Gamer Ainsworth expects profit growth POKER machine maker Ainsworth's full year profit has fallen but it expects a better performance in the year ahead. Ainsworth made a net profit of $52 million in the year to June 30, down from $64 million in the previous year, due mainly to changes in the recognition of tax expenses. Pre-tax profit rose by 50 per cent to $69 million, and Ainsworth said it expects growth in all of its markets - Australia, Asia, the Americas, Europe and New Zealand - to rise in the 2013/14 financial year. It expects net profit to grow by at least 15 per cent in the first six months of the financial year.