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Accel Entertainment, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 3/10/22, at 5:55pm ET   ·   As of:  3/11/22   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1698991-22-4   ·   File #:  1-38136

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 3/11/22  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         10-K       12/31/21  118:12M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.45M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     32K 
 3: EX-23       Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     30K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
13: R1          Cover                                               HTML     96K 
14: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     36K 
15: R3          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS and           HTML    117K 
                COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Loss)                                      
16: R4          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS and           HTML     32K 
                COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Loss) (Parenthetical)                      
17: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    159K 
18: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     48K 
19: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders? Equity     HTML    113K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
20: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    187K 
21: R9          Description of Business                             HTML     43K 
22: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     86K 
23: R11         Reverse Recapitalization                            HTML    134K 
24: R12         Investment in Convertible Notes                     HTML     38K 
25: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     47K 
26: R14         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs                HTML     43K 
27: R15         Location Contracts Acquired                         HTML     44K 
28: R16         Goodwill                                            HTML     40K 
29: R17         Debt                                                HTML     71K 
30: R18         Business and Asset Acquisitions                     HTML    134K 
31: R19         Contingent Earnout Share Liability                  HTML     42K 
32: R20         Warrant Liability                                   HTML     36K 
33: R21         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    104K 
34: R22         Stockholders? Equity                                HTML     47K 
35: R23         Gaming Terminal Fees                                HTML     34K 
36: R24         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     38K 
37: R25         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML    100K 
38: R26         Income Taxes                                        HTML     93K 
39: R27         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     49K 
40: R28         Related-Party Transactions                          HTML     38K 
41: R29         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     53K 
42: R30         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     34K 
43: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    129K 
                (Policies)                                                       
44: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     57K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R33         Reverse Recapitalization (Tables)                   HTML     54K 
46: R34         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     50K 
47: R35         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs (Tables)       HTML     37K 
48: R36         Location Contracts Acquired (Tables)                HTML     45K 
49: R37         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     37K 
50: R38         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     58K 
51: R39         Business and Asset Acquisitions (Tables)            HTML     91K 
52: R40         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     97K 
53: R41         Stockholders? Equity (Tables)                       HTML     42K 
54: R42         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    101K 
55: R43         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     92K 
56: R44         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     38K 
57: R45         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     51K 
58: R46         Description of Business (Details)                   HTML     52K 
59: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Adopted accounting pronouncements (Details)                      
60: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     53K 
                Change in estimate (Details)                                     
61: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     50K 
                Schedule of property and equipment useful lives                  
                (Details)                                                        
62: R50         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Route  HTML     34K 
                and customer acquisition costs (Details)                         
63: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     34K 
                Location contracts acquired (Details)                            
64: R52         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     32K 
                Advertising costs (Details)                                      
65: R53         Reverse Recapitalization - Narrative (Details)      HTML     85K 
66: R54         Reverse Recapitalization - Schedule of Proceeds     HTML     58K 
                from Reverse Capitalization (Details)                            
67: R55         Reverse Recapitalization - Schedule of Equity       HTML     54K 
                Interests Issued from Reverse Capitalization                     
                (Details)                                                        
68: R56         Investment in Convertible Notes (Details)           HTML     46K 
69: R57         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     62K 
70: R58         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs - Narrative    HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R59         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs - Schedule of  HTML     36K 
                Customer Contract Acquired (Details)                             
72: R60         Location Contracts Acquired - Schedule of Customer  HTML     37K 
                Contract Acquired (Details)                                      
73: R61         Location Contracts Acquired - Additional            HTML     46K 
                Information (Details)                                            
74: R62         Location Contracts Acquired - Schedule of           HTML     46K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Amortization                      
                Expense (Details)                                                
75: R63         Goodwill - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     41K 
76: R64         Goodwill - Schedule of changes in Goodwill,         HTML     36K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
77: R65         Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments       HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R66         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    115K 
79: R67         Debt - Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt     HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R68         Debt - Schedule of Carrying Value and Estimated     HTML     37K 
                Fair Value (Details)                                             
81: R69         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Narrative         HTML    199K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R70         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     67K 
                Consideration Transferred - AVG (Details)                        
83: R71         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     69K 
                Consideration Transferred - Grand River Jackpot                  
                (Details)                                                        
84: R72         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     35K 
                Unaudited Pro Forma Results (Details)                            
85: R73         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     64K 
                Consideration Payable (Details)                                  
86: R74         Contingent Earnout Share Liability (Details)        HTML     77K 
87: R75         Warrant Liability (Details)                         HTML     57K 
88: R76         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     44K 
                Measurements, Assets (Details)                                   
89: R77         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Unobservable  HTML     38K 
                Input Asset Value Reconciliation (Details)                       
90: R78         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     51K 
                Measurements, Liabilities Measured on a Recurring                
                Basis (Details)                                                  
91: R79         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     41K 
                Measurements, Contingent Considerations (Details)                
92: R80         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     32K 
93: R81         Stockholders? Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     87K 
94: R82         Stockholders? Equity - Schedule of Stock Reserved   HTML     39K 
                for Issuance (Details)                                           
95: R83         Gaming Terminal Fees (Details)                      HTML     36K 
96: R84         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     49K 
97: R85         Stock-based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML    101K 
98: R86         Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Assumptions  HTML     49K 
                for Options Granted (Details)                                    
99: R87         Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Options       HTML     42K 
                Granted and Range in Vesting Periods (Details)                   
100: R88         Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Vested       HTML     65K  
                Stock Options (Details)                                          
101: R89         Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested     HTML     50K  
                Stock Options (Details)                                          
102: R90         Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Nonvested    HTML     55K  
                RSU Activity (Details)                                           
103: R91         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     42K  
104: R92         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income     HTML     54K  
                Tax Expense (Details)                                            
105: R93         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Expected Income    HTML     57K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
106: R94         Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and  HTML     55K  
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
107: R95         Income Taxes - Summary of Carryforwards of Net      HTML     36K  
                Operating Losses (Details)                                       
108: R96         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     45K  
                (Details)                                                        
109: R97         Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Future  HTML     45K  
                Minimum Payments (Details)                                       
110: R98         Related-Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     89K  
111: R99         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     75K  
112: R100        Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     33K  
113: R9999       Uncategorized Items - acel-20211231.htm             HTML     49K  
116: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    218K  
114: XML         XBRL Instance -- acel-20211231_htm                   XML   2.67M  
115: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    164K  
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- acel-20211231_cal               XML    277K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- acel-20211231_def                XML    975K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- acel-20211231_lab                     XML   2.42M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- acel-20211231_pre              XML   1.55M 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- acel-20211231                         XSD    269K 
117: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              559±   828K  
118: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001698991-22-000004-xbrl      Zip    642K

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 3/02/21  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:1,7,9   3/02/21   13:2.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/06/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:1,2,9   8/04/20   15:8.6M
 8/06/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         10-Q        6/30/20   75:9.7M
 7/20/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:5,9     7/15/20    4:262K
 5/11/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:5,9     5/06/20    2:53K
 3/16/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         10-K       12/31/19  108:22M
 3/04/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:5,9     2/27/20    4:170K
 1/24/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         S-8         1/24/20    7:207K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/26/19  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:1,2,3,511/20/19   15:2.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/14/19  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:1,2,8,911/13/19    2:1.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/07/19  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         8-K:1,5,8,911/06/19    4:108K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/07/19  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         S-4/A                 18:9.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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