Bally Technologies has signed a series of contracts with Las Vegas Sands worth up to $56 million, to provide a range of technology at nine casino resorts in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore. Shares in the slot machine maker reached a year high of $24.02 on receipt of the news.

In February, the slot machine maker said that it expects total revenue to be in excess of $670 million for 2007.

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