos Poland	1,955
Total	$ 2,059

The Company has determined both trademarks have indefinite useful lives and therefore the trademarks are not amortized.

Casino Licenses

Casinos Poland currently has nine casino licenses each with an original term of six years. As of April 8, 2013, the Company began reporting the Polish casino licenses as intangible assets on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the carrying amount of the Casinos Poland licenses from the date of acquisition to September 30, 2013 are as follows:


Amounts in thousands
Balance – April 8, 2013	$ 2,533
Amortization	(255)
Effect of foreign currency translation	31
Balance – September 30, 2013	$ 2,309

As of September 30, 2013, estimated amortization expense for the CPL casino licenses over the next five years is as follows:



Amounts in thousands
2013	138
2014	550
2015	550
2016	513
2017	419

Such estimates do not reflect the impact of future foreign exchange rate changes or the renewal of the licenses. The weighted average period before the next renewal is 4.2 years.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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