Newington. In with a chance

Ainsworth Game Technology, at Newington, may be considered as a replacement for Aristocrat Leisure’s poker machines in the biggest NSW hotel customer. The chief of listed National Leisure and Gaming (NLG), Andrew Jolliffe, said he was in talks with Aristocrat to replace nearly 100 Aristocrat video poker machines that were just a year old. Mr Jolliffe said he was considering returning them to Aristocrat under their lease-style system and replacing them with machines from US-based rivals Bally or Aruze, or local rival Len Ainsworth. NLG has more than 900 poker machines across 31 NSW hotels. At least 90 per cent are Aristocrat machines.