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Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Investments [Abstract]  
Investments

4.    INVESTMENTS



Cost Investment

Mendoza Central Entretenimientos S.A.

On October 31, 2014, CRM entered into an agreement (the “MCE Agreement”) with Gambling and Entertainment LLC and its affiliates, pursuant to which CRM purchased 7.5% of the shares of MCE, a company formed in Argentina, for $1.0 million. Pursuant to the MCE Agreement, CRM is working with MCE to utilize MCE’s exclusive concession agreement with Instituto Provincial de Juegos y Casinos to lease slot machines and provide related services to Casino de Mendoza, a casino located in Mendoza, Argentina, and owned by the Province of Mendoza. MCE may also pursue other gaming opportunities. Under the MCE Agreement, CRM appointed one director to MCE’s board of directors and had a three-year option through October 2017 to purchase up to 50% of the shares of MCE, which the Company did not exercise. The Company accounts for the $1.0 million investment in MCE using the cost method.



Equity Investment

Minh Chau Ltd.

In April 2018, the Company’s subsidiary GHL entered into an agreement with MCL and its owners, pursuant to which GHL purchased an initial 6.36% ownership interest in MCL for $0.4 million and agreed to purchase an additional ownership interest in MCL up to a total of 51% of MCL over a three-year period for approximately $3.6 million. GHL has the option to purchase an additional 19% ownership interest in MCL for a total of 70% of MCL under certain conditions. In October 2018, GHL purchased an additional 2.85% ownership interest in MCL for $0.2 million, for a total ownership interest of 9.21%. GHL and MCL also entered into a management agreement under which GHL is managing the operations at MCL’s hotel and entertainment and gaming club in exchange for receiving a portion of MCL’s net profit. The Company valued the management agreement with MCL at $0.1 million and recorded it in deposits and other on its consolidated balance sheet as of the date of its investment in MCL. The Company accounts for GHL’s interest in MCL as an equity investment. The Company excluded the presentation of MCL’s financial information upon the Company’s determination that MCL’s financial results are not significant compared to the Company’s consolidated results. The Company’s maximum exposure to losses at December 31, 2018, based on the value of the equity investment in MCL and GHL’s 51% purchase commitment in MCL, was $3.6 million.