Company: BRSL
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001619762-25-000049
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Company: Brightstar Lottery PLC
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 6-K
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Cost of services for the three months ended June 30, 2025 increased by $17 million compared to the same period last year, primarily due to a $4 million increase in point-of-sale consumables used in providing instant ticket and draw games, a $6 million increase in the aggregate for postage & freight and marketing, and a $3 million increase in depreciation and amortization from higher cost capitalization related to contract renewals, while other expenses remained stable. Cost of product sales increased by $13 million as compared to the same period last year in-line with the increase in product sales, with a 100 basis point rise in the cost of product sales as a percentage of product sales.

Cost of services for the six months ended June 30, 2025 increased by $18 million compared to the same period last year, driven by a 420 basis point rise in the cost of services as a percentage of service revenue, primarily due to an $8 million increase in depreciation and amortization from higher cost capitalization related to contract renewals, as well as various increases in postage & freight costs, payroll & benefits principally from higher benefit costs, and licensing and royalties costs as compared

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to the prior corresponding period. Cost of product sales increased by $10 million as compared to the same period last year, and the cost of product sales as a percentage of product sales increased, largely due to changes in the product mix.

#### Gross Margins
|                      |     | For the three months ended June 30, |     |   |                          |     |      |    |     |   |     | Change |      |     |     |                          |     |     | For the six months ended June 30, |     |   |     |    |     |     | Change |       |     |     |     |
|                      |     |                                     |     |   | $ / Basis Points (“bps”) |     |      |    |     | % |     |        |      |     |     | $ / Basis Points (“bps”) |     |     |                                 % |     |   |     |    |     |     |        |       |     |     |     |
| ($ in millions)      |     |                                2025 |     |   |                          |     | 2024 |    |     |   |     |        |      |     |     |                     2025 |