Earnings+More - Entain admits to BetMGM misjudgment
Entain admits to BetMGM misjudgmentEntain’s mea culpa, Rush Street ahead, Super Group considering Betway US options, Betr raises again, Strive confirms investment +More
Technicolor pachyderms is really too much for me. Entain’s mea culpaThe aim of our patrol is a question rather droll: Interim CEO Stella David kicked off Entain’s FY presentation by suggesting she wanted to address a “number of elephants in the room”, including what she said was an erroneous focus on delivering for BetMGM at the expense of the rest of the business. “We know what’s gone wrong,” she said.
That’s not who we are: David also disowned Entain’s previous aspirations as expressed by former CEO Jette Nygaard-Andesen for the company to become a “broader interactive entertainment” entity. “Quite frankly, that was a distraction,” David said.
By the numbers: David admitted the performance for 2023 was not up to snuff. Total revenues including its share of BetMGM were up 14% YoY to £4.77bn or 2% up on a pro forma basis. Underlying EBITDA was up 4% to £857m.
Not working: David said Entain would “do better” in key markets. In the UK she said the company had undergone a “very long, iterative process of doing multiple affordability measures”, which had generated “significant complexity in the customer journeys.”
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🚀 Rush Street up 20% after market close yesterday You Delaware it well: CEO Richard Schwartz was keen to point to RSI’s early success in Delaware where it has taken over the sole operator status previously enjoyed by 888. “Delaware will be profitable for us quite quickly,” he told the analysts. “We came out of the gate pretty strong.”
Duolingo: LatAm remains “topical”, said Schwartz, who added the company was a “proven leader” in the region with Colombia growing at a “rapid pace.” He noted that five years ago “no one in our company even spoke Spanish fluently,” but by “focusing on the fundamentals” Rush Street was now the second-largest operator in Colombia.
Super Group’s US strategic reviewAll the rage: Betway parent company Super Group became the second largely European-focused operator to say it is considering the future of its US operations, less than a year after stating its bold ambitions for the “attractive market.” Recall, yesterday, 888 said its US business was under review as it exited its Sports Illustrated partnership.
In better news: Elsewhere, the company lauded a record performance with Q4 net revenue up 7% to €352m, although adj. EBITDA sank almost 19% to €33.6m. FY23 revenue was up 8.5% to €1.4bn and adjusted EBITDA was down 6% to €198m.
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Get in touch at opticodds.com/contact. Betr raises againFighting fit: The pugnacious OSB contender Betr has tapped up its investors once again, this time for $15m, valuing the Jake Paul-fronted company at $350m. The new money comes from new investors Harmony Partners and 10X Capital with participation from existing investors including Fuel Venture Capital, Aliya Capital Partners and Eberg Capital.
Out of the frying pan: Having started out as solely a micro-betting operator, Betr subsequently pivoted towards including a full OSB betting roster as well as a fantasy sports offering called Betr Picks.
Mr Brightside: Talking to Bloomberg yesterday, CEO Joey Levy said Betr still “ultimately plan[s] on being a nationwide sportsbook brand.”
Strive confirms OpenBet investmentStrive Gaming has confirmed OpenBet has taken a “significant stake” in the business in an investment round with participation from family office Knutsson and specialist gaming fund Astralis Capital Management as well as Betsson, which previously invested in Strive in a seed funding round.
The new investment was predicted by Earnings+More, which said in late February that Strive would be raising $5m at a valuation of $50m with OpenBet taking up the majority of the new money. Earnings in briefGenius Sports: The data-plus provider was certainly celebrating Hard Rock’s monopoly in Florida, saying it saw an “immediate uplift” on the back of its launch in Q4, with CEO Mark Locke adding that further growth from the Sunshine State for 2024 was “baked in.”
NeoGames: The big news from the iLottery-to-iCasino/OSB supplier was its acquisition by Aristocrat is now due to complete in May. Ahead of that, Q4 revenues dropped by 21% to $64.9m due to an accounting change related to new commercial terms for its Aspire Core OSB contracts. Adj. EBITDA was flat at $18.2m.
Bet-at-home: Net revenue fell 14% to €36m while EBITDA tumbled back 62% to €800k, which the company blamed on the imposition of betting limits in its key market of Germany. The company said it had also lost out from the migration of customers to the new EveryMatrix platform during the year.
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