Aristocrat Leisure Ltd shares down Wednesday, underperforms the Consumer Discretionary sector
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Aristocrat raises bets on US online gaming
Aristocrat Leisure is best known for making poker and slot machines, but says there is also plenty of room for digital market gains in North America.
ASX 200 down; Nuix, MinRes among worst decliners
ASIC warns of broader Cbus-like issues as super gint agrees to Senate hearing. Johns Lyng gets second strike. MinRes to mothball WA mine, 300 jobs impacted. Nuix sinks 20pc-plus despite CEO assurance. WiseTech hit with class action.
Aristocrat to offload video game developer to Swedes
Aristocrat Leisure will sell its Plarium Global business to a Swedish group for more than $1bn so it can focus on its core gaming machine and online operations.
ASX 200 down; Paladin smashed; Platinum cops second strike
Paladin sinks 20pc-plus on mine challenges. Platinum Asset investors vote against pay plan. New intraday records for Aristocrat, CBA. ACCC says airfares up since ‘Rexit’, but Qantas has a different view. Business, consumer confidence up.
Soul Patts rules out Platinum bid amid record dividend run
The investment house has ruled out making a bid for Platinum Asset Management after an unsuccessful attempt for Perpetual, as it closes in on becoming Australia’s first dividend aristocrat.
ASX 200 lifts as CBA, Macquarie test new peaks
CBA hits all-time intraday high. Macquarie up 2.3pc on the day. First Super’s CFMEU-linked co-chair steps down after APRA action. Pacific Smiles CEO Andrew Vidler resigns.
US-based gaming supplier’s strategy for Aussie expansion
Las Vegas-based ASX-listed gaming supplier Light & Wonder plans to grow its Australian market share and investor base as it challenges Aristocrat’s longstanding dominance.
Aristocrat continues legal pursuit, posts ‘high quality’ profit
A better-than-expected profit result sent the gaming company’s shares surging, while it flagged a strategic review which may see it sell non-core assets.
ASX 200 has its best day in five months
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue will be ‘doing the numbers’ on hydrogen plant: Incitec. Bourse jumps 1.7 per cent as jobs data adds to rate cut optimism. Aristocrat soars. Incitec, Fonterra rise. Namoi falls.
Pokies war: Light & Wonder hits out at titan Aristocrat
A fight over a pokies game ‘Dragon Train’ has seen newcomer Light & Wonder accuse its bigger rival and global leader Aristocrat of a long-running campaign of trying to undermine its success.
ASX 200 in red as big banks tumble
The sharemarket has closed slightly lower, as Macquarie downgrade hits banks. Appen dives as takeover bid dropped. Superloop soars as wins contract, Aussie Broadband tanks.
‘Knock off’: Blockbuster battle heads to court over Dragon-themed pokies game
A ferocious legal brawl over one of the poker machine industry’s biggest cash cows has broken out, with two powerful Australian gaming developers at war over a hyped new game.
Gaming company worker’s devices seized, court told
Devices belonging to a worker of gaming company Aristocrat Technologies have been seized as part of an intellectual property infringement case.
Wake up to joy of separate bedrooms, couples urged
Hollywood aristocrat Cameron Diaz lends support to a movement that says it’s okay for people in relationships to sleep apart.
Aristocrat lifts D&D spend as it eyes new opportunities
One of the world’s biggest pokie machine businesses will ramp up its spending in design and development as it looks to move games online and increase its presence in North America.
ASX hits eight-week high; Santos court blow
Southern Cross rebuffs Catalano merger offer. Santos blocked from laying entire Barossa pipelines. Wages rise 1.3 per cent in 3Q. Optus says parent company Singtel’s upgrade triggered outage. Platinum gets first strike.
US gaming giant looking to take on Aristocrat
Having recruited some of the “Spielbergs and Scorseses” of electronic gaming, ASX newcomer Light & Wonder is looking to shake up the Australian industry.
Aristocrat Leisure cashes in on NFL popularity
It’s early days for Aristocrat’s play in the US NFL market but the company believes its newest slot machine will be a hit among a new younger group of men.
England’s moral superiority fails the Test of history
Jonny Bairstow’s stumping should be seen in context, going all the way back to the Bodyline tour, when a mean-spirited English aristocrat executed the most unsportsmanlike strategy ever deployed.
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