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Germania – Cursă pentru a deține grupul Westspiel acum până la trei companii
By Phil - 12 martie 2021
The sale of the state-owned gaming group Westspiel is now down to three bidders who will now put forward their specific offers, according to the Ministry of Finance.
The Europe-wide procurement procedure for the sale of the company shares in the WestSpiel Group was launched on December 18 under the management of Warth & Klein Grant Thornton AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft who is acting as transaction advisor.
According to the finance committee of the state parliament, there is no minimum sale price. For the period of the concession until 2035, the state government expects gross gaming revenue of €3.1bn.
The Ministry of Finance says the actual profit of the casinos will depend on the future owner and whether more casinos are opened. The state approved a privatisation bill that would allow an option for two completely new licences.
As a state-licensed casino operator, the WestSpiel Group currently has 900 employees. The six casinos in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, owned by Westspiel, were profitable for the first time in five years in 2019.
Cazinourile din Aachen, Bad Oeynhausen, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Dortmund și Duisburg au crescut cu un trimestru bun față de 2018, până la aproximativ 117 milioane de euro, potrivit situațiilor financiare consolidate ale Westspiel pentru 2019, pe care ministrul de finanțe NRW, Lutz Lienenkämper (CDU), le-a publicat înainte. şedinţa comisiei de buget a parlamentului de stat.
Westspiel a realizat un profit net consolidat de aproape 3.2 milioane de euro, conform situațiilor financiare consolidate. În anul precedent, această poziție a scăzut cu aproximativ 3.6 milioane EUR. Taxele cazinourilor pentru sectorul public au crescut cu aproximativ 13%, până la aproape 59 de milioane de euro.
