Aristocrat Leisure : Announces Completion of Big Fish Acquisition

ARISTOCRAT ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF

BIG FISH ACQUISITION

Sydney, 10 January 2018

Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Aristocrat) (ASX: ALL) today announced that all conditions and requirements for closing under its agreement to acquire social gaming company Big Fish Games, Inc. (Big Fish) from Churchill Downs Incorporated have been satisfied.

As a result, Aristocrat announced that the acquisition of Big Fish has now completed.

Aristocrat's CEO and Managing Director, Trevor Croker, said "the strategic and financial benefits of this acquisition are highly compelling. Big Fish will immediately provide scale across our entire Digital platform, and our social casino business will become the second largest social casino publisher globally.

"Big Fish's digital-first social casino content and industry leading meta-game capability and applications are highly complementary to Aristocrat's existing and industry-leading land based digital content business.

"We are excited to work with the Big Fish team to take advantage of the opportunities this combination will create for shareholders and all stakeholders" Mr Croker concluded.

ENDS

Further Information:

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Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) is a leading global provider of gaming solutions. The Group is licensed by over 200 regulators and its products and services are available in over 90 countries around the world. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines and casino management systems. The Group also operates within the online social gaming and real money wager markets. For further information visit the Group's website atwww.aristocrat.com