Société Française de Casinos SA said its normalized net income for the fiscal first half ended April 30 amounted to 16 euro cents per share, a gain from 2 cents per share in the year-earlier period.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was €826,000, a gain from €108,750 in the prior-year period.

Total revenue rose 23.5% year over year to €7.0 million from €5.7 million, and total operating expenses grew 24.4% year over year to €6.7 million from €5.4 million.

Reported net income increased 51.8% from the prior-year period to €254,620, or 5 cents per share, from €167,770, or 3 cents per share.