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Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Finite and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets | Amortizable intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives with no estimated residual value, which materially approximates the expected pattern of use of these intangible assets.
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Balance |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Balance
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $ | 879.2 |  |  | $ | (151.0 | ) |  | $ | 728.2 |  |  | $ | 877.7 |  |  | $ | (109.1 | ) |  | $ | 768.6 |
Intellectual property(1) | 733.9 |  |  | (195.3 | ) |  | 538.6 |  |  | 731.1 |  |  | (124.5 | ) |  | 606.6 |
Licenses | 417.8 |  |  | (139.0 | ) |  | 278.8 |  |  | 326.1 |  |  | (91.6 | ) |  | 234.5 |
Brand names | 125.2 |  |  | (29.1 | ) |  | 96.1 |  |  | 124.0 |  |  | (18.9 | ) |  | 105.1 |
Trade names | 97.4 |  |  | (6.5 | ) |  | 90.9 |  |  | 97.5 |  |  | (1.9 | ) |  | 95.6 |
Patents and other | 27.8 |  |  | (14.0 | ) |  | 13.8 |  |  | 27.1 |  |  | (12.8 | ) |  | 14.3 |
| 2,281.3 |  |  | (534.9 | ) |  | 1,746.4 |  |  | 2,183.5 |  |  | (358.8 | ) |  | 1,824.7 |
Non-amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | 96.7 |  |  | (2.1 | ) |  | 94.6 |  |  | 97.4 |  |  | (2.1 | ) |  | 95.3 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 2,378.0 |  |  | $ | (537.0 | ) |  | $ | 1,841.0 |  |  | $ | 2,280.9 |  |  | $ | (360.9 | ) |  | $ | 1,920.0 |
(1) December 31, 2015 net balance includes $33 million of in-process R&D assets that were not subject to amortization. These assets reached commercial feasibility at the end of the third quarter of 2016, with amortization commencing October 2016.
Schedule of Amortization Expense | Intangible amortization expense is included within D&A.
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Amortization expense | $ | 60.9 |  |  | $ | 181.5 |  |  | $ | 188.8 |  |  | $ | 331.8 |
Software amortization expense is included within D&A.
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Amortization expense | $ | 44.2 |  |  | $ | 32.2 |  |  | $ | 122.6 |  |  | $ | 112.0 |
Reconciliation of the Carrying Amount of Goodwill, by Business Segment | The table below reconciles the change in the carrying amount of goodwill by business segment for the period from December 31, 2015 to September 30, 2016.
Goodwill |  | Gaming |  | Lottery |  | Interactive |  | Totals
Balance as of December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 2,486.0 |  |  | $ | 417.9 |  |  | $ | 109.8 |  |  | $ | 3,013.7 |
Foreign currency adjustments |  | (27.1 | ) |  | 4.4 |  |  | — |  |  | (22.7 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2016 |  | $ | 2,458.9 |  |  | $ | 422.3 |  |  | $ | 109.8 |  |  | $ | 2,991.0 |

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