{"id":777035293,"date":"2025-11-28T12:34:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777035293"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:33:20","slug":"palasino-holdings-reports-8-2-revenue-growth-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/palasino-holdings-reports-8-2-revenue-growth-in-h1","title":{"rendered":"Palasino Holdings reports 8.2% revenue growth in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The operator is exploring land-based casino opportunities in European and Asian jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.-  <strong>Palasino Holdings Ltd <\/strong>has reported revenue of <strong>HKD305.2m <\/strong>(US$39.2m) for the six-month period ending <strong>September 30<\/strong>. That&#8217;s an increase of <strong>8.2 per cent<\/strong> year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company attributed the increase to improved gaming revenue, which rose by 11.4 per cent to <strong>HKD218.4m<\/strong> (US$28.1m). However, the company&#8217;s profit attributable to shareholders <strong>fell 26.1 per cent <\/strong>to <strong>HKD11.6m<\/strong> (US$1.4m). The operator cited rising costs from gaming taxation and employee benefits as key factors for the decline. Adjusted EBITDA for the period stood at HKD31.2m (US$4m), up <strong>2.8 per cent <\/strong>year-over-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operator used <strong>HKD10m<\/strong> (US$1.2m) from global offering proceeds for working capital, asset upgrades and for converting a shopping mall into a casino at <strong>Palasino Mikulov<\/strong> in the<strong> Czech Republic<\/strong>. The venue is set to open in the second half of FY2026 as the company&#8217;s fourth land-based casino in the country. Palasino Holdings said it&#8217;s exploring land-based casino opportunities in other European and Asian jurisdictions to expand its business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/MacauYatYuenCanidrome1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-moves-awards-contract-to-turn-former-greyhound-venue-into-public-sports-park'>Macau moves awards contract to turn former greyhound venue into public sports park<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operator is exploring land-based casino opportunities in European and Asian jurisdictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777035054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Palasino Holdings Ltd reported an 8.2% year-on-year revenue increase to HKD305.2m for H1 FY2024, driven by improved gaming revenue. However, profit attributable to shareholders declined 26.1% due to increased gaming taxation and employee benefit costs. The operator is utilizing global offering proceeds for asset upgrades and a new land-based casino in the Czech Republic, while actively exploring further expansion opportunities across European and Asian jurisdictions.","focusai_entities":"Palasino Holdings Ltd","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Czech Republic, Europe, Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Taxation Impact Analysis","query":"What specific regulatory changes in gaming taxation within Palasino Holdings' operating jurisdictions contributed to the 26.1% decline in profit attributable to shareholders, and what mitigation strategies are being implemented?"},{"label":"European\/Asian Expansion Strategy","query":"Beyond the Czech Republic, which specific European and Asian jurisdictions are Palasino Holdings targeting for land-based casino opportunities, and what are the projected capital expenditure and licensing timelines for these market entries?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,24619,1897],"class_list":["post-777035293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-igaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035293","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777035293"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777035303,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035293\/revisions\/777035303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777035054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777035293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777035293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777035293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}