On October 31st, the official account of Bilibili Live released a statement regarding "suspected employee manipulation of the lottery probability in the live broadcast room": In response to the recent incident of "Bilibili account @ Puyu (UID: 4265321) claiming to be an internal employee and suspected of manipulating the lottery probability in the live broadcast room", after verification, the real name registration information of this account and all associated accounts is not that of a current or former employee of Bilibili. Due to suspicion of posting identity impersonation information, the account has been banned. For abnormal winning situations, a special team has been established to investigate and handle them seriously in accordance with the law.
Bilibili-W (09626) opened high and fluctuated on October 31, rising more than 4% as of noon, with a share price of HKD 173.10.
On the news front, Bank of America Securities released a research report estimating that there is a chance for third quarter performance to exceed expectations, with a positive outlook for the fourth quarter.
In addition, Xinda Securities expects Bilibili's Q3 performance to turn positive, while China Merchants Securities expects Tencent Holdings and Bilibili's Q3 performance to exceed market expectations.