The executive notes that this strategy is underpinned by numerous “enablers”: long-term customer partnerships, “superior commercialization capabilities, and a compliance culture grounded in a strong commitment to a sustainable and responsible industry”.
The executive highlighted that its further investments will also keenly focus on AI, as “the company increasingly sees its AI-based technology development and data analytics as a clear opportunity and will continue to invest in technology aligned to this”.
Aristocrat CEO Trevor Croker echoed this sentiment, noting that “while 2025 marked another strong year for the group, we are even more excited about what’s to come”.
Part of this is the convergence of land-based casinos and the online world, causing operators to “increasingly focus on a single, unified view of the player”.
Croker indicated that “Our investment in AI across the Group is focused on harnessing opportunities that benefit our content creation and prototyping, thereby improving our speed to market.”
In addition, “AI improves our quality control and testing time, accelerating productivity around the delivery of content into and across market segments”, while simultaneously “AI technology investment in advanced data analytics and broader operational efficiency are expected to improve performance, delivery and quality”.
Recent investments include the acquisition of Gaming Analytics – an AI-powered tool provider for land-based operators for real-time player analytics, slot optimization and marketing automation. In addition, last October, the group acquired Awager, a provider for Live Slot Streaming.
Business outlook
Croker highlighted that amongst the investments, its “financial performance year to date is positive and consistent with our plans”.
This includes “resilient” gross gaming revenue growth from its Gaming segment, despite “some softness in destination markets”. The group is expecting net additions of 4,000-5,000 units in FY26, “weighted to the second half”, alongside an increase in the fee per day.
Regarding its social casino side, Product Madness has seen continued “strong momentum” this year, “with positive growth in a market where other competitors appear to be struggling”.
For its Interactive segment, iLottery “continues to deliver solid organic growth, driven by digital migration and improved performance in current markets”. Currently its Content revenue growth “is tracking blow our aspirations”, but the group notes it will “continue to focus on the many opportunities ahead […] and invest in the right technology to deliver our FY29 $1 billion Revenue Target”.
Croker furthered that “The largest single opportunity in front of us remains our expansion into online RMG, where we look to scale and take share in this high growth segment”.
“Overall we anticipate another positive year in 2026”, notes Croker, highlighting that the gains are expected to be weighted to the second half, “given the timing of product launches in both Gaming and Interactive”.
Dingnews.com 20/02/2026