Aristocrat Leisure (ALL)

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Aristocrat Leisure (ALL) is a gaming hardware and software company which develops gaming machines, software systems and related equipment. The gaming company operates throughout the Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas.

Aristocrat systems are flexible slot accounting and reporting. It has the advances in cashless technologies, table management, surveillance and security, automated cash handling, and player-loyalty applications.

The company’s multi-station gaming is available in a range of player configurations, and featuring a choice of single and double-zero roulette wheels, the feel of a live table is replicated with the MEGASTAR and QUEEN ranges of Interblock roulette. These include the gaming like Interblock and PokerPro. Aristocrat offers various games and game machines like Reel Power, Multiline, Player’s Choice, Bonus Bank, XTreme, Mystery Link Hyperlink, The Aristocrat Stepper, Wide Area Jackpots (WAP) and Pachislot.

Aristocrat Leisure History

The Aristocrat Leisure story began in 1953 when Leonard Hastings Ainsworth began manufacturing poker machines in New South Wales. Poker machines were legalized in New South Wales, Australia three years later, after which Aristocrat produced Clubman, the first multi-line and scattered pay-out poker machine. The company had expanded its operations abroad, opening a European office in 1960. A year later,
it purchased a factory site in Rosebery, Sydney. Aristocrat launched its first machine in Nevada through an agent in 1964.

The company launched its first electronic gaming machine called Wild West in 1979. This became one of its most popular machines. Two years later, Aristocrat Leisure began to export machines. Also in that year, Si Redd took over US Agency, which later became International Gaming Technology (IGT), a current competitor.

The company held its IPO (initial public offering) in 1996, with its stock becoming listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Aristocrat Leisure was granted a license in Nevada in 2000 and also gained a license in Japan during the year. The company acquired TGS Systems in Sydney, Australia, as well as Las Vegas-based Casino Data Systems in 2001. In the same year, it also released the first pachislo game, Triple Shooter, in Japan. The company opened its US headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002. The company opened offices in both Macau and Russia in 2005.

Aristocrat Leisure Executives

Executive Board:
Paul Oneile is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.
David J Simpson is the Chairman Executive.
Simon Kelly is the Chief Financial Officer and Director, Finance.
Directors on the non-executive board include: William M. Baker, Roger Davis, Penny Morris, Sally AM Pitkin and Alan W Steelman.