Crown Resorts has paid a heavy price for the arrests of 18 employees in China last October, with VIP revenue for the six months to 31 December 2016 down a whopping 45.3 percent across its Australian Resorts. In an earnings announcement early Thursday, Crown Resorts confirmed what most had suspected...
Category - Gaming
ICE 2017 confirms record 30,000 visitation
First official figures from this year’s ICE Totally Gaming in London show that the world’s number one gaming trade exhibition broke through the 30,000 barrier for the first time with an attendance of 30,213. Pending verification by independent auditors in the coming weeks, the figure...
Betting scandal costs pie-eating goalkeeper
The reserve goalkeeper for English National League football side Sutton has been sacked after it was revealed the Gambling Commission had launched an investigation into him eating a pie during Monday’s fifth-round FA Cup loss to Arsenal. Wayne Shaw, the 46-year-old cult hero who weighs in at...
Ainsworth profits fall 38 percent
Australian slot machine developer Ainsworth Game Technology has cited regulatory delays and local competition as the reason for a half-year profit slump of 38 percent through the six months to 31 December. Ainsworth this week announced that it had made net profit of AU$20.6 million for the half...
Aristocrat appoint Matt Wilson Managing Director of the Americas
Aristocrat has announced the appointment of Matt Wilson as Managing Director of the Americas, the latest in a series of management changes sweeping through the company in recent months. Wilson, who was recently named one of the Top 40 business people Under 40 in Las Vegas, has been with Aristocrat...