Coljuegos unleashed a strong disinclination and anger in the sector after publishing during the weekend on its twitter account an alleged growth in sales of Gambling sector of 84%.
Immediately, the sector unions made their disagreement and discomfort felt through a letter published on their respective social networks where they explained that the supposed growth in sales registered for the first quarter of 2021 are really marked by online gambling, not by casinos and bingo halls.
They highlight that: "It is worrying that while entrepreneurs are trying to cover the costs of their businesses, the regulator is manifesting that there is a remarkable growth of 84% in the gambling sector" and they point out that is inappropriate the presentation of a generalized increase, demonstrating "the lack of effective measures to seek the sustainability of the operation of localized games, casinos"
Although the casinos have been able to restart their operations since September last year, they have not been able to achieve a balance point between their expenses and their income, because when they were achieving it with sales of 60% due to the restrictions established by the national and local governments, Limiting the hours and service of the operation with total closings during weekends and others, sales fell again to 30%.
The most worrying thing as expressed in this letter is that before the health emergency, the segment of localized gambling, casinos and bingo halls, had the largest participation in the national gambling market. This type of game represented in 2019 60% of the collection for exploitation rights destined for transfers to health, a percentage that fell to 30%. And despite this, the issuance of measures that mitigate in the short and medium term the effects of closures applied by local governments has not been achieved.
Once again, the unions call on the regulator to present proposals that really alleviate the burdens that the operators have borne and that they cannot continue to do indefinitely with the closures of local governments, especially during the weekends. Despite having presented a proposal for the sustainability of the sector last week, it is not a solution that is in line with the reality that it lives.
