ZEAL Network SE (0QJQ) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and I warmly welcome you to today's earnings call of the Zia Network SE following the publication of the half-year figures of 2025 earlier this morning. I'm delighted to welcome the CEO, Helmut Becker, and the CFO, Andrea Behrendt, who will guide us through the presentation and the results shortly. But before I hand over to the management board, let me kindly remind you that every participant is in a listen-only mode. And after the presentation, we will move on to a Q&A session in which you will be allowed to place your questions directly via the audio line. Questions via chat cannot be submitted today. And having said this, Andrea, this stage is yours. Thanks a lot. Good morning, everyone. Great to have you joining us this morning for ZIL's half-year earnings call. You should all be seeing the presentation. If not, please have a look at our investor relations section on our website. There, the presentation is available. Here's what we will cover today. First, a short look at the H1 summary. Then we will dive into the details of the financials. We will follow up with an update on strategic focus and guidance, and we will wrap it up with our key takeaways. After that, we are happy to take your questions. And with that, handing over to him. Thanks, Andrea, and welcome and good morning also from my side. The headline for the first half of the year is that we are consistently and successfully executing against our strategies. Despite a weak jackpot environment, both compared to statistical expectations and especially compared to previous year, we've improved our gross margin once more. We've grown our customer base and we've raised revenue and as a result increased EBITDA to more than 35 million euros in the first half of 2025. In addi...