** Light & Wonder's Australia-listed shares LWN.AX LNW.O rise 10.3% to a record high of A$169.57

** Stock top gainer on the benchmark index .AXJO

** U.S.-based gaming co to acquire Grover Gaming's charitable gaming assets for $850 million

** Says deal is highly accretive to value and earnings, with high single-digit adjusted NPATA per-share accretion

** Nearly 319,000 shares change hands, 3.6 times the 30-day average volume of shares

** Stock up 12.1% this year, as of last close

(Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru)

((Sherin.Sunny@thomsonreuters.com;))