Independent.ie – GameAccount Network, the UK-based gambling software provider headed by Dermot Smurfit Jnr, has inked a deal to provide a simulated gaming website to the famous Yonkers racetrack and casino in New York. GAN also announced that pre-tax profits hit £1.6m (€1.9m) last year compared to a loss of £1m (€1.2m) the year before, as net revenue rose 123pc to £12.3m (€15m). Expansion in the US remains a “strategic priority” for the group, said Mr Smurfit. Shares in the company, which floated on London’s Alternative Investment Market and Dublin’s Enterprise Securities Market last year, jumped 12pc in London yesterday...