"The association with Cirsa consolidates Casino Club as the number one operator in Argentina and Latin America"

Last Friday, Casino Club organized a press conference to present its responsive gaming plan in its casino in Santa Rosa, in the province of La Pampa, which gathered specialists on the subject, national media as well as the attractive presence of Argentine footballer Juan Román Riquelme, which will be the image of the campaign of the firm.

With regards to the association of Casino Club with Spanish firm Cirsa for the operation of river-boat casinos in Puerto Madero as well as its venue in Rosario, Ricardo Benedicto commented: “The association with Cirsa, through its Argentine venue, is very positive for our company, because it consolidates us as the number 1 operators in Argentina and Latin America. We have presence in the two most important operations in the country, and in the future we will add the third one, which is the casino in Rosario”.

“These first steps are never easy, we are adapting to this joint venture, and it is like marriage: we have lo learn to work together in a common project for the sake of both parts, but we have many short-term projects to enhance the Casino Puerto Madero business and to boost our joint venture”, he added.

When talking about the Rosario project, estimated in US$ 160 million, Casino Club vicepresident commented: “Rosario project is very good, we are working hard, but the development is really big, and once you start noting the results, you start to see its importance. We believe it will be concluded for the beginning of 2009, and we are very satisfied with the task we have carried out up to the moment”.

When asked about the release of the program in La Pampa, Benedicto pointed: “We are satisfied and confident of having released this responsive game program, which will last in time. We want to assure that the game is enjoyed responsively, avoiding all the possible problems that our activity may generate to part of our community”.

“Somehow, concerns generated by gambling problems cast a cloud over the image of Casino Club, and we wish to combat them with plans to help prevent any situation of this kind”.

“This first step, together with the release of the program, was performed in our casino in Santa Rosa, because we consider this venue as our badge, but the extent of the plan includes the total of our venues, and from now on, we will expand our scope to cover the 100% of our operations”, concluded Benedicto.