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Simplicity Acquires Three More Gaming Centers
Simplicity Esports and Gaming Company has signed definitive documents to acquire three additional franchisee-owned esports gaming centers in California and Washington.
The closing of these acquisitions gives Simplicity a total of nine corporate-owned and 20 franchisee-owned gaming centers open and operational. 12 other franchisee-owned gaming centers remain closed due to government-imposed restrictions.
“COVID-19 related social distancing and capacity restrictions have had a negative impact on traffics counts for some of our gaming centers, but other locations are having record setting months for membership sales. One of our corporate owned gaming centers in Texas sold a record number 37 new memberships so far during the month of October,” Roman Franklin, President of Simplicity Esports, said.
“2020 has presented us with an amazing opportunity to invest in the acquisition of gaming centers while simultaneously capitalizing on disruptions in commercial real estate that allow us to sign new five to 10 year leases with rent calculated as a percentage of gross sales. The EBITDA profile of the acquisitions is attractive to Simplicity because of the reduction of the largest fixed expense through the signing of new percentage rent leases. These acquisitions allow Simplicity Esports to report the full revenues generated by these gaming centers on a consolidated basis,” Roman Franklin added.
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Codere Publishes Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2022
Codere Online has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2022. The multinational gaming firm posted revenues of $304.8m which represents a recovery of 83% of total revenues before the pandemic hit.
The company cited the easing of restrictions across its operational markets, particularly in Argentina, Mexico, and Spain, for its economic recovery. The three aforementioned markets have noted a 92% of turnover recovery from pre-pandemic levels.
Furthermore, adjusted EBITDA has increased significantly to $50.5m, up 1291.4% from the $3.6m recorded in Q1 of 2021. The firm attributed this to all markets contributing positively but specifically Argentina, Mexico, and Spain.
Mexico contributed revenues of $51.8m, a 62% recovery on those made in Q1 of 2019 and 126% up on Q1 of 2021. Despite this, Codere noted that this was “somewhat below expectations” due to some restrictions and a downturn in the local economy.
Argentina reached revenues of $76.0m, around 91% of what it achieved in Q1 of 2019 and around 93% up YoY. The company did detail that the market was “still affected internally by the usual macro variables of the country”.
Other Latin American performances saw Uruguay reach revenues of $14.5m, 24% more than in 2020; Panama saw revenues of $16.1m, recovering 81% of the income from before the pandemic; Colombian revenues were $5.2m, 43% above those achieved in Q1 of 2021 and, crucially, exceeding pre-pandemic levels of turnover.
Maintaining its forecasts for the end of the year, Codere outlined its expectations that it will recover 95-100% of its pre-pandemic income levels before the end of the year.
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DraftKings Reports Revenue of $417M in Q1 2022
DraftKings has reported revenue of $417m in Q1 2022, an increase of 34% compared to $312m during the same period in 2021.
Revenue for the company’s B2C segment grew to $404m, an increase of 44% compared to the three months ended 31 March 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA outperformed the midpoint of the guidance for the first quarter of 2022 previously provided by DraftKings during its fourth quarter earnings conference call on 18 February 2022 by more than 12%.
“DraftKings delivered significant growth across our key revenue and performance metrics,” said Jason Robins, DraftKings’ co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board.
“We are not seeing any impact from inflationary pressures on customer demand and we continue to improve the user experience by adding breadth and depth to our DFS, mobile sports betting and igaming products.
“We are also improving our efficiency in acquiring and retaining customers and have a strong pipeline of new jurisdictions to enter.”
Jason Park, CFO of DraftKings, said: “We are pleased with our strong revenue and adjusted EBITDA performance in the first quarter, which was driven by healthy underlying customer behaviour and our ability to capture efficiencies.
“Therefore, we are increasing the midpoint of our fiscal year 2022 revenue guidance by $50m and improving the midpoint of our fiscal year 2022 adjusted EBITDA guidance by $75m.”
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Caesars Entertainment Reports 93% Increase in Q3 Revenue
Caesars Entertainment has reported revenue of $2.7bn for the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021), a 93% increase from the prior-year period.
Las Vegas operations represented $1.01bn of the total revenue, with Regional representing $1.49bn. Caesars Digital amounted to $96m, with Managed and Branded and Corporate and Other representing $79m and $1m respectively.
The company reported a net loss of $233m compared to a net loss of $926m for the prior-year period, while Adjusted EBITDA was $882m versus $433m for the prior-year period.
Adjusted EBITDA excluding the group’s Caesars Digital segment was $1bn, versus $420m for the same period in 2020.
Highlights within the period include the appointment of Sandra Douglass Morgan to the company’s Board of Directors, effective 7 November 2021, and the release of the group’s new Corporate Social Responsibility report, which included its Environment, Social and Governance update, and updated long-term targets.
Tom Reeg, CEO of Caesars Entertainment, said: “Our third quarter operating results reflect an all-time quarterly EBITDA record in our Las Vegas segment and a new third quarter EBITDA record for our regional segment.”
“We are encouraged by the early results from our rebranded Caesars Sportsbook launch and we are looking forward to launching additional states by year end and into 2022.”
Bret Yunker, CFO of Caesars Entertainment, said: “As of October 19th 2021, we have repaid a total of $975 million of traditional debt on a year to date basis. When combined with the repricing and issuance of lower cost debt during the third quarter, our pro forma interest expense has been reduced by approximately $75 million on an annual basis.
“We expect further debt reduction to come from strong operating cash flows and expected asset sale proceeds.”
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