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Revenue Recognition (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Gift card breakage revenue recognition period	8 months
Unredeemed gift card sales percentage	4.00%
Chiptopia Summer Rewards [Member]
Revenue recognized from deferred liability		$ 5,489

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Gift card breakage revenue recognition period

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The Company's estimated breakage rate of gift card sales.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109196051&loc=SL49130549-203045

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