Austria-based gaming equipment maker and operator Novomatic AG Group said group-wide earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at EUR305.9 million (US$365.9 million) in 2020, down 55.4 percent from the previous year. The company stated that its performance last year was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to its annual report. The group reported revenue of EUR1.74 billion for full-2020, a decline of 33.1 percent from a year earlier. The said that the pandemic and associated measures to contain the further spread of the virus represented a “major and unprecedented challenge”. Novomatic reported a loss attributable to shareholders of EUR227.8 million for full-year 2020. That compares with a profit of EUR88.8 million in 2019.