NASDAQ:BRAG Bragg Gaming Group Q1 2023 Earnings Report $4.20 +0.16 (+3.96%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$4.19 -0.01 (-0.24%) As of 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Earnings HistoryForecast Bragg Gaming Group EPS ResultsActual EPS-$0.02Consensus EPS -$0.03Beat/MissBeat by +$0.01One Year Ago EPSN/ABragg Gaming Group Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$24.52 millionExpected Revenue$24.18 millionBeat/MissBeat by +$340.00 thousandYoY Revenue GrowthN/ABragg Gaming Group Announcement DetailsQuarterQ1 2023Date5/10/2023TimeN/AConference Call DateWednesday, May 10, 2023Conference Call Time8:30AM ETUpcoming EarningsBragg Gaming Group's Q1 2025 earnings is scheduled for Thursday, May 8, 2025Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptSlide DeckPress ReleaseEarnings HistoryCompany ProfileSlide DeckFull Screen Slide DeckPowered by Bragg Gaming Group Q1 2023 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrMay 10, 2023 ShareLink copied to clipboard.There are 9 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Thank you for standing by. My name is Kayla Baker, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Bragg Gaming Group's First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. Operator00:00:28I would now like to turn the call over to Chief Strategy Officer, Yaniv Spylberg. You may begin. Speaker 100:00:36Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our Q1 of 2023 earnings conference call. I'm Yaniv Spielberg, Chief Strategy Officer for Bragg Gaming Group. I'll be hosting today's call alongside my colleague, Chief Executive Officer, Yaniv Sherman, who will comment on our Q1's performance and Ronen Kanur, our CFO, who will review and discuss our Q1 results. If you've not already done so, you can follow our earnings call presentation from our website at investors. Speaker 100:01:05Bragg. Group in the section called Latest Presentation. On this call, we'll review Bragg's financial and operating results for the Q1 of 2023. Q and A. Following our prepared remarks, we will open the conference call to a question and answer period. Speaker 100:01:20I'll start the call with some brief cautionary remarks regarding Certain statements made on this conference call and our responses to various questions may constitute forward looking information of future oriented financial information within the meaning of applicable securities law. Statements about expected growth, prospective results, strategic outlooks and financial and operational expectations, opportunities and projections rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events, including market and economical conditions, business prospects or opportunities, future plans and strategies, technological developments and anticipated events, trends and regulatory changes that may affect the corporation and its subsidiaries and their respective customers and industries. While we believe these assumptions to be reasonable, they are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the company's control in which could cause the actual results, performance or achievement of the company to be materially different. There could be no assurances that these assumptions or estimates are accurate or Any of these expectations will prove accurate. For a complete discussion of these factors, please refer to our recently filed press release and other publicly available disclosure. Speaker 100:02:34With that behind us, I'd like to turn the call now to our CEO, Yaniv Sherman. Yaniv? Speaker 200:02:40Thank you, Yaniv. Good morning. I'm Yaniv Sherman, Bragg's CEO, and I'm very happy to welcome you all to our Q1 presentation. Our Q1 of the year marked another successful step in our digital quest. We continue to execute against our mission and strategic plan, complementing our award winning iGaming proposition The growing number of premium Bragg developed game titles offered to players around the world who are operating partners. Speaker 200:03:07Our execution is driving persistent top line and cash flow growth. Consistent with our previously presented game plan, We continue to expand in new markets with new customers. So far, this year has been no exception as we are excited to welcome new partners in Mexico, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the U. K. Our U. Speaker 200:03:27S. Rollout is progressing well, and we've recently marked another key milestone with the launch of our newest tech stack and games launch in Pennsylvania, our 4th U. S. State to date. I'll share more business and operational details shortly, but first I'd like to Onen to elaborate about our recent financial key performance indicators. Speaker 200:03:47Onen? Speaker 300:03:48Thank you, Yaniv, and good morning, everyone. I'll begin my comments on Slide 6. As Yaniv indicated earlier, the Q1 of 2023 was another successful step in our digital journey. We continue to execute against our mission and strategic plan, and we can see that in our financial and operational results. In the Q1, total revenue were up by 18.1% year over year to EUR 22,900,000. Speaker 300:04:14The growth was mainly derived organically through our existing customer base launched in financial year 2021 2022, which performed better than expected on the Content segment. The new onboarded customers in various jurisdictions, in particular, the Netherlands with 3 new TAM customers, 10 key solutions and content offering and a solid revenue performance from the YS3 gaming studio and Spin Games existing U. S. Customer base. From an operational KPI perspective, total wagering generated by the games and content offered by the group during the quarter was up by 35.7 percent from the same period in the previous year to EUR 5,200,000,000 As you can see from the wagering chart on the right hand side, Bragg saw positive momentum since the effect of the inception of the German regulatory restrictions on gameplay in the Q3 of 2021, which demonstrates our ability to transform and diversify our operations. Speaker 300:05:14In addition, the total number of unique players using our games and content in the period, which is excluding Wild Street and Spin, were up by 42.8% from the same period in the previous year to 2,800,000 unique players. The increase is associated with the significant improvement to our core content offering, including recent technical developments, giving us a powerful competitive advantage. Gross profit for the quarter increased by 22% to €12,200,000 with gross profit margins increasing by 170 basis points to 53.5%. The margin increase is a direct effect of a change in the composition of revenue derived from PAM, managed services and proprietary game studios, which have no cost of sale compared to 3rd party games and content which have associated third party costs. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was up by 28.1 percent to €3,900,000 with adjusted EBITDA margin reaching 17%, an improvement of 130 basis points from the same period in the previous year. Speaker 300:06:22The change in margin was mainly as a result of scale, a change in the product mix and higher profitability. That comes alongside with higher salaries cost as part of the group's strategy to expand its software development and product portfolio, all with a focus to margin control. Operating profit for the quarter amounted to €500,000 an improvement of €600,000 performance from the previous year operating loss of $100,000 and as a result of improved underlying performance and more efficient cost control. We are pleased that in the start of the second quarter, we have seen a strong trading, in line with our expectations. As a result, we are reiterating 2023 guidance of revenue in the range of €93,000,000 to €97,000,000 with a midpoint of €95,000,000 implying 12% growth from 2022 levels and adjusted EBITDA of €14,500,000 to €16,500,000 with a midpoint of €15,500,000 implying 28% growth in adjusted EBITDA from 2022 levels. Speaker 300:07:31As you can see on Slide 7, the gross profit margins are in growing trajectories in the Q3 of 2021 Due to the shift in Bragg's product mix, we continue executing our mission and strategic plan, we're scaling up our business in line with both our revenue growth and the continuing movement in product mix is indicated in the right hand side of the slide. Product mix has changed noticeably since last year's Q3. While the revenue is scaling, it is also trending towards proprietary content, PAM and turnkey solutions by leading to improvement in gross profit margins and overall profitability. Gross profit increased by 22% to €12,200,000 in the Q1 of 2023, with margin improving by 170 basis points to 53.5%. The Q1 of 2023 revenue performance was driven mainly from the content, which is aggregated and third party, exclusive content and proprietary content, While PAM and 10Q solution were slightly lower proportion. Speaker 300:08:33In the Q1 of 2023, the total games and content revenue segment amounted to EUR 17,600,000 and represented 76.8 percent of total revenue compared to EUR 13,900,000 and 71.6 percent last year. Proprietary content deployment is positively progressing both in the U. S. And EU markets by increasing both distribution and game performance. And as Yaniv indicated, we have recently marked another key milestone with the launch of the newest launch in Pennsylvania, our 4th U. Speaker 300:09:06S. Stage to date. As we indicated in the previous quarters, we are targeting gross profit margin improvement to reach 60% by the full year of 2024, mainly by increasing the proportion of revenue, which comes from proprietary content, TAM and 10 Key Solutions. Moving to Slide 8. Adjusted EBITDA amounted to €3,900,000 against an operating profit of €500,000 The GAAP was driven by the following noncash and exceptional items: depreciation and amortization, the increase of intangible amortization, part of the Wildstreak and Spin acquisition in June 2021 June 2022, respectively, and the increase of capitalized software development costs. Speaker 300:09:48Share based payment, a reduction in the charge for awards granted to senior management during the period composed of DSUs and RSUs and share options. Exceptional cost, cost mainly associated with the discontinued contractor relationship of several employees. And gain of remeasurement of deferred consideration, this is cost mainly associated with the acquisition of Spin in June 2022 on the total outstanding deferred liability. As you see on Slide 9, we ended the quarter with a cash balance of EUR 15,100,000 compared to €11,300,000 as of December 31, 2022, with outstanding liability of US8.5 million dollars in convertible debt. As of May 2023, the total outstanding liability is US7.5 million dollars after several conversions and a cash repayment of $500,000 in April 2023. Speaker 300:10:46Our net working capital at the end of March 2023 is approximately €7,700,000 excluding deferred consideration. This is compared to €6,600,000 at the beginning of the year. From a cash flow perspective, a total of €6,400,000 generated from the operating activities with underlying performance reaching to €3,400,000 and a movement in working capital and income taxes of €3,000,000 a total of €1,900,000 investment in intangible assets related to the capitalization of software development costs in the period. Looking forward, management are projecting a positive free cash flow operations where there is no CapEx or technology debt required in the business. In addition, management is confident that there are no immediate refinancing of further debt requirement needs for the business. Speaker 300:11:37And with that, I will turn the call back to Yaniv. Speaker 200:11:40Thanks, Onan. I wanted to use this opportunity and spend a few minutes talking about the general state of the markets. In the big picture, 2022 was one of the most volatile and challenging years in recent memory from a macro and financial perspective. In 2023, at least to date, while some markets and sectors seem to be turning a corner, it remains to be seen whether we are at the end of this cycle. High interest rates and general uncertainty means companies must operate prudently with a clear focus on their businesses' fundamentals. Speaker 200:12:14Specifically in our sector, the global growth of online gaming continues with digital surpassing physical gaming in many territories. However, increased regulation as we've recently seen with the publication of the white paper in the UK and different restrictions in Holland and Italy, just to name a few, requires a different playbook, one where we need to be nimble. I'm pleased that we have established a foundation at Bragg with this exact state of mind, and we are better positioned than ever to compete in the marketplace of regulated gaming. Diversification, prudence and capital deployment and operational excellence are no longer the proverbial extra mustard. There are preconditions for navigating in these stormy waters and to continue to grow as we have and expect to continue doing so in the near and long term. Speaker 200:13:05Moving to Slide 12, we've been busy ramping up our Bragg Studios and powered by Bragg outputs, and we're starting to see the results. As I've stated in the past, building Bragg into a must have game provider is a marathon. We're already considered a partner of choice for turnkey and game aggregation offerings, but F scale game production requires building and honing additional capabilities such as game design, creative and math development, just to name a few. I'm very pleased about the progress we've made in a relatively short amount of time. This is an incredibly competitive and exciting landscape and we aim to create a healthy balance between quality and quantity. Speaker 200:13:44Bragg Studios are now working under the guidance of our new Las Vegas content hub, headed by industry leading talents. We expect our production and rollout cadence to increase through 2023 as we continue to develop market specific titles with additional features and functions built into our tech stack. In Slide 13, we can see the manifestation of the growing number of exclusive and proprietary titles in our partner network through their share in gross profit. The continued expansion of our share of wallet and gross gaming revenues across different markets underpins the business rationale behind this effort and gets us closer to our long term margin and profitability targets. Moving on to the next slide, Game production is built on a robust product and technology based, developed by our amazing braggers across Europe and India. Speaker 200:14:35We continue to show growth on our turnkey vertical and our ability to partner with proven operating partners and power their digital growth in regulated markets makes Bragg more than a one trick pony. Diversification and scale are 2 critical aspects we continue to drive towards. There are fundamental components in our resilience and something Bragg's management are extremely focused on. And in my last slide, just to cap things off, We're marking another strong revenue and adjusted EBITDA quarter. Game production is firing on all cylinders, complementing our expansion with new and existing partners across several key markets, including the U. Speaker 200:15:14S. And Western Europe. We remain focused on long term value creation, incredibly exciting and dynamic sector powered by our amazing team members around the world. Thanks again for joining and listening in. We're happy to take your questions now. Operator00:15:38Our first question comes from the line of Gianluca Gucci with Haywood Securities. Your line is Speaker 400:15:43open. Hi, good morning, guys. Congrats on a nice quarter. Could you provide an updated rollout timeline for the U. S? Speaker 400:15:54The company just entered Pennsylvania, so just wondering what your near term expectations are for the U. S. Market? Speaker 200:16:03Hi, Jennifer. Good morning. Yes, we've just launched our newest tech stack in Pennsylvania. Just to clarify, we are alive in all four states with through the spin and in Ontario through the spin acquisition in the legacy Tech Stack and Games. The relaunch is basically introducing our latest Bragg RGS into those states, Pennsylvania marking the 4th one. Speaker 200:16:32So we essentially are now We have our new foot in every state that we were looking to do so. And now we are basically ramping up in both additional operators and additional games with each operator. The game plan right now is to have Few more operators live this quarter and next in Pennsylvania as well as in New Jersey and Michigan. And we're working down that list, but the idea is to have at least the first and second set of Bragg developed games in each one of these states with the top, let's call it, 5 to 8 operators by year's end. And we're working towards that and we're making good progress, but that is the idea. Speaker 200:17:23We are modernizing and including new content as we go forward. Speaker 400:17:31That's great color. Thanks, Yaniv. And on your cash flow generation, impressive in the quarter there. How do you plan to kind of deploy the excess cash flow that you guys internally are generating now? Are there any M and A opportunities out there or perhaps buying back stock at these depressed valuations? Speaker 400:17:56If you can comment on that. Speaker 200:17:59Yes, a good question. Right now, I mean, we're happy to make progress there. Naturally, this is sort of the base or the foundation of everything that we do at this point. We have we're quite proactive in mapping out the options, what's the best value creation opportunities We're deploying that cash right now. It is redeploying it back into the business to make sure we further accelerate Going into the business so far. Speaker 200:18:34And in the near term, I believe that will bring the best return on investment. Looking into the second half of the year into next, Naturally, there are some interesting acquisition opportunities out there, mainly around content that we're constantly evaluating. But I'd like personally to see the business sort of consistently generate cash at this cadence and then we can address Both potential buybacks, refinancing or M and As further down the field, but I want to make sure that this is consistent and that we deliver against our expectations. Speaker 400:19:18Perfect. Thanks, Geneva. And just lastly, in terms of seasonality, how should We'll be thinking about that for the balance of the year given that the company is in an onboarding phase right now. So does that mean that traditional seasonality Is to be thrown out the window for this year? Speaker 200:19:38Well, we do live at the shoulders or at the stream of our partners. So activity is always a function of the B2C operators' performance. This year, I think that we can expect more seasonality. As you remember, last year was 2021 and 2022 were sort of odd years Because of the post COVID effect and then the World Cup in the Q4, this year, I think we can expect a bit more seasonality, especially around travel season in terms of activity performance, but I hope to be able to sort of curtail that with more content deployment that May compensate, but I think it will be a more traditional year with no major global sports events on the calendar. Speaker 400:20:27Okay. Thanks Geneva and congrats on the quarter guys. Thanks, Errol. Speaker 500:20:33And the Operator00:20:33next question comes from the line of Matthew Lee with Canaccord Genuity. Your line is open. Speaker 500:20:39Hi, guys. This is Betty Young Congrats on a good quarter. So my first question is that, yes, you had a great quarter with 18% revenue growth, which looks like is driven by every segment of the business. But your unchanged guidance sort of suggests a slowdown throughout the year. Can you talk to what you're expecting on that front or what could cause revenue growth to slow a little bit throughout the year? Speaker 200:21:10Thanks, Betty. Yes, well, I'll tell you that again when we provided guidance sort of 2 tranches lately last year into this one. We felt that was reflected sufficient growth. We did take into account that a big portion at least in the first half of the year would be dedicated to distribution and deployment. We're happy to see that other segments of the business and the diversity is performing well and helping us exceed those expectations. Speaker 200:21:41At this point, I wanted to again because of some seasonality And relatively short amount of time since we reported last, we wanted to get a bit more runway under our feet for this year before we revisited Speaker 500:22:04Awesome. Thanks for the additional color. And then margin looks very strong this quarter. Is that entirely due to the shift to proprietary or are there other factors driving that profitability gain? Speaker 200:22:20Actually, from a proprietary perspective, the proprietary segment, because we're focused on deployment, technical deployment mostly in game development through the 1st and second quarter has grown, but the other segments have grown even faster. So from a margin perspective, it's a combination of propriety, but also some cost control measures that we started to implement So we want to make sure that that progress is consistent. So this is on both end of the spectrum, both the revenues the revenue mixture is trending in the right direction and also margin protection or cost control It's also starting to give its signs and we're continuing to focus on that to be as cost efficient as possible without naturally jeopardizing the growth. Speaker 500:23:16Awesome. And my last question is on Mexico. What you're Expecting in terms of contribution from Mexico and which appears to be a massive potential market for you. I Speaker 200:23:30just to make sure I understand the question and I heard you correctly around Mexico contribution expected from Mexico. Speaker 500:23:36Yes. Speaker 200:23:39I think Mexico will be an interesting additive contribution for our overall business. I think the market has grown consistently. So we're definitely we've launched with the market leader and we're looking to launch with additional operators. I think it will be definitely additive. And from the Latin American markets right now, Mexico is By far the biggest regulated market. Speaker 200:24:06So I think it will definitely be additive. I don't think it will be take over or Become bigger than the U. S. States or any of our major European countries, but this is a good example of smaller. We're working on a very low base In Mexico, so I think anything we'll be able to generate with our content and our operators there will be additive both to revenues and contribution. Speaker 200:24:30So we're very excited about the prospect there and it's also a very effective gateway to Latin America regulated gaming With the larger economies there, poised for regulation hopefully in the near term. So again, both On a P and L and a strategic aspect, Mexico has been an important deployment for us. Speaker 500:24:53Awesome. That's very helpful, Dave. I'll pass the line. Speaker 200:24:58Thanks, buddy. Operator00:25:00And our next question comes from the line of Edward Engel with ROTH MKM. Your line is open. Speaker 600:25:07Hi. Thanks for taking my question. I've seen the presentation. It looks like you're targeting 15 game launches by Bragg Studio in the first half of twenty 23 and then, in the press release, you talked about ramping that further in the second half. I know quality over quantity, but like any idea of how many Title you're hoping to launch in the second half of the year. Speaker 600:25:29And I guess, to that point, I guess, what's kind of the target number of proprietary titles you would hope to launch on a kind of normalized basis. Speaker 200:25:42Hey, good morning. So broadly speaking, and again, this is I don't want to give too many details, but the way we count Because in some cases, the titles, we are adjusting them per market almost. But for unique titles, We're looking at total numbers of the year around 50 to 55 titles. We're comfortable with that pace with an even balance between proprietary and exclusive. We're making good progress at this point, so we're pretty comfortable being able to produce That amount of titles. Speaker 200:26:25Having said that, the balance between proprietary and exclusives may change during the course of the year because when exclusives are concerned, we're also dependent on our partners working with us on specific games and titles, but we've been very focused on ramping up the development, of the production and development capabilities out of Las Vegas and Europe. And right now, I think that the machine is in a much better shape to meet those numbers And hopefully exceed them that we understand the balance between quantity and quality. We need to get through critical mass with all of our operating partners. Speaker 600:27:04Got it. That's helpful. And then, you talked about or you announced a bunch of interesting, I guess, content deals throughout, I guess this year so far in a couple different markets. Just curious, I guess, what studios have you kind of found or a bit Have more traction with some of these international markets. Is Wildstreak still working kind of abroad or is it more so Was that content coming from your studios in Europe? Speaker 200:27:33No, I mean, Wild Street, The brands that we operate on are Wild Street, Atomic Slot Lab and Indigo Magic. Indigo Magic was built and ramped up in Europe as a European focused content production, Atomic Slout Lab is North American focused. And those 2 that when I talk about bolstering up is making sure that each one of these Studios has enough resources to self sustain and produce its own content. Having said that, we've already seen some very interesting cross with derivatives. So it's definitely been a cross section, but generally speaking, content specifically developed for the U. Speaker 200:28:19S. Or North America does better there than in Europe and vice versa. But some titles, I mean, we recently launched One of our partners, Blueberry, Devil's Lock is a title that is a very well known game in the U. S. It's been doing well in Europe. Speaker 200:28:36It was launched in Europe first. It's now being rolled out in the U. S. So that's a good example of a title that enjoys headline awareness, but also very good game production and performance. And we hope to get more of those Out the door, in better sense, on both sides of the Atlantic. Speaker 600:28:57Helpful. Thank you. Speaker 200:29:01Thanks, guys. Operator00:29:03And the next question comes from the line of Jack Vander Arde with Maxim Group. Your line is open. Speaker 700:29:10Okay, great. Good morning, guys. Nice quarter. Thanks for the update. Let me give a question on the PAM side of the business. Speaker 700:29:19Can you just provide an update on recent PAM customer growth? I think I heard something about 3 new PAM customers added in the prepared remarks. Can you just talk about what other markets you're adding new PAM customers and then just for the outlook of the year, How you expect that to ramp? Thanks. Speaker 200:29:38Sure. Thanks, Nick. Pam has been naturally an important vertical of the business. We've added New PAM customers in Europe, Central Europe mostly around Holland and additional territory. We are now looking at expanding that into additional markets. Speaker 200:29:58I'm saying we're Considering each one very carefully because from a new market perspective, as we all know, Pam, it requires a different setup and deployment. So we're very selective in our approach. That has been having said that, as you can see from the numbers, It's been a very effective, both from a revenue, but also from a content delivery perspective. So that has been an important pillar of the business, helping us sort of underpin growth for the Other areas of the business, but as we stated in the past, the overall strategy is content led. So we are looking to deploy our PAM into additional European with its existing markets. Speaker 200:30:46We've launched it in Holland and Czech Republic, the last two markets that we deployed in and we're looking to expand in those. And also new territories during, I believe, sorry, the second half of the year, but that again will be on a more selective basis with strategic partners to allow us to put enough focus behind them because as I said, Pam, turnkey in general Requires a different set of resources and focus from the business. So we are very much focused on Allowing our partners the best tools to succeed. Speaker 700:31:24Okay, great. And then just one follow-up Separately, I think you touched on the German market briefly in the prepared remarks. Can you just provide an update there? I didn't quite catch that. And just remind us again if it's a de minimis contributor to your current guidance for the year and if there's upside to that number from the German market. Speaker 700:31:43Thanks. Speaker 200:31:45Sure. I mean, that's a fair analysis of where we are. I mean, it is a de minimisitive contribution and it's pure upside. And having said that, I I think we've been following that market carefully. The new regulating body is now looking to deploy or to issue more licenses in the marketplace and we see more operators, local operators applying for those. Speaker 200:32:11Having said that, I think one of the major challenges right now for the operators in the market is still the tax structure and the contribution that it brings, with a turnover tax and additional restrictions, both to casino and sport that makes it very challenging with the current state of affairs to operate a profitable business in the marketplace. And so that I think that once this is revisited Both from a lander or a state and then a federal perspective, I think we'll see much better chances in seeing tangible and consistent growth there. We are keeping our product up to speed. The content suite that we offer Still, I think is second to none in terms of its Central European and German compatibility. We want to make sure that we don't drop the ball on that. Speaker 200:33:03And when growth is more material, We'll be able to monetize on it. But right now, from a regulated perspective, we haven't seen the inflection point. Hopefully, we'll see it later this year or next. But I have little visibility at this point about the operator's ability Speaker 700:33:36Okay, great. Again, nice quarter. Thanks for the update. Speaker 200:33:40Thanks, Eric. Operator00:33:42And the next question comes from the line of David Matfadkin with Cormark. Your line is open. Speaker 800:33:49Hi, guys. Just a couple of questions. I was wondering if you can give us an update on how the new games have performed. I would imagine there's probably 1 or 2 that have performed a lot better than the other ones, but if you could just kind of give us an update and maybe call out what those games are. And then secondly, on the intangible asset spend as shown in the cash flow statement under the investing section, I was wondering if you could give us Your outlook on how much you think you'll be spending this year? Speaker 800:34:20Thanks. Speaker 200:34:22Sure. I'll take the first one and then Lip will then answer the second one. In terms of the game performance, As we've seen, we've been very focused on game development and deployment of the games that we have deployed late last year. This year, We've seen a couple of outstanding performers mostly in the U. S. Speaker 200:34:42Market pertains to Michigan, which a couple of the new games have performed well. I don't want to get into specific titles because we haven't provided that breakdown, but the titles in Michigan have performed Well, over time, in Europe, few of the newer titles that we deployed in both the U. K. And Holland, Talking about both Atomic Soft Lab and Indigo Magic Games have shown some very good initial results. And again, we're measuring those over time. Speaker 200:35:12So one of the key parameters outside of initial performance, both on wagers And rounds play is also how fast they churned, because we know games churn relatively quickly. The games have been holding up quite nicely So far, so we are very encouraged by not all games performed that way naturally of all the game sets that we've deployed, but generally speaking, We see more hits than misses at this point and we are looking now we're very focused on further distributing so we can get these games And the new ones effectively distributed, our goal as we've outlined in the past is to have a constant predictable cadence deployment is still a bit staggered and that's where the financial effect is not as dramatic as we want it to be, but that is one of our major focal points for the remainder of the year to get the games out faster and more streamlined. So that's on game performance and deployment. I'll let Omen take the second question. Speaker 300:36:24Hey, David. Good morning. So we always indicated that our investment, especially on the cash flow side, is predominantly, software development costs. As we know, we are capitalizing the cost of our dev team, especially on the areas which are Revenue enhancing a new product, new games, especially the design now goes from new games and new design of games, which is very, very, Revenue enhancing and it's very clear to just give an information about that. In this quarter, it was 1,900,000 Euros, we are targeting over the year between 9% to 10%. Speaker 300:37:01It's also developed how many developers we have, what type of projects we're working, but that's our roughly estimation as part of the year end guidance. On top of that, we just need to remember there's also certification of games. As Yaniv mentioned, we have 55 different games to launch over the year. So we're talking about certification costs in We're seeing jurisdiction location have different certification costs, which also we're capitalizing it. And we also register our IPs and our trademarks. Speaker 300:37:31So roughly, that's what I think is the best way or the best way to estimate where we're going to be in by the end of the year. Speaker 800:37:40Okay. All right. Thanks a lot, guys. Speaker 300:37:43Thanks. Operator00:37:46And I will now turn the call back over to Yaniv Sherman. Speaker 200:37:52Thanks, operator, and thank you all for attending the Q1 presentation and questions. I encourage everyone to further review the materials on our investor website and looking forward to seeing you over the upcoming yearly calls for 'twenty three. Thank you, Kevin. Have a great day. Operator00:38:14This concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.Read morePowered by Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallBragg Gaming Group Q1 202300:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2x Earnings DocumentsSlide DeckPress Release Bragg Gaming Group Earnings HeadlinesStocks in play: Bragg Gaming Group.May 1 at 12:40 PM | ca.finance.yahoo.comBragg Gaming to Release First Quarter 2025 Results on May 15May 1 at 12:40 PM | finance.yahoo.comHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.May 2, 2025 | Brownstone Research (Ad)Bragg Gaming Group To Settle USD 5 Million of Secured Promissory Note; Short-term Extension Agreement Reached for Remaining USD 2 MillionApril 25, 2025 | businesswire.comBragg Gaming Partners with and Invests in Brazilian Specialist Online Casino Studio RapidPlayApril 10, 2025 | tmcnet.comBragg Gaming Group Inc. (NASDAQ:BRAG) Q4 2024 Earnings Call TranscriptMarch 24, 2025 | msn.comSee More Bragg Gaming Group Headlines Get Earnings Announcements in your inboxWant to stay updated on the latest earnings announcements and upcoming reports for companies like Bragg Gaming Group? Sign up for Earnings360's daily newsletter to receive timely earnings updates on Bragg Gaming Group and other key companies, straight to your email. Email Address About Bragg Gaming GroupBragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ:BRAG) provides business to business online gaming technology platform and casino content aggregator worldwide. The company offers a range of games, including slot, table, card, video bingo, scratch card, and virtual sports, as well as live dealer games. It also provides player account management platform, a multi-channel and cross-product that enables operators to manage the entire product suite using one shared account and one wallet for casino, lottery, sportsbook, and other operations; and Fuze, a single integrated platform that delivers third party gaming content. In addition, the company offers turnkey and managed services; and holds various content distribution rights through partnerships with selected third-party studios. It offers its products under the Wild Streak, Spin, Atomic Slot Lab, Indigo Magic, Oryx Gaming, iCasino, and sportsbook brands. The company was formerly known as Rockies Financial Corporation and as changed its name to Bragg Gaming Group Inc. in 2018. Bragg Gaming Group Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.View Bragg Gaming Group ProfileRead more More Earnings Resources from MarketBeat Earnings Tools Today's Earnings Tomorrow's Earnings Next Week's Earnings Upcoming Earnings Calls Earnings Newsletter Earnings Call Transcripts Earnings Beats & Misses Corporate Guidance Earnings Screener Earnings By Country U.S. Earnings Reports Canadian Earnings Reports U.K. Earnings Reports Latest Articles Amazon Earnings: 2 Reasons to Love It, 1 Reason to Be CautiousMeta Takes A Bow With Q1 Earnings - Watch For Tariff Impact in Q2Palantir Earnings: 1 Bullish Signal and 1 Area of ConcernMicrosoft Crushes Earnings, What’s Next for MSFT Stock?Qualcomm's Earnings: 2 Reasons to Buy, 1 to Stay AwayAMD Stock Signals Strong Buy Ahead of EarningsAmazon's Earnings Will Make or Break the Stock's Comeback Upcoming Earnings Palantir Technologies (5/5/2025)Vertex Pharmaceuticals (5/5/2025)CRH (5/5/2025)Realty Income (5/5/2025)Williams Companies (5/5/2025)American Electric Power (5/6/2025)Advanced Micro Devices (5/6/2025)Marriott International (5/6/2025)Constellation Energy (5/6/2025)Arista Networks (5/6/2025) Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
There are 9 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Thank you for standing by. My name is Kayla Baker, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Bragg Gaming Group's First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. Operator00:00:28I would now like to turn the call over to Chief Strategy Officer, Yaniv Spylberg. You may begin. Speaker 100:00:36Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our Q1 of 2023 earnings conference call. I'm Yaniv Spielberg, Chief Strategy Officer for Bragg Gaming Group. I'll be hosting today's call alongside my colleague, Chief Executive Officer, Yaniv Sherman, who will comment on our Q1's performance and Ronen Kanur, our CFO, who will review and discuss our Q1 results. If you've not already done so, you can follow our earnings call presentation from our website at investors. Speaker 100:01:05Bragg. Group in the section called Latest Presentation. On this call, we'll review Bragg's financial and operating results for the Q1 of 2023. Q and A. Following our prepared remarks, we will open the conference call to a question and answer period. Speaker 100:01:20I'll start the call with some brief cautionary remarks regarding Certain statements made on this conference call and our responses to various questions may constitute forward looking information of future oriented financial information within the meaning of applicable securities law. Statements about expected growth, prospective results, strategic outlooks and financial and operational expectations, opportunities and projections rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events, including market and economical conditions, business prospects or opportunities, future plans and strategies, technological developments and anticipated events, trends and regulatory changes that may affect the corporation and its subsidiaries and their respective customers and industries. While we believe these assumptions to be reasonable, they are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the company's control in which could cause the actual results, performance or achievement of the company to be materially different. There could be no assurances that these assumptions or estimates are accurate or Any of these expectations will prove accurate. For a complete discussion of these factors, please refer to our recently filed press release and other publicly available disclosure. Speaker 100:02:34With that behind us, I'd like to turn the call now to our CEO, Yaniv Sherman. Yaniv? Speaker 200:02:40Thank you, Yaniv. Good morning. I'm Yaniv Sherman, Bragg's CEO, and I'm very happy to welcome you all to our Q1 presentation. Our Q1 of the year marked another successful step in our digital quest. We continue to execute against our mission and strategic plan, complementing our award winning iGaming proposition The growing number of premium Bragg developed game titles offered to players around the world who are operating partners. Speaker 200:03:07Our execution is driving persistent top line and cash flow growth. Consistent with our previously presented game plan, We continue to expand in new markets with new customers. So far, this year has been no exception as we are excited to welcome new partners in Mexico, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the U. K. Our U. Speaker 200:03:27S. Rollout is progressing well, and we've recently marked another key milestone with the launch of our newest tech stack and games launch in Pennsylvania, our 4th U. S. State to date. I'll share more business and operational details shortly, but first I'd like to Onen to elaborate about our recent financial key performance indicators. Speaker 200:03:47Onen? Speaker 300:03:48Thank you, Yaniv, and good morning, everyone. I'll begin my comments on Slide 6. As Yaniv indicated earlier, the Q1 of 2023 was another successful step in our digital journey. We continue to execute against our mission and strategic plan, and we can see that in our financial and operational results. In the Q1, total revenue were up by 18.1% year over year to EUR 22,900,000. Speaker 300:04:14The growth was mainly derived organically through our existing customer base launched in financial year 2021 2022, which performed better than expected on the Content segment. The new onboarded customers in various jurisdictions, in particular, the Netherlands with 3 new TAM customers, 10 key solutions and content offering and a solid revenue performance from the YS3 gaming studio and Spin Games existing U. S. Customer base. From an operational KPI perspective, total wagering generated by the games and content offered by the group during the quarter was up by 35.7 percent from the same period in the previous year to EUR 5,200,000,000 As you can see from the wagering chart on the right hand side, Bragg saw positive momentum since the effect of the inception of the German regulatory restrictions on gameplay in the Q3 of 2021, which demonstrates our ability to transform and diversify our operations. Speaker 300:05:14In addition, the total number of unique players using our games and content in the period, which is excluding Wild Street and Spin, were up by 42.8% from the same period in the previous year to 2,800,000 unique players. The increase is associated with the significant improvement to our core content offering, including recent technical developments, giving us a powerful competitive advantage. Gross profit for the quarter increased by 22% to €12,200,000 with gross profit margins increasing by 170 basis points to 53.5%. The margin increase is a direct effect of a change in the composition of revenue derived from PAM, managed services and proprietary game studios, which have no cost of sale compared to 3rd party games and content which have associated third party costs. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was up by 28.1 percent to €3,900,000 with adjusted EBITDA margin reaching 17%, an improvement of 130 basis points from the same period in the previous year. Speaker 300:06:22The change in margin was mainly as a result of scale, a change in the product mix and higher profitability. That comes alongside with higher salaries cost as part of the group's strategy to expand its software development and product portfolio, all with a focus to margin control. Operating profit for the quarter amounted to €500,000 an improvement of €600,000 performance from the previous year operating loss of $100,000 and as a result of improved underlying performance and more efficient cost control. We are pleased that in the start of the second quarter, we have seen a strong trading, in line with our expectations. As a result, we are reiterating 2023 guidance of revenue in the range of €93,000,000 to €97,000,000 with a midpoint of €95,000,000 implying 12% growth from 2022 levels and adjusted EBITDA of €14,500,000 to €16,500,000 with a midpoint of €15,500,000 implying 28% growth in adjusted EBITDA from 2022 levels. Speaker 300:07:31As you can see on Slide 7, the gross profit margins are in growing trajectories in the Q3 of 2021 Due to the shift in Bragg's product mix, we continue executing our mission and strategic plan, we're scaling up our business in line with both our revenue growth and the continuing movement in product mix is indicated in the right hand side of the slide. Product mix has changed noticeably since last year's Q3. While the revenue is scaling, it is also trending towards proprietary content, PAM and turnkey solutions by leading to improvement in gross profit margins and overall profitability. Gross profit increased by 22% to €12,200,000 in the Q1 of 2023, with margin improving by 170 basis points to 53.5%. The Q1 of 2023 revenue performance was driven mainly from the content, which is aggregated and third party, exclusive content and proprietary content, While PAM and 10Q solution were slightly lower proportion. Speaker 300:08:33In the Q1 of 2023, the total games and content revenue segment amounted to EUR 17,600,000 and represented 76.8 percent of total revenue compared to EUR 13,900,000 and 71.6 percent last year. Proprietary content deployment is positively progressing both in the U. S. And EU markets by increasing both distribution and game performance. And as Yaniv indicated, we have recently marked another key milestone with the launch of the newest launch in Pennsylvania, our 4th U. Speaker 300:09:06S. Stage to date. As we indicated in the previous quarters, we are targeting gross profit margin improvement to reach 60% by the full year of 2024, mainly by increasing the proportion of revenue, which comes from proprietary content, TAM and 10 Key Solutions. Moving to Slide 8. Adjusted EBITDA amounted to €3,900,000 against an operating profit of €500,000 The GAAP was driven by the following noncash and exceptional items: depreciation and amortization, the increase of intangible amortization, part of the Wildstreak and Spin acquisition in June 2021 June 2022, respectively, and the increase of capitalized software development costs. Speaker 300:09:48Share based payment, a reduction in the charge for awards granted to senior management during the period composed of DSUs and RSUs and share options. Exceptional cost, cost mainly associated with the discontinued contractor relationship of several employees. And gain of remeasurement of deferred consideration, this is cost mainly associated with the acquisition of Spin in June 2022 on the total outstanding deferred liability. As you see on Slide 9, we ended the quarter with a cash balance of EUR 15,100,000 compared to €11,300,000 as of December 31, 2022, with outstanding liability of US8.5 million dollars in convertible debt. As of May 2023, the total outstanding liability is US7.5 million dollars after several conversions and a cash repayment of $500,000 in April 2023. Speaker 300:10:46Our net working capital at the end of March 2023 is approximately €7,700,000 excluding deferred consideration. This is compared to €6,600,000 at the beginning of the year. From a cash flow perspective, a total of €6,400,000 generated from the operating activities with underlying performance reaching to €3,400,000 and a movement in working capital and income taxes of €3,000,000 a total of €1,900,000 investment in intangible assets related to the capitalization of software development costs in the period. Looking forward, management are projecting a positive free cash flow operations where there is no CapEx or technology debt required in the business. In addition, management is confident that there are no immediate refinancing of further debt requirement needs for the business. Speaker 300:11:37And with that, I will turn the call back to Yaniv. Speaker 200:11:40Thanks, Onan. I wanted to use this opportunity and spend a few minutes talking about the general state of the markets. In the big picture, 2022 was one of the most volatile and challenging years in recent memory from a macro and financial perspective. In 2023, at least to date, while some markets and sectors seem to be turning a corner, it remains to be seen whether we are at the end of this cycle. High interest rates and general uncertainty means companies must operate prudently with a clear focus on their businesses' fundamentals. Speaker 200:12:14Specifically in our sector, the global growth of online gaming continues with digital surpassing physical gaming in many territories. However, increased regulation as we've recently seen with the publication of the white paper in the UK and different restrictions in Holland and Italy, just to name a few, requires a different playbook, one where we need to be nimble. I'm pleased that we have established a foundation at Bragg with this exact state of mind, and we are better positioned than ever to compete in the marketplace of regulated gaming. Diversification, prudence and capital deployment and operational excellence are no longer the proverbial extra mustard. There are preconditions for navigating in these stormy waters and to continue to grow as we have and expect to continue doing so in the near and long term. Speaker 200:13:05Moving to Slide 12, we've been busy ramping up our Bragg Studios and powered by Bragg outputs, and we're starting to see the results. As I've stated in the past, building Bragg into a must have game provider is a marathon. We're already considered a partner of choice for turnkey and game aggregation offerings, but F scale game production requires building and honing additional capabilities such as game design, creative and math development, just to name a few. I'm very pleased about the progress we've made in a relatively short amount of time. This is an incredibly competitive and exciting landscape and we aim to create a healthy balance between quality and quantity. Speaker 200:13:44Bragg Studios are now working under the guidance of our new Las Vegas content hub, headed by industry leading talents. We expect our production and rollout cadence to increase through 2023 as we continue to develop market specific titles with additional features and functions built into our tech stack. In Slide 13, we can see the manifestation of the growing number of exclusive and proprietary titles in our partner network through their share in gross profit. The continued expansion of our share of wallet and gross gaming revenues across different markets underpins the business rationale behind this effort and gets us closer to our long term margin and profitability targets. Moving on to the next slide, Game production is built on a robust product and technology based, developed by our amazing braggers across Europe and India. Speaker 200:14:35We continue to show growth on our turnkey vertical and our ability to partner with proven operating partners and power their digital growth in regulated markets makes Bragg more than a one trick pony. Diversification and scale are 2 critical aspects we continue to drive towards. There are fundamental components in our resilience and something Bragg's management are extremely focused on. And in my last slide, just to cap things off, We're marking another strong revenue and adjusted EBITDA quarter. Game production is firing on all cylinders, complementing our expansion with new and existing partners across several key markets, including the U. Speaker 200:15:14S. And Western Europe. We remain focused on long term value creation, incredibly exciting and dynamic sector powered by our amazing team members around the world. Thanks again for joining and listening in. We're happy to take your questions now. Operator00:15:38Our first question comes from the line of Gianluca Gucci with Haywood Securities. Your line is Speaker 400:15:43open. Hi, good morning, guys. Congrats on a nice quarter. Could you provide an updated rollout timeline for the U. S? Speaker 400:15:54The company just entered Pennsylvania, so just wondering what your near term expectations are for the U. S. Market? Speaker 200:16:03Hi, Jennifer. Good morning. Yes, we've just launched our newest tech stack in Pennsylvania. Just to clarify, we are alive in all four states with through the spin and in Ontario through the spin acquisition in the legacy Tech Stack and Games. The relaunch is basically introducing our latest Bragg RGS into those states, Pennsylvania marking the 4th one. Speaker 200:16:32So we essentially are now We have our new foot in every state that we were looking to do so. And now we are basically ramping up in both additional operators and additional games with each operator. The game plan right now is to have Few more operators live this quarter and next in Pennsylvania as well as in New Jersey and Michigan. And we're working down that list, but the idea is to have at least the first and second set of Bragg developed games in each one of these states with the top, let's call it, 5 to 8 operators by year's end. And we're working towards that and we're making good progress, but that is the idea. Speaker 200:17:23We are modernizing and including new content as we go forward. Speaker 400:17:31That's great color. Thanks, Yaniv. And on your cash flow generation, impressive in the quarter there. How do you plan to kind of deploy the excess cash flow that you guys internally are generating now? Are there any M and A opportunities out there or perhaps buying back stock at these depressed valuations? Speaker 400:17:56If you can comment on that. Speaker 200:17:59Yes, a good question. Right now, I mean, we're happy to make progress there. Naturally, this is sort of the base or the foundation of everything that we do at this point. We have we're quite proactive in mapping out the options, what's the best value creation opportunities We're deploying that cash right now. It is redeploying it back into the business to make sure we further accelerate Going into the business so far. Speaker 200:18:34And in the near term, I believe that will bring the best return on investment. Looking into the second half of the year into next, Naturally, there are some interesting acquisition opportunities out there, mainly around content that we're constantly evaluating. But I'd like personally to see the business sort of consistently generate cash at this cadence and then we can address Both potential buybacks, refinancing or M and As further down the field, but I want to make sure that this is consistent and that we deliver against our expectations. Speaker 400:19:18Perfect. Thanks, Geneva. And just lastly, in terms of seasonality, how should We'll be thinking about that for the balance of the year given that the company is in an onboarding phase right now. So does that mean that traditional seasonality Is to be thrown out the window for this year? Speaker 200:19:38Well, we do live at the shoulders or at the stream of our partners. So activity is always a function of the B2C operators' performance. This year, I think that we can expect more seasonality. As you remember, last year was 2021 and 2022 were sort of odd years Because of the post COVID effect and then the World Cup in the Q4, this year, I think we can expect a bit more seasonality, especially around travel season in terms of activity performance, but I hope to be able to sort of curtail that with more content deployment that May compensate, but I think it will be a more traditional year with no major global sports events on the calendar. Speaker 400:20:27Okay. Thanks Geneva and congrats on the quarter guys. Thanks, Errol. Speaker 500:20:33And the Operator00:20:33next question comes from the line of Matthew Lee with Canaccord Genuity. Your line is open. Speaker 500:20:39Hi, guys. This is Betty Young Congrats on a good quarter. So my first question is that, yes, you had a great quarter with 18% revenue growth, which looks like is driven by every segment of the business. But your unchanged guidance sort of suggests a slowdown throughout the year. Can you talk to what you're expecting on that front or what could cause revenue growth to slow a little bit throughout the year? Speaker 200:21:10Thanks, Betty. Yes, well, I'll tell you that again when we provided guidance sort of 2 tranches lately last year into this one. We felt that was reflected sufficient growth. We did take into account that a big portion at least in the first half of the year would be dedicated to distribution and deployment. We're happy to see that other segments of the business and the diversity is performing well and helping us exceed those expectations. Speaker 200:21:41At this point, I wanted to again because of some seasonality And relatively short amount of time since we reported last, we wanted to get a bit more runway under our feet for this year before we revisited Speaker 500:22:04Awesome. Thanks for the additional color. And then margin looks very strong this quarter. Is that entirely due to the shift to proprietary or are there other factors driving that profitability gain? Speaker 200:22:20Actually, from a proprietary perspective, the proprietary segment, because we're focused on deployment, technical deployment mostly in game development through the 1st and second quarter has grown, but the other segments have grown even faster. So from a margin perspective, it's a combination of propriety, but also some cost control measures that we started to implement So we want to make sure that that progress is consistent. So this is on both end of the spectrum, both the revenues the revenue mixture is trending in the right direction and also margin protection or cost control It's also starting to give its signs and we're continuing to focus on that to be as cost efficient as possible without naturally jeopardizing the growth. Speaker 500:23:16Awesome. And my last question is on Mexico. What you're Expecting in terms of contribution from Mexico and which appears to be a massive potential market for you. I Speaker 200:23:30just to make sure I understand the question and I heard you correctly around Mexico contribution expected from Mexico. Speaker 500:23:36Yes. Speaker 200:23:39I think Mexico will be an interesting additive contribution for our overall business. I think the market has grown consistently. So we're definitely we've launched with the market leader and we're looking to launch with additional operators. I think it will be definitely additive. And from the Latin American markets right now, Mexico is By far the biggest regulated market. Speaker 200:24:06So I think it will definitely be additive. I don't think it will be take over or Become bigger than the U. S. States or any of our major European countries, but this is a good example of smaller. We're working on a very low base In Mexico, so I think anything we'll be able to generate with our content and our operators there will be additive both to revenues and contribution. Speaker 200:24:30So we're very excited about the prospect there and it's also a very effective gateway to Latin America regulated gaming With the larger economies there, poised for regulation hopefully in the near term. So again, both On a P and L and a strategic aspect, Mexico has been an important deployment for us. Speaker 500:24:53Awesome. That's very helpful, Dave. I'll pass the line. Speaker 200:24:58Thanks, buddy. Operator00:25:00And our next question comes from the line of Edward Engel with ROTH MKM. Your line is open. Speaker 600:25:07Hi. Thanks for taking my question. I've seen the presentation. It looks like you're targeting 15 game launches by Bragg Studio in the first half of twenty 23 and then, in the press release, you talked about ramping that further in the second half. I know quality over quantity, but like any idea of how many Title you're hoping to launch in the second half of the year. Speaker 600:25:29And I guess, to that point, I guess, what's kind of the target number of proprietary titles you would hope to launch on a kind of normalized basis. Speaker 200:25:42Hey, good morning. So broadly speaking, and again, this is I don't want to give too many details, but the way we count Because in some cases, the titles, we are adjusting them per market almost. But for unique titles, We're looking at total numbers of the year around 50 to 55 titles. We're comfortable with that pace with an even balance between proprietary and exclusive. We're making good progress at this point, so we're pretty comfortable being able to produce That amount of titles. Speaker 200:26:25Having said that, the balance between proprietary and exclusives may change during the course of the year because when exclusives are concerned, we're also dependent on our partners working with us on specific games and titles, but we've been very focused on ramping up the development, of the production and development capabilities out of Las Vegas and Europe. And right now, I think that the machine is in a much better shape to meet those numbers And hopefully exceed them that we understand the balance between quantity and quality. We need to get through critical mass with all of our operating partners. Speaker 600:27:04Got it. That's helpful. And then, you talked about or you announced a bunch of interesting, I guess, content deals throughout, I guess this year so far in a couple different markets. Just curious, I guess, what studios have you kind of found or a bit Have more traction with some of these international markets. Is Wildstreak still working kind of abroad or is it more so Was that content coming from your studios in Europe? Speaker 200:27:33No, I mean, Wild Street, The brands that we operate on are Wild Street, Atomic Slot Lab and Indigo Magic. Indigo Magic was built and ramped up in Europe as a European focused content production, Atomic Slout Lab is North American focused. And those 2 that when I talk about bolstering up is making sure that each one of these Studios has enough resources to self sustain and produce its own content. Having said that, we've already seen some very interesting cross with derivatives. So it's definitely been a cross section, but generally speaking, content specifically developed for the U. Speaker 200:28:19S. Or North America does better there than in Europe and vice versa. But some titles, I mean, we recently launched One of our partners, Blueberry, Devil's Lock is a title that is a very well known game in the U. S. It's been doing well in Europe. Speaker 200:28:36It was launched in Europe first. It's now being rolled out in the U. S. So that's a good example of a title that enjoys headline awareness, but also very good game production and performance. And we hope to get more of those Out the door, in better sense, on both sides of the Atlantic. Speaker 600:28:57Helpful. Thank you. Speaker 200:29:01Thanks, guys. Operator00:29:03And the next question comes from the line of Jack Vander Arde with Maxim Group. Your line is open. Speaker 700:29:10Okay, great. Good morning, guys. Nice quarter. Thanks for the update. Let me give a question on the PAM side of the business. Speaker 700:29:19Can you just provide an update on recent PAM customer growth? I think I heard something about 3 new PAM customers added in the prepared remarks. Can you just talk about what other markets you're adding new PAM customers and then just for the outlook of the year, How you expect that to ramp? Thanks. Speaker 200:29:38Sure. Thanks, Nick. Pam has been naturally an important vertical of the business. We've added New PAM customers in Europe, Central Europe mostly around Holland and additional territory. We are now looking at expanding that into additional markets. Speaker 200:29:58I'm saying we're Considering each one very carefully because from a new market perspective, as we all know, Pam, it requires a different setup and deployment. So we're very selective in our approach. That has been having said that, as you can see from the numbers, It's been a very effective, both from a revenue, but also from a content delivery perspective. So that has been an important pillar of the business, helping us sort of underpin growth for the Other areas of the business, but as we stated in the past, the overall strategy is content led. So we are looking to deploy our PAM into additional European with its existing markets. Speaker 200:30:46We've launched it in Holland and Czech Republic, the last two markets that we deployed in and we're looking to expand in those. And also new territories during, I believe, sorry, the second half of the year, but that again will be on a more selective basis with strategic partners to allow us to put enough focus behind them because as I said, Pam, turnkey in general Requires a different set of resources and focus from the business. So we are very much focused on Allowing our partners the best tools to succeed. Speaker 700:31:24Okay, great. And then just one follow-up Separately, I think you touched on the German market briefly in the prepared remarks. Can you just provide an update there? I didn't quite catch that. And just remind us again if it's a de minimis contributor to your current guidance for the year and if there's upside to that number from the German market. Speaker 700:31:43Thanks. Speaker 200:31:45Sure. I mean, that's a fair analysis of where we are. I mean, it is a de minimisitive contribution and it's pure upside. And having said that, I I think we've been following that market carefully. The new regulating body is now looking to deploy or to issue more licenses in the marketplace and we see more operators, local operators applying for those. Speaker 200:32:11Having said that, I think one of the major challenges right now for the operators in the market is still the tax structure and the contribution that it brings, with a turnover tax and additional restrictions, both to casino and sport that makes it very challenging with the current state of affairs to operate a profitable business in the marketplace. And so that I think that once this is revisited Both from a lander or a state and then a federal perspective, I think we'll see much better chances in seeing tangible and consistent growth there. We are keeping our product up to speed. The content suite that we offer Still, I think is second to none in terms of its Central European and German compatibility. We want to make sure that we don't drop the ball on that. Speaker 200:33:03And when growth is more material, We'll be able to monetize on it. But right now, from a regulated perspective, we haven't seen the inflection point. Hopefully, we'll see it later this year or next. But I have little visibility at this point about the operator's ability Speaker 700:33:36Okay, great. Again, nice quarter. Thanks for the update. Speaker 200:33:40Thanks, Eric. Operator00:33:42And the next question comes from the line of David Matfadkin with Cormark. Your line is open. Speaker 800:33:49Hi, guys. Just a couple of questions. I was wondering if you can give us an update on how the new games have performed. I would imagine there's probably 1 or 2 that have performed a lot better than the other ones, but if you could just kind of give us an update and maybe call out what those games are. And then secondly, on the intangible asset spend as shown in the cash flow statement under the investing section, I was wondering if you could give us Your outlook on how much you think you'll be spending this year? Speaker 800:34:20Thanks. Speaker 200:34:22Sure. I'll take the first one and then Lip will then answer the second one. In terms of the game performance, As we've seen, we've been very focused on game development and deployment of the games that we have deployed late last year. This year, We've seen a couple of outstanding performers mostly in the U. S. Speaker 200:34:42Market pertains to Michigan, which a couple of the new games have performed well. I don't want to get into specific titles because we haven't provided that breakdown, but the titles in Michigan have performed Well, over time, in Europe, few of the newer titles that we deployed in both the U. K. And Holland, Talking about both Atomic Soft Lab and Indigo Magic Games have shown some very good initial results. And again, we're measuring those over time. Speaker 200:35:12So one of the key parameters outside of initial performance, both on wagers And rounds play is also how fast they churned, because we know games churn relatively quickly. The games have been holding up quite nicely So far, so we are very encouraged by not all games performed that way naturally of all the game sets that we've deployed, but generally speaking, We see more hits than misses at this point and we are looking now we're very focused on further distributing so we can get these games And the new ones effectively distributed, our goal as we've outlined in the past is to have a constant predictable cadence deployment is still a bit staggered and that's where the financial effect is not as dramatic as we want it to be, but that is one of our major focal points for the remainder of the year to get the games out faster and more streamlined. So that's on game performance and deployment. I'll let Omen take the second question. Speaker 300:36:24Hey, David. Good morning. So we always indicated that our investment, especially on the cash flow side, is predominantly, software development costs. As we know, we are capitalizing the cost of our dev team, especially on the areas which are Revenue enhancing a new product, new games, especially the design now goes from new games and new design of games, which is very, very, Revenue enhancing and it's very clear to just give an information about that. In this quarter, it was 1,900,000 Euros, we are targeting over the year between 9% to 10%. Speaker 300:37:01It's also developed how many developers we have, what type of projects we're working, but that's our roughly estimation as part of the year end guidance. On top of that, we just need to remember there's also certification of games. As Yaniv mentioned, we have 55 different games to launch over the year. So we're talking about certification costs in We're seeing jurisdiction location have different certification costs, which also we're capitalizing it. And we also register our IPs and our trademarks. Speaker 300:37:31So roughly, that's what I think is the best way or the best way to estimate where we're going to be in by the end of the year. Speaker 800:37:40Okay. All right. Thanks a lot, guys. Speaker 300:37:43Thanks. Operator00:37:46And I will now turn the call back over to Yaniv Sherman. Speaker 200:37:52Thanks, operator, and thank you all for attending the Q1 presentation and questions. I encourage everyone to further review the materials on our investor website and looking forward to seeing you over the upcoming yearly calls for 'twenty three. Thank you, Kevin. Have a great day. Operator00:38:14This concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.Read morePowered by