In the first semestre of the year

Games of chance in Uruguay is the most profitable industry

2009-09-10
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The positive result of the first semestre of the year had to do with the incomes obtained by slot games, of us$ 7.1 million. The incomes for the horse racetrack were negative (us$ 2.5 million), and horserace agencies had a loss of us$ 102,832.

Baluma, the company in charge of the administration of hotel and casino Conrad, closed the period with winnings of us$ 9.1 million, slightly superior to the us$ 9 million that it had obtained in the first semester of 2008.

This year, the winnings were boosted both for the casino and the hotel incomes. The gross result of the casino was of us$ 24.2 million, while the result of the hotel was us$ 5.4 million. The negative result was due to other services, with losses of us$ 2.6 million .

Besides, another company that had strong winnings was the concessionaire of Carrasco Airport -Puerta del Sur- that closed the exercise of the first semestre of the year with a positive result of us$ 8.7 million, superior to the us$ 7.3 million registered until June 2008, according to the data published by the company.

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