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Dragons could help pokies maker Light and Wonder spread its wings
Aristocrat’s newest rival has enjoyed strong share price growth in its first year on the ASX. A controversial new game holds the key to its future.
Zoe SamiosBusiness reporterIn George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen is known, among other things, as the mother of dragons. In her native tongue, Valyrian, she commands her three dragons to breathe fire, burning everything in their path.
For Light and Wonder, an Australian-run, Las Vegas-headquartered gaming company that makes most of its money creating and distributing poker machines, dragons are having a similar effect on competitors.
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