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Note 18 - Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
18.  Related Party Transactions
 
The Company leases its office headquarters building and one tavern location from a company 33% beneficially owned by Blake L. Sartini and 3% beneficially owned by Stephen A. Arcana, and leases three of its tavern locations from companies owned or controlled by Mr. Sartini or by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Sartini’s immediate family members for which Mr. Sartini serves as trustee. In addition, as of December 31, 2015, the Company leased a further tavern location from a company 65% beneficially owned by Mr. Sartini and 5% beneficially owned by Mr. Arcana, which company divested its interest in such tavern location in January 2016. The lease for the Company’s office headquarters building expires on July 31, 2025, and the leases for the tavern locations have remaining terms ranging from one to 14 years. Rent expense during the year ended December 31, 2015 was $0.5 million for the office headquarters building and $0.6 million in the aggregate for such tavern locations. No amount was owed or due as of December 31, 2015 under the leases of such tavern locations and office headquarters building. Additionally, a portion of the office headquarters building is sublet to a company owned or controlled by Mr. Sartini. Rental income during the year ended December 31
, 2015 for the sublet portion of the office headquarters building was less than $0.1 million. No amounts were owed or due as of December 31, 2015 under the lease or sublease of the office headquarters building. Mr. Sartini serves as the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is co-trustee of the Sartini Trust, which is a significant shareholder of the Company. Mr. Arcana serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. All of the lease agreements were in place prior to the consummation of the Merger.
 
Mr. Sartini’s son, Blake Sartini II (“Mr. Sartini II”), joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Distributed Gaming in connection with the Merger. Mr. Sartini II has an employment agreement that was approved by both the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and provides for an annual base salary of $275,000, of which approximately $113,000 was earned for the period from August 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Additionally, Mr. Sartini II received commissions or discretionary bonuses of approximately $10,000 in 2015 and, commencing in 2016, will be eligible for a target annual bonus equal to 35% of his base salary. Mr. Sartini II also participates in the Company's equity award and benefit programs.
 
Three of the distributed gaming locations at which the Company’s gaming devices are located are owned in part by the spouse of Matthew W. Flandermeyer, who serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Net revenues and gaming expenses recorded by the Company from the use of the Company’s gaming devices at these three locations were $
0.54 million and $
0.46 million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2015. The gaming expenses recorded by the Company represent amounts retained by the counterparty (with respect to the two locations that are subject to participation agreements) or paid to the counterparty (with respect to the location that is subject to a revenue share agreement) from the operation of the gaming devices. No amounts were owed and less than $0.1 million was due related to these arrangements as of December 31, 2015. All of the agreements were in place prior to the consummation of the Merger.
 
Additionally, a fourth distributed gaming location at which the Company’s gaming devices are located is owned in part by Terrence Wright, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Company. Net revenues and gaming expenses recorded by the Company from the use of the Company’s gaming devices at this location were $
0.31 million and $0.25 million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2015. The gaming expenses recorded by the Company represent amounts retained by the counterparty with respect to this location from the operation of the gaming devices pursuant to a participation agreement with the Company. No amounts were owed or due related to this arrangement as of December 31, 2015. The agreement was in place prior to the consummation of the Merger.