Banijay Gaming has recorded revenue of €404m (£350m) for the second quarter of 2025 – a up 7.4% year on year – thanks in part to solid performances from its casino and poker offerings.
Despite a quieter sporting calendar to Q2 2024, sportsbook revenue for its Betclic brand rose 3% year on year (YoY) to €313.8m, while casino revenue increased by nearly a quarter (24%) YoY, totalling €59.1m.
Poker revenue for the quarter amounted to €25.1m, up 34.4% YoY, while the group’s horseracing betting product generated revenue €5.9m.
Looking at H1 2025, Banijay Gaming reported revenue of €784.8m, up 12.5% on the corresponding period last year.
The company pointed to the revamped Champions League format as a driving force behind increased sports betting revenue for the first half of 2025.
The Betclic sportsbook is available in France, Ivory Coast, Poland and Portugal, while casino is offered in Ivory Coast and Portugal. Its poker product is only in France.
Not only did H1 sportsbook revenue increase 10.5% YoY to €609.6m, but the number of unique active players also grew 25% YoY to 2.3 million.
As for growth across casino, poker and horseracing, effective cross-sell between sports betting and other products was also highlighted , as was the “strong success” of Betclic’s new in-house poker platform, which achieved record revenue and unique active players in the six months to 30 June.
Meanwhile, Banijay Gaming’s adjusted EBITDA for H1 jumped 25.8% YoY to €221.9m, leaving an adjusted EBITDA margin of 28.3%.
Banijay Group CEO François Riahi said: “Online sports betting and gaming delivered a very strong performance in all markets and activities, growing strongly despite a very high comparison basis from 2024’s busy sporting calendar.
“We continue to sustain unique active player growth thanks to our seamless user experience, as well as our proven acquisition and retention strategy, and great engagement across all products and geographies.
“We are on track to deliver our 2025 guidance and have started our new three-year strategic plan period on the right foot as we strive to build an unrivalled content powerhouse in the entertainment industry.”
Speaking on the earnings call that followed the results release, Riahi said he was confident the company could be “a leader” if the French government legalised online casino.
He said: “We are very ready to take the risk because we believe that there’s no comparison between the opportunity and the risk.
“We are number one in online sports betting. We have the experience of managing cross-selling between online casino in Portugal and now in Ivory Coast. We strongly believe we have the tools to also be a leader in this market if it opens up.
“We are used to competing. We have competitors everywhere, good competitors, and we have managed to perform and to have gained some market share, so we believe we are ready to compete.”
Banijay Group shares are up nearly 2% to €9, at the time of writing.
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Quarterly figure up 7.4% year on year, bolstered by igaming, while CEO François Riahi says operator would be “a leader” in casino should France legalise the vertical
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