STS pointed out that during the prior year period, Q2 2021 saw the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship take place – suggesting it was a period of heightened activity for the business – and that the FIFA World Cup will be taking place in the fourth quarter of this year, across November and December.
In Q2 2022, the number of active customers using STS products came in at around 375,000, with 92,000 new registrations and 66,000 first time depositors (FTDs) joining the customer base during the quarter.
These figures will be welcomed by STS, which generated €33.1m of its H1 revenue during the first quarter, marking a 15% year-on-year increase and a new quarterly record for the firm.
Adjustable EBITDA in Q1 was €15.1m, up 17% from the prior-year period, while STS S.A., the main operating company of the STS Group, achieved net income of €12.4m for the quarter, up 24% year-on-year.STS CEO CEO Mateusz Juroszek: “In the second half of this year, we hope that the very attractive calendar of sports events and the World Cup in Qatar will allow us to develop even better operating indicators.”
“In the first half of this year, we achieved very good operating results,” said CEO Mateusz Juroszek. “We have slightly improved NGR – the value of amounts staked by the customers, less the winnings paid and gambling and lottery tax – compared to the same period last year.
STS said it is constantly developing its in-house technology platform to meet its customers’ needs, and has been continuously implementing a mobile-first strategy for several years.
Investments in its product portfolio and technological solutions amounted to PLN29m in 2021, it said, while the business also holds 74% of the shares in Czech technology supplier Betsys after completing a purchase in 2020.
The full STS financial statement will be published in September.