Australia-listed casino slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd is to pay a dividend amounting to AUD95.6 million (US$73.9 million), equal to AUD0.15 per fully-paid ordinary share, for its first half ending March 31. The dividend is for shareholders recorded as of May 31, with the payment date due on July 2.The information was given in a Monday filing to the Australian Securities Exchange. Last week Aristocrat had flagged that its first-half normalised profit was AUD412 million, up by around 12 percent in year-on-year terms. JP Morgan Securities Australia Ltd said in a Monday note, that the interim dividend was lower than its expectation of AUD0.26 per share, and lower than market consensus of AUD0.29 per share.