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| Going forward, we believe that as a parallel DoubleDown, we can help this business scale its top line, DoubleDown's ability to support and grow SuprNation's business includes leveraging its expertise in game development, marketing and player engagement and monetization to execute on the exciting growth opportunities in i-Gaming |
| We also are focused on generating more of our switcher casino purchases through direct-to-consumer methods, thereby improving margins in the largest part of our company's business |
| I really do think the product features have really helped to create excitement for players, again, IK said, to return to play, to want to be playing more and longer and also, it gives us marketing opportunities |
| Our flagship social casino game, DoubleDown Casino or DDC continues to be the driver of our solid results at full year 2023, adjusted EBITDA reached nearly $119 million and cash flow from operations for the 2023 full year exceeded $116 million, excluding the final Benson class action settlement payment earlier in the year |
| We continue to generate year-over-year increases in our -- some of our most important KPIs, including average monthly revenue per payer and payer conversion rate, which indicates our great ability to offer compelling entertainment value to our core paying players |
| So, so far, November, December, we saw a bit good result so far |
| The question is, can we -- as we did in Q4, frankly, can we take share based on the things that we uniquely in a differentiated way do with DoubleDown Casino and we were successfully able to do that in Q4, and we strive to do that every quarter |
| For the 2023 full year period, we generated adjusted EBITDA of $118.9 million, up 17% compared to the 2022 full year period, and the adjusted EBITDA margin for the 2023 full year -- excuse me, for the 2023 12-month period, was 38.5%, an improvement from the 2022 full year of 31.6% |
| The Q4 revenue from our social casino, free-to-play games was up nearly 8% on a quarterly sequential basis, and up 3% compared to Q4 2022 |
| We began 2024 for considerable momentum based on the Q4 results of our core social casino business, the recent close of our first post-IPO position and the launch of our internally developed game in the skill-based category |
| In the fourth quarter, several KPI metrics for our social casino business improved compared to the year ago period |
| Adjusted EBITDA margin was 43.5% for Q4 2023, representing an improvement from 32.4% in Q4 2022 and 40.7% in Q3 2023 |
| We see the i-Gaming sector as just one of the complementary gaming categories where we can deploy our resources and expertise to create new value for our shareholders |
| In addition, we released new [indiscernible] meta features in the first quarter focused on increasing player retention and engagement, including the lucky or and swing [ph] power features, which we believe aids overall monetization |
| And so there's significant opportunity just within those two countries in the short-term |
| As IK mentioned, Q4 social casino free-to-play revenue, excluding SuprNation, was up 8% sequentially from the third quarter of 2023 and 3% year-over-year |
| Those new features are really exciting things for us to use to get players to reengage or to engage more |
| I wanted to dig into your fourth quarter average multi revenue per payer, which was up really nicely over 20% year-over-year |
| So it helps users to play more and more |
| Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter rose sequentially and year-over-year to $36.2 million, while cash flow from operations was $29.7 million |
| So let me start with that one, and maybe I can and I can both talk about what we've done better and what we see as it relates to the core social casino business to drive revenue growth |
| In our core social casino business, we will continue to focus on enhancing the entertainment value of DoubleDown Casino with the goal of driving more engagement and even greater monetization |
| Now we want to see additional differentiated opportunities by offering compelling features for these players such as peer-to-peer competition and as I talked earlier |
| Its Duelz brand offers compelling features for these players such as peer-to-peer competition and elimination tournaments as players play flood games alongside one another |
| Payer conversion ratio, which is the percentage of players who play within the social casino apps increased to 6.4% in Q4 2023, compared to 5.4% in Q4 2022, and average monthly revenue per payer increased 23% from $227 in Q4 2022 to $279 in Q4 of 2023 |
| With SuprNation, our goal is to grow the business from its current revenue level with a combination of increased marketing investments and by leveraging the skills and expertise DoubleDown brings to this combination |
| including average revenue per daily active user, or ARPDAU, increased to $1.24 in Q4 2023 from $0.98 in Q4 2022 |
| We are pleased to have this acquisition complete and to be working closely with the SuprNation leadership team to help bring the business to the next level |
| Last October, we allocated a portion of our strong cash flow from operations to acquire SuprNation Western European focused i-Gaming operator, whose two primary markets are Sweden and the U.K |
| So we expect our ongoing development and improvement |
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| That's our goal, that's our challenge |
| Sales and marketing expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $9.9 million, a decline of 41% compared to Q4 2022, and 7% lower on a quarterly sequential basis |
| is quite low, I mean, single-digit market share |
| Relative to the cost of revenue, as we have done over the course of the year, we in Q4 spent less on marketing, specifically acquiring new users as we continue to see a somewhat challenging environment to get the right ROI for the acquisition of new users |
| And that is had us continue to curtail marketing to acquire new players |
| And as a result, we have continued to curtail our spend to acquire new users |
| Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from what the company expects |
| Net income for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $35.5 million or $10.27 per diluted share and $0.51 per ADS compared to a total net loss of $194.4 million or a loss of $78.47 per diluted share and a loss of $3.92 per ADS in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Even with these new operating costs, operating expenses for Q4 2023 declined from $51.5 million in Q4 last year excluding the non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $269.9 million taken in that period |
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