Feb 21 (Reuters) - Australia's second-largest casino operator Star Entertainment Group (SGR) posted a 2.4 percent drop in first-half profit after a fall in demand from high-stakes gamblers.
Normalised profit after tax, which is adjusted to remove win rate volatility and exclude significant items, came in at A$123.8 million ($88.65 million) for the six months ended Dec. 31, compared to A$120.4 million in the previous year.
The company declared an interim dividend of 10.5 cents per share, up from the 7.5 cents declared a year earlier.
($1 = 1.3965 Australian dollars)
