SkyCity Entertainment said revenue from ordinary activities and including interest fell 4.8 per cent to $821.48 million.

SkyCity profit jumps 18pc

SkyCity has posted an 18 per cent lift in first-half profit as improved trading at its Auckland casino offset a weaker performance from its Australian units.

Tabcorp chief executive David Attenborough.

Tabcorp dividend blooper a miss for advisers

Tabcorp's investors weren't feeling charitable last Thursday when chief executive David Attenborough presented a lower interim profit effected by $43.8 million of one-off costs. The market sell-off pushed shares down 5 per cent (wiping $197m of value), and only lower since.