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Spain – Codere forms strategic alliance to expand in Madrid
Spanish multinational Codere, has concluded a strategic agreement with Grupo Henares to create BetSlotS, a society that brings together eleven gaming halls in Madrid. Thanks to the new alliance, both groups will significantly reinforce their presence in the area. BetSlotS will count on the efficient management of gaming halls from Grupo Henares as well as…
Spain – Merkur expands in Madrid and Prague
The Gauselmann Group has opened a new gaming venue in Madrid via its operating subsidiary Casino Merkur International. The company is already well represented in Spain on the Spanish island of Mallorca where Casino Merkur International operates five branches under the brand “Merkur Salon de Juego”. The portfolio is now supplemented by the first branch…
Spain – Madrid looking to harmonise gaming laws
The Assembly of Madrid has approved the proposal put forward by The Podemos Party (We Can Party), which urges the regional government to elaborate a new gaming law. The new proposal includes a local strategy for the prevention of gambling addiction as well as the creation of a Gaming Council in the Community of Madrid….
Spain – Podemos Party proposes new gaming law for Madrid
The Podemos party in the Assembly of Madrid has presented a new law, which would update gaming laws in the region. The law urges the regional government to “fight gambling addiction, regulate advertising, and move betting houses away from places close to schools and institutes.” Deputy Emilio Delgado said that current gaming laws date back…
Spain – Codere opens four gaming halls in Madrid
Codere, the official betting company for Real Madrid FC, has now opened four gaming halls in Madrid. In addition to the gaming halls in Valdemoro and the recently refurbished Rafael Salgado, new lounges located in Alberto Palacios and Pan y Toros have been opened The spaces have roulette machines , gaming terminals, sports betting and…
Spain – Cordish plans to sue local Madrid government
US operator Cordish Companies is planning to take legal action over the local Madrid government that rejected its plans to bring its Live! Casino brand to Madrid. It claims that it shouldn’t have been invited back to make another proposal if there was never the intention to approve any casino-based blueprint. Cordish argued that the…
Spain – Madrid says no to Cordish’s Madrid revisions
North American casino operator the Cordish Group has seen its hopes to bring its Live! casino brand to Madrid, dashed for a second time with the Community of Madrid rejecting the changes it had made to its original plans. Cordish added a beach to its €2.2bn plans for a complex in Torres de Alameda alongside…
Spain – Cordish expects 40 per cent of Madrid revenue to be non-gaming
Cordish expects that 40 per cent of revenue generated at its planned Live! Casino! Resorts complex for Madrid will come from non-gaming according to the economic feasibility study presented to the Community of Madrid. In May US casino operator Cordish Companies came back with revised plans in its attempts to build a casino resort just…
Spain – Cordish adds a beach to Madrid casino resort blueprint
US casino operator Cordish Companies has come back with revised plans in its attempts to build a casino resort just outside Madrid with plans to bring a beach to the Spanish capital for the first time. The €2.2bn complex in Torres de Alameda would now have a 15 acre manmade lake complete with beach at…
