Blackstone-backed gambling company Cirsa books higher first-quarter earnings

Cirsa Enterprises SAU

21/05/2026 07:14

Corrects day in paragraph 1 to Thursday, not Wednesday

May 21 (Reuters) - Blackstone-backed Spanish gambling company Cirsa's CIRSA.MC first-quarter core earnings rose about 8%, it said on Thursday, citing stronger than expected performance from its retail and online betting businesses.

Cirsa reported earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of €193.9 million ($225.3 million) for the quarter, up from €178.8 million in the same period last year.

($1 = 0.8605 euros)

 (Reporting by Javi West Larrañaga
Editing by David Goodman)

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