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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer, immediately before the acquisition date for businesses combined in stages.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting - Estimated purchase consideration (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions, shares in Billions	Aug. 26, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 22, 2021 USD ($) shares	Apr. 22, 2021 £ / shares	Apr. 22, 2021 $ / shares
William Hill
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of William Hill equity awards		$ 30
Total purchase consideration		3,912
William Hill \| Net of Receivable or Payable
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, separately recognized transactions, settlement of pre existing relationship		7
William Hill \| Off-Market Right
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, separately recognized transactions, settlement of pre existing relationship		(34)
William Hill \| Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid		$ 3,909
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares) \| shares		1.0
Business acquisition, share price (in dollars per share) \| (per share)			£ 2.72	$ 3.77
Horseshoe Baltimore
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid	$ 55
Total purchase consideration	154
Horseshoe Baltimore \| Net of Receivable or Payable
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, separately recognized transactions, settlement of pre existing relationship	18
Horseshoe Baltimore \| Off-Market Right
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, separately recognized transactions, settlement of pre existing relationship	$ 81