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The Company
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., the Americas subsidiary of global gaming leader Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Australian Stock Exchange: ALL), is responsible for the Company’s North America and Latin America operations from its headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada. Aristocrat Technologies designs, manufactures, markets, and sells gaming machines, progressive systems, and casino management systems.
Aristocrat Technologies offers a diversified product line that reaches into virtually all facets of the casino floor. In addition to video and stepper (mechanical reel) slots, the Company provides the OASIS 360™ casino management system and local-area and multisite progressive (MSP) systems.
Aristocrat also offers the full line of Interblock multiplayer gaming devices. Aristocrat’s customers and potential customers include licensed and legal Class III gaming establishments in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Aristocrat Technologies has sales and support centers in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Gulfport, Mississippi; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Reno, Nevada.
Aristocrat Technologies’ 2005 revenue was AU$498.9 million compared to AU$368.3 million in 2004. The increase was primarily the result of margin improvement, a 43 percent unit sales increase, an increase in recurring revenue, and solid performance in the OASIS systems segment.
In 2005 Aristocrat’s Americas division comprised 38 percent of the global company’s total revenue versus 32 percent in calendar year 2004. The Americas division contributed 43 percent of the global company’s contribution profit in 2005 versus 32 percent in 2004.
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