Lotto24 AG reported earnings results for the first half of 2017. For the period, the company announced revenues were increased by as much as 40.6% to EUR 13.0 million compared to EUR 9.2 million a year ago. The strong revenue trend and reduction in marketing expenditure from EUR 5.0 million to EUR 4.0 million led to the first-ever positive figures for both EBIT and net profit: in the first half of 2017, EBIT reached EUR 0.4 million against loss of EUR 3.4 million a year ago; and net profit of EUR 0.6 million against loss of EUR 1.4 million a year ago.