Bragg Gaming Group sees revenue rise in Q1
Revenue was up 7.1 per cent year-on-year to €24.4m ($28.6m).
Press release.- Bragg Gaming Group has today (May 15) announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025. The company delivered diversified revenue growth, significant margin expansion, and strong cash generation, driven by its strategic focus on proprietary content and expansion in key growth markets.
Revenue was up 7.1 per cent to €25.5m. The company also recorded a 27 per cent revenue growth excluding the Netherlands, driven by US revenue growth of 150 per cent. Gross Profit Margin jumped to 56 per cent, driven by proprietary content growth. Adjusted EBITDA rose 19.7 per cent.
Summary of financial and operational highlights
Matevž Mazij, CEO of Bragg commented: “We are thrilled to be reporting a strong start to 2025, showing that we are executing on our strategy and moving the metrics that we believe are most important to shareholder value.
“During the quarter we continued to improve our product mix, generating a greater proportion of revenue from high-margin proprietary content. In turn, this contributed to a higher Adjusted EBITDA margin, which combined with careful cost controls demonstrate operational leverage and increased cash generation.
“As is widely reported, the Netherlands market has slowed in recent quarters due to regulatory pressures, a challenge faced by Bragg as with all operators and suppliers who serve this regulated market. I’m pleased that Bragg has shown resilience under these pressures and is reducing its exposure to the Netherlands while seeing strong growth in markets such as the United States and Brazil. Excluding the Netherlands, revenue growth year-over-year came in at a robust 27 per cent, driven in part by triple-digit growth in the U.S.”
Key Highlights:
• Improved Margins and Cash generation: Adjusted EBITDA margins increased 169bps year over year; excluding non-recurring exceptional costs and FX impacts, €0.9m of free cash generated.
• Improved Revenue Diversification: Continued decreasing reliance on the Netherlands and lower-margin BetCity, replaced by growth in margin-accretive revenue in new markets.
• US Market Growth: Bragg experienced triple-digit growth in U.S. revenue derived from its proprietary and exclusive online casino content, significantly outpacing the overall market growth; U.S. expected to contribute up to 15 per cent of revenue this year.
• Brazil Launch: Successfully launched content in the newly regulated Brazilian igaming market, a key strategic territory expected to contribute up to 10 per cent of revenue this year.
• Strategic Partnerships: Announced a games development and remote games server technology leasing agreement with Caesars Digital, and invested in RapidPlay, a specialist Brazilian casino content studio.
• Key milestone: first game launched, Caesars Palace Signature Multihand Blackjack Surrender, under recently announced games development and technology partnership with Caesars Digital.
• Leadership Appointments: Appointed Holly Gagnon as chair of the board.
• Debt Reduction: Repaid $5m of its secured credit note and is on track to finalise a new credit facility with improved terms.
2025 outlook
Bragg remains focused on expanding its presence in regulated markets, enhancing its proprietary and exclusive content offerings, and leveraging its technology to drive continued growth and profitability in 2025 and beyond. The Company is actively advancing a robust pipeline of opportunities to drive strong momentum in the business.
The Company anticipates double-digit growth in revenue and adjusted EBITDA in the full year of 2025, with revenue guidance projected at between e117.5m and €123.0m, and Adjusted EBITDA in the range of between €19.0m and €21.5m, driven by a strategic focus on proprietary and exclusive content, and continued momentum in growth markets such as the U.S. and LatAm.
