Aristocrat Leisure
Government refuses to release results of first cashless gaming trial
A report into the first club to conduct a cashless gaming trial was completed in September but the government will not release it.
- by Toni Ambrogetti
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Scott had a billion-dollar brainwave in the shower. It sent rivals into a frenzy
The irresistible combination of maths, graphics and sound made billions of dollars - and triggered an almighty legal stoush.
- by Harriet Alexander
Pokies giant gets orders against senior staffer who allegedly downloaded cache of company documents
Aristocrat Leisure has won urgent orders stopping its head of game design from using any of the 6800 files he allegedly downloaded from the group’s servers.
- by Sarah Danckert
Gambling stocks’ 300 per cent surge is a dilemma for super funds
Gambling, with its proven links to social harms, may become a tougher investment to justify to the millions of workers who put their money in Australia’s $3.5 trillion superannuation system.
- by Amy Bainbridge
The ‘socially aware’ super funds that hold millions of poker-machine and gambling shares
While progressive super funds have largely divested from fossil fuel companies, some still invest members’ savings in pokies, casinos and online betting companies.
- by Michael Koziol
Analysis
Gaming & wagering
The $25 billion pokies giant gambling on tech
Aristocrat is the hidden name behind the headlines when talk turns to Australia’s addiction to poker machines, but the $25 billion group has made its biggest gamble on the tech industry.
- by Colin Kruger
Pokies giant takes $1.5b gamble on Israeli gaming outfit
Aristocrat Leisure will acquire NeoGames in a push to firm up its position in the online lottery market after a failed bid for another gaming firm last year.
- by Millie Muroi
Vegas, Nashville, New York: Gaming regulator to examine pokie junkets
Study tours for pokie purchases are common knowledge in the clubs industry. But are they in line with the law?
- by Harriet Alexander
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Online gambling
Australians spend millions playing the pokies on their phone but they’ll never win a cent
Unregulated, simulated casino games prove lucrative for developers, but experts fear they are breeding future problem gamblers.
- by James Lemon
‘Sorry Nick. We will kill you all off’: Aristocrat challenged over Xenophon text
Aristocrat faced hostile questions at its annual general meeting, as political momentum builds for gambling reform.
- by Harriet Alexander and Colin Kruger
Why clubs once wanted the technology they now call ‘reckless’
Pokie bosses have staged a dramatic about-face after pushing a cashless gaming card long before it was proposed by the state government.
- by Harriet Alexander
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