Earnings
flat for
GPI
March
30
The
Vegas-based
casino
equipment
provider
Gaming
Partners
International
Corp.
announced
that
while
revenue
gained,
the
company's
earnings
fell
even.
The
company
reported
its
fourth-quarter
net
income
to be
$1.3
million,
16 cents
a share,
on
returns
of $13.2
million
for the
quarter
that
came to
an end
on Dec.
31,
2004. In
the same
period
during
2003,
the
company
reported
net
income
of $1.3
million,
18 cents
a share,
on
returns
of $10.9
million.
The
company,
formerly
known in
Las
Vegas as
Paul-Son
Gaming,
announced
that
over the
past
year its
revenue
gained
23.2% to
$44.6
million
for
2004.
The
company
states
that
this is
due to
increased
sales in
Europe
by the
company's
SAS
auxiliary
and in
Macau
raised
the
company's
2004
income.
Also
noteworthy,
the
company
is still
moving
forward
to
create
its
radio
frequency
ID table
game
chip
tracking
technology.
