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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets | The following tables present certain information regarding our intangible assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015. Amortizable intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives with no estimated residual values, which materially approximates the expected pattern of use.
| Gross Carrying Value |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Impairment Charges |  | Net Balance
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $ | 875.8 |  |  | $ | 163.9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 711.9 |
Intellectual property | 726.0 |  |  | 218.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 507.8 |
Licenses | 413.2 |  |  | 153.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 259.7 |
Brand names | 123.7 |  |  | 32.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 91.6 |
Trade names | 97.4 |  |  | 8.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 89.3 |
Patents and other | 28.0 |  |  | 14.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 13.8 |
| 2,264.1 |  |  | 590.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,674.1 |
Non-amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | 96.3 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 94.2 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 2,360.4 |  |  | $ | 592.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,768.3 |
Balance as of December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $ | 877.7 |  |  | $ | 109.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 768.6 |
Intellectual property (1) | 731.1 |  |  | 124.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 606.6 |
Licenses | 326.1 |  |  | 91.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 234.5 |
Brand names | 124.0 |  |  | 18.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 105.1 |
Trade names | 226.1 |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | 128.6 |  |  | 95.6 |
Patents and other | 27.1 |  |  | 12.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 14.3 |
| 2,312.1 |  |  | 358.8 |  |  | 128.6 |  |  | 1,824.7 |
Non-amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | 97.4 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 95.3 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 2,409.5 |  |  | $ | 360.9 |  |  | $ | 128.6 |  |  | $ | 1,920.0 |
(1) December 31, 2015 net balance includes $33.0 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 2016, with amortization commencing October 2016.
Schedule of Intangible Asset Amortization Expense | The following reflects intangible amortization expense included within D&A:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Amortization expense | $ | 251.9 |  |  | $ | 245.5 |  |  | $ | 83.0 |
The following reflects amortization of software included within D&A:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Amortization expense | $ | 158.9 |  |  | $ | 174.4 |  |  | $ | 91.9 |
Schedule of Estimated Intangible Asset Amortization Expense | Estimated intangible asset amortization expense for the year ending December 31, 2017 and each of the subsequent four years:
| Year Ending December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021
Amortization expense | $ | 258.7 |  |  | $ | 252.9 |  |  | $ | 205.5 |  |  | $ | 137.1 |  |  | $ | 134.8 |
Schedule of Goodwill Reconciliation | The table below reconciles the change in the carrying value of goodwill, by business segment, for the period from December 31, 2014 to December 31, 2016.
|  | Gaming |  | Lottery |  | Interactive |  | Totals
Balance as of December 31, 2014(1) |  | $ | 3,499.7 |  |  | $ | 498.8 |  |  | $ | 109.8 |  |  | $ | 4,108.3 |
Foreign currency adjustments |  | (78.7 | ) |  | (13.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (92.0 | )
Impairment charges |  | (935.0 | ) |  | (67.6 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,002.6 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2015 |  | 2,486.0 |  |  | 417.9 |  |  | 109.8 |  |  | 3,013.7 |
Foreign currency adjustments |  | (57.4 | ) |  | 1.1 |  |  | — |  |  | (56.3 | )
Impairment charges |  | — |  |  | (69.0 | ) |  | — |  |  | (69.0 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 2,428.6 |  |  | $ | 350.0 |  |  | $ | 109.8 |  |  | $ | 2,888.4 |
(1) We had no goodwill impairment charges in the preceding periods.

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