Aristocrat Leisure has reported profit of AU$398m (US$298m) for the 12 months to September 30, 2016.

Profits leap at Aristocrat Leisure

The earnings - normalised profit after tax and before amortisation of acquired intangibles - represent a 69 per cent increase on the $236m a year prior.

Revenue increased by more than 34 per cent, with the company seeing strong growth in its American business, which saw an $84.8m jump in post-tax profit. Revenue for Aristocrat’s Americas business climbed 28 per cent to $1.3bn.

Aristocrat said revenue had increased 31 per cent in its Australia and New Zealand business during the period, to $412m.

Source: Asia Gaming Brief