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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. I am Gaylee, your course call operator. Welcome and thank you for joining the OPAP-SA conference call and live webcast question and answer session to discuss the second quarter 2023 financial results. Please note a video presentation has been distributed and is also available on the OPAP Investor Relations website. All participants will be in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn over the conference to Mr. Jan Karas, CEO of Opapese. Mr. Karas, you may now proceed.

Thank you, Gali. Good evening or good morning to everyone, and welcome to our regular Q2 2023 results conference call. I'm very pleased with the set of results that we have announced, delivering strong upward stop-line performance across all channels and verticals. We continue also to record solid operating profitability, allowing us to be confident on the delivery of our communicated outlook for the year. On the operational front we are very glad with the tangible progress we are showing, upgrading further our customer experience and rejuvenating our recreational mix. The first steps of our OPAPonline.gr entertainment hub, the upgrade of our retail sportsbook platform and the continuous evolvement of the OPAP Store app, supported also by our new free win-gain, was amongst the few successes that we presented to you earlier in the presentation that we have shared with you. We are also happy to announce a record interim dividend of €1 per share to be paid in November. Continuing our generous shareholder remuneration while at the same time we are looking to further complement our shareholders remuneration by expanding it with the share buyback program funded by any additional surplus cash after maximum dividend has been paid. For the remainder of the year we are having a very busy and solid commercial plan towards delivering sustainable value to all our shareholders. Hopefully, you have reviewed and enjoyed the results, the recorded video we shared with you earlier today. So we will jump directly to our Q&A session. Kelly, over to you.

Thank you, Mr. Karas. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, we will begin the question and answer session. Anyone who wishes to ask a question may press star followed by one on their telephone. If you wish to remove yourself from the question queue, then you may press star and two. Please use your handset when asking your question for better quality. Anyone who has a question may press star and 1 at this time. One moment for the first question please. The first question is from the line of with your bank equities. Please go ahead.