“We were aware that the month of October would mark a setback in the process of recovering receipts, while the company consolidation continues successfully” says the President of Federgioco, Marco Cambiaso, director of Casino Spa. “October 2012 coincided with an important stage of the European Poker Tour, an event that we have included in the 2014 gaming events calendar in the month of April. Despite the difficult confrontation we managed to hold on, to consolidate the recovery of 14 percentage points and to continue with the corporate recovery. A goal achieved by bringing more than two thousand poker players registered in the Mini Ipt and in the Ipt that has just ended to our halls and accommodation and commercial facilities. Furthermore, the slots recorded an income almost in line with October 2012, thanks to the many chances of winning, also through the new lottery, which is enjoying the approval of customers. The traditional game lacked the attendance linked to the EPT 2012, which in October 2012 had brought in an extra 900.000 euros. It is the income that a stage of the EPT brings, an event that makes the difference but which, we must remember, also entails significant management costs for the casino, also incurred due to the positive aspect in terms of attendance for the city and therefore for the commercial and tourist fabric. On paper, therefore, the tables show a sharp decline, but in reality the company's economic policy is really more contained".
And chairman Cambiaso concludes: “We still expect a lot from the last two months of the year, in terms of collections, hoping that the company's safety will be followed, based on the final calculations, by even greater peace of mind and satisfaction for the employees , who have worked so hard for their company”.
39.523.498 euros is the collection recorded at the end of the tenth month of 2013, an income that certifies the decrease of 9%. Considering that the gambling house has already achieved economic security at minus 11% compared to the financial result of 2012, its recovery continues according to forecasts, which has led to a recovery of 14 percentage points since February 2013, which opened with -23 %.
The month of October recorded collections of 3.624.662 euros. Slot machines brought in 2.399.558 euros, almost in line with October 2012, while traditional games settled at 1.225.104 euros.
The rain of jackpots continued in the slot room also in October.
There were 17 super prizes for a jackpot of 238.417 euros won by visitors from all over Italy.
Since the beginning of the year, prizes worth more than 999 euros have been achieved for a total of 1.867.626 euros. There are 34 pending prizes for a "loot" of 810.000 euros. The richest is the one linked to Star Wars of 173.150 euros.
