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Aristocrat to launch EGM-based responsible gaming features

Feb 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Casino slot machine maker and digital games provider Aristocrat Leisure Ltd says it plans to launch in the first quarter this year a new product with responsible gaming features, which has already...

Ainsworth US$40mln half-year loss on impairment charge

Feb 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd reported a loss after tax of AUD50.1 million (US$39.9 million) for the six months to December 31, compared to AUD4.0-million profit a year earlier....

Pansy Ho sells off more stock in MGM Resorts for US$36mln

Feb 23, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck, World

Pansy Ho Chiu King (pictured in a file photo), a co-chairperson and executive director of Macau casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd, has sold for US$35.6 million an aggregate of one million shares...

Slot maker Ainsworth uses US$35mln loan to pay off ANZ

Feb 19, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Australia-based slot machine maker Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd says it has a new five-year secured-credit facility worth US$35.0 million, with United States-based lender Western Alliance Bancorp....

Novomatic restructures sales, production departments

Feb 18, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, World

Austria-based gaming equipment maker and operator Novomatic AG says it has restructured the group’s sales and production departments, in a bid to “increase efficiency” and “amplify synergy...

IGT extends banking deal via Global Payments for IGTPay

Feb 17, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, World

International Game Technology Plc (IGT), a provider of casino-floor technology and online game content, says it has extended by a minimum of five years, the group’s deal with an outside commercial...

Ainsworth flags improved revenue in half to December

Feb 10, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, World

Australia-based slot machine maker Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd says it expects to report “improved revenue” for the six months ended December 31, 2020. This reflects an increase of 71 percent...

Former Melco partner Crown unsuitable for Sydney casino

Feb 09, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd – until 2016 a partner in the Macau gaming market alongside the Melco brand – has been found unsuitable to operate a new Sydney casino at Barangaroo,...

Wynn Resorts ups share offer, to raise at least US$748mln

Feb 09, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck, World

Wynn Resorts Ltd has upped by 18.2 percent the number of common-stock shares it intends to offer to the public on an underwritten basis, and by the same percentage the number of additional shares it...

Sci Games CEO Cottle 3yr deal, Throsby signing award

Feb 08, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, World

Casino equipment maker and games provider Scientific Games Corp says that on Friday it agreed a new three-year deal with its chief executive Barry Cottle (pictured), which will see his annual base...