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Income Taxes (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes [Text Block]
INCOME TAXES
During the third quarter of 2013, we reported a $68.4 million non-taxable gain related to the re-measurement of our previously held equity interest in ecoATM. This item plus the non-discrete benefit of the Domestic Production Activities Deduction, which we are entitled to based on our domestic manufacturing activities, decreased our effective tax rate by 27.0 percentage points for the three months ended September 30, 2013.  During the second quarter of 2013, we entered into an arrangement to sell certain NCR kiosks and a series of transactions to reorganize Redbox related subsidiary structures through the sale of a wholly owned subsidiary.  As a result of the series of transactions we recorded a discrete one-time tax benefit of $17.8 million, net of a valuation allowance, through the realization of various capital and ordinary gains and losses.  The combined impact of these three items was a 24.4 percentage point reduction in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.  This benefit was partially offset by state income taxes.