{"id":777002700,"date":"2023-02-23T07:53:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002700"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:22:43","slug":"the-star-posts-revenue-of-us690-11m-for-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-posts-revenue-of-us690-11m-for-h1","title":{"rendered":"The Star posts revenue of US$690.11m for H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Revenue for the first half of the financial year 2023 was up 75.6 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-&nbsp;<strong>The Star Entertainment Group&nbsp;<\/strong>has shared its financial results for the first half of the financial year 2023. Gross revenue reached AU$1.01bn (US$690.11m), <strong>up 75.6 per cent<\/strong>&nbsp;on year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company registered a net loss of AU$1.26bn (US$861m), up 1,603 per cent. EBITDA rose by 579 per cent year-on-year to AU$200m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Queensland properties performed strongly, achieving record domestic revenues. However, the performance of The Star Sydney was negatively affected by stricter operating restrictions from mid-September onwards as a result of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-entertainment-found-unsuitable-to-hold-sydney-casino-licence\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Bell SC\u2019s inquiry<\/a>&nbsp;and changes to the NSW Casino Control Act.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong>&nbsp;Star Sydney&nbsp;<\/strong>revenue was AU$541m (US$368.56m) for the period, up 127 per cent year-on-year. Normalised EBITDA was AU$87.4m.&nbsp;The&nbsp;<strong>Star Gold Coast<\/strong>&nbsp;revenue was AU$276m (US$188.03m), up 53 per cent from the prior-year period, while normalised EBITDA was AU$66.2m. <strong>Treasury Brisbane<\/strong> revenue was up 22 per cent to AU$196m (US$133.53m), with EBITDA of AU$46.1m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has announced several operational initiatives that aim to boost its trading performance by an estimated AU$40m on an annual basis.&nbsp;These include improving operating efficiency, enhancing customer experience and responding to increased competition in Sydney with loyalty benefits and pricing strategies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These measures are projected to have a marginal impact on the last quarter of full-year 2023. The group is still prioritising remediation actions to facilitate its return to suitability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revenue for the first half of the financial year 2023 was up 75.6 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Star Entertainment Group reported a 75.6% increase in gross revenue to AU$1.01bn for H1 FY23, alongside a net loss of AU$1.26bn. While Queensland properties showed strong performance, The Star Sydney's operations were significantly impacted by stricter regulatory restrictions following the Adam Bell SC inquiry and changes to the NSW Casino Control Act. The group is implementing operational efficiency initiatives and prioritizing remediation actions to regain suitability.","focusai_entities":"The Star Entertainment Group, Adam Bell SC","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane, NSW","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.97), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.96), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact on Valuation","query":"What is the projected long-term impact of the NSW Casino Control Act amendments and ongoing remediation costs on The Star Entertainment Group's enterprise valuation and future capital expenditure?"},{"label":"Operational Efficiency Outlook","query":"How will the announced AU$40m annual operational initiatives specifically enhance NGR margins and mitigate the competitive pressures in the Sydney market, particularly given the stricter operating environment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,163,158],"tags":[23871],"class_list":["post-777002700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-finance-news","category-slider-home","tag-the-star-entertainment-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777002700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002726,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002700\/revisions\/777002726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}