ZEAL Network SE

Good morning to everybody. Welcome to the Q3 earnings call of the network. I hope you can all see the presentation, but if you can't see it, you can also access it through the investor relations section on our homepage. Let me now walk you through the agenda for this morning's call. First, Helmut will give a short summary of the first nine months, as well as give a business update. Then I will walk you through a financial update and will also reconfirm our guidance for this year. And then Helmut will end with the key takeaways of this course. Over to you, Helmut. Thank you, Sebastian.

Welcome, everybody. In summary, of the first nine months of 2023, We maintained our strong growth momentum of the first six months and once again improved our profitability. Although the jackpot situation was largely similar to that of the previous year, we were also able to raise billings from lotteries and revenue by 16%. In line with our marketing strategy, we've accelerated customer acquisition during high jackpot phases, In June and September, we've also started to invest more at the top of the funnel in brand building. We expect this to unlock further customer and business growth. Following our launch in the second quarter, we were able to successfully expand our games portfolio. Back to you, Sebastian.

As all of you probably know, the jackpot environment is very important for us.