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Accel Entertainment, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 11/4/20, at 5:57pm ET   ·   As of:  11/5/20   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1698991-20-44   ·   File #:  1-38136

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11/05/20  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         10-Q        9/30/20   72:6.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

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13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     76K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    107K 
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders   HTML     97K 
                Equity                                                           
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    136K 
18: R7          Description of Business                             HTML     32K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     50K 
20: R9          Investment in Convertible Notes                     HTML     25K 
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22: R11         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs                HTML     30K 
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28: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     36K 
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33: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     45K 
34: R23         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     21K 
35: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     57K 
                (Policies)                                                       
36: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     49K 
                (Tables)                                                         
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                Adopted accounting pronouncements (Details)                      
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50: R39         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs - Narrative    HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R40         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs - Schedule of  HTML     25K 
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55: R44         Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments       HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
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57: R46         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Narrative         HTML    102K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     24K 
                Unaudited Pro Forma Results (Details)                            
59: R48         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     49K 
                Consideration Payable (Details)                                  
60: R49         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     29K 
                Measurements, Liabilities Measured on a Recurring                
                Basis (Details)                                                  
61: R50         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     23K 
62: R51         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML    111K 
63: R52         Stock-based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     55K 
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67: R56         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     52K 
68: R57         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     30K 
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