EML Payments
(ASX:EML) has announced a 39 per cent increase in group revenue for the first half of the 2019 financial year (H1FY19) to $47.2 million.
Earnings (group EBITDA) were up 50 per cent to $13.74 million.
EML says reloadable cards for the sports betting segment continue to scale globally with the estimated size of the online gaming market in the Americas estimated to be around $90 billion.
Looking ahead, EML has confirmed full year FY19 earnings (EBITDA) guidance of $27-28 million inclusive of Flex-e-Card acquisition costs.
Earlier this month EML announced the acquisition of UK-based shopping centre-focused gift card Solutions Company for total consideration of $40.5 million.
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(ASX:EML) are trading 5.9 per cent higher at $2.69.