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| Additionally, the segment is benefiting from our strategic reorganization and diligent cost management efforts |
| Moreover, our resources and management expertise positions us well to drive ongoing operating improvements throughout portfolio, as we've demonstrated by our operating results in the last several quarters |
| Casinos & Resorts achieved a 7% revenue increase and maintained strong adjusted EBITDA margins as we successfully offset ramp-up costs in Chicago and the wind-down Tropicana |
| International Interactive continued its solid performance, driven once again by a leading market presence in the UK |
| I feel good about that |
| For the full year 2023, our revenues and adjusted EBITDA both increased an impressive 9% |
| As we turn the page to 2024, I'm excited to share with you our vision for Bally's future, including continued operating performance improvements and our roadmap of unparalleled development opportunities |
| So, we're happy about what we're seeing |
| We're really happy about the growth short-term |
| For our equity and credit stakeholders, Bally's operations across Casinos & Resorts, International Interactive and the North America Interactive offers unique and unparalleled long-term growth potential |
| Coupled with our consistently strong adjusted EBITDA performance and a thoughtful staged development pipeline, we're crafting a bright future and setting a new industry standard |
| We're pleased to share our thoughts on Bally's solid fourth quarter and 2023 operating performance, as well as a strong forward growth prospect |
| And should we achieve this milestone, we believe we'll have a highly attractive and competitive proposal that will allow for numerous pathways to actualize our vision |
| In the North American Interactive segment, we are pleased with our ongoing progress to refine our strategic approach to the market |
| Moreover, this unmatched development pipeline offers opportunities in two of the largest U.S |
| Our guidance also assumes the closure of Tropicana on April 2nd, a strong Chicago run rate, EBITDA trajectory in the second half of 2024, continued growth in International Interactive and approximately $30 million of adjusted EBITDA losses in North America Interactive |
| Within International Interactive, our UK operations continue to excel fourth quarter, making our strongest adjusted EBITDA performance to date |
| This success is attributed to our improved customer acquisition efficiency and refined marketing strategies, which have significantly improved our gross profit margins |
| I feel good about our plans |
| Our fourth quarter revenues grew a robust 6% year-over-year, reaching 612 million, with increases across all three of our operating segments |
| I think we should all just remember we have an exceptionally robust core to our business and we're handling our development pipeline with care |
| NAI delivered its best quarterly revenue of 2023, benefiting from our solid New Jersey and Pennsylvania iGaming results, along with the rollout of Bally Bet OSB |
| This will undoubtedly also lead to a better user experience |
| This is an exciting time for our interactive business and our commitment is underscored by a conviction that OSB is a foundational step towards successful iGaming futures |
| C&R exhibited robust performance across most of our portfolio, with revenues up 7% for the fourth quarter and up 11% for the year |
| Adjusted EBITDA was up an impressive 8% for the year |
| Notably, our two Rhode Island properties have consistently produced strong results in 2023 |
| Similarly, our Kansas City property has seen robust business, following the completion of its phase development in mid-September, 2023 |
| Quad Cities is also performing well and we're quite pleased with the full year of performance in Atlantic City |
| For the year AC outperformed expectations, despite a hyper competitive environment and have generated high single digit millions of adjusted EBITDA, our first full year of profit, since acquiring the property |
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| The segment generated an adjusted EBITDA loss of $9.8 million as we continued the rollout of Bally Bet, which finished the year live in seven states |
| Lastly, as with many of our peers, we were impacted by severe weather across our portfolio in January |
| But we did, like everyone else, experience market softness during the back half of 2023 |
| So with margins guided down about 200 basis points year-over-year, it implies that a lot of that down year-over-year should happen in the first quarter |
| The other point I'm going to make is that, from a guidance perspective, last year, I just talked about the softness we had in the second half |
| With that in mind, we are estimating a North America Interactive adjusted EBITDA loss of $30 million for the full year of 2024 |
| We are keeping a cautious eye to the lower ends of our database and the unrated segment |
| As we've noted before, we are several months behind our initial ramp-up schedule due to factors such as delaying opening, restricting operating hours at launch, the absence of valet parking and limited F&B offerings |
| Weather definitely on the first half of the year is going to impact that guidance as well |
| So, we saw some real impact in October, a lot of softening |
| We've contemplated driving revenues, but there are some costs that we are overcoming in that |
| Has that impacted us? It's like you've seen the impact in most of the regional operators |
| Asia does have to lap because there was a significant decline there over the course of 23 |
| And so on a year-over-year basis for the year, Asia will probably be down and maybe those two offset |
| Even if there is a degree of displacement from any of the larger operators, this will impact much smaller operators more severely |
| And so some of that free business could materialize into some margin impact |
| Las Vegas really was not impacted, obviously |
| We'll continue to invest and broaden our reach, resulting in an anticipated adjusted EBITDA loss of approximately 30 million for 2024 |
| So I'm not concerned at all, to be honest, about these regulatory changes |
| Robeson Reeves So touching on fourth quarter, I'd view that as an anomaly |
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