Woolworths shareholders have voted overwhelmingly against limits on the company's poker machines.

Western Australia's government has set aside 15 per cent of gas production for domestic use but the eastern states have not.

Programmed Maintenance Services says net profit for the first half of its fiscal 2013 rose 6.2 per cent compared with the prior corresponding period.

Gaming machine supplier Ainsworth Game Technology may start paying dividends in 2013, after strengthening its financial performance in 2012.