Three Tenerife Casinos put on the Market EMEA
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Te three casinos in Tenerife have been put on sale and will be privatised under a new public tender. As reported in the islands official bulletin on Monday (September 24), the three casinos are now on sale for a total of €24.9m
Resources obtained after the sale of the three casinos "will be used to finance social-health infrastructures” on the island
TENERIFE CASINO LICENSING
Te three casinos in Tenerife have been put up for sale and will be privatised under a new public tender. As reported in the islands official bulletin, the three casinos are now on sale for a total of €24.9m.
Te Council headed by Carlos Alonso explained that the resources obtained after the sale of the three casinos "will be used to finance social- health infrastructures” on the island.
Bidders must submit a tourist investment project that must be made in one of the three municipalities where the casinos are located (Adeje, Puerto de la Cruz or Santa Cruz). Te tourism project, which involves a minimum investment of €4.5m, may include both new work as well as the renovation of existing buildings. According to the terms and conditions, the tourism project should not take more than four years to complete and should be related to the running of the casino, although other additional tourist activities may be developed.
As for the 121 members of staff currently
Ireland’s sports-betting industry faces double tax levy in 2019
Ireland
Ireland’s Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe, is increasing Irish turnover tax from 1 per cent to 2 per cent for both retail and online bets from next year. Duties levied on gambling exchanges - where bookmakers match wagers between customers - will increase from 15 to 25 per cent.
Irish gambling leaders warned the tax hike would “kill the industry.”
Paddy Power Betfair, the largest operator estimated this would increase its annual betting duty bill by £20m. Shares fell by five per cent wiping £250m from the value of the company as the news was announced.
employed by the three casinos, the new operator must employ them for at least two years at the moment of the sale and guarantee all their rights granted to them under labour laws.
Companies interested in buying the casinos will have a period of 45 days to submit applications. Subsequently, another one-month period will be earmarked for the legal and financial review of the company, and another four months for the submission of bids. Te intention now is to sell the three casinos together to make the offer more attractive to potential investors.
Tis is not the first time that the Council has tried to privatise the casinos. In 2014, the Council announced that it would sell off the Playa de las Américas casino. Later in the same year, it was revealed that despite three operators having reportedly expressed their interest, no one had come forward to buy the casino. With the submission date passing with no formal bids lodged, the Council opted to look into the reasons why no offer was made before re- launching the tender process.
GVC, the owner of Ladbrokes Coral, and William Hill were left largely unscathed due to a much smaller footprint in Ireland, though GVC is separately calling on a ban on TV advertising in the UK before the 9pm watershed. However, the tax rise comes as the latest blow to Paddy Power Betfair, whose Australian brand Sportsbet has suffered following sweeping changes to so-called point of consumption taxes.
Te Irish Bookmakers Association warned Mr Donohoe’s announcement had “just signed P45s for over 1,500 jobs in the independent bookmaking sector”.
Chairman Sharon Byrne said it will “kill the industry”, adding: “It is extremely disappointing that the Government conceded to this demand by politicians who never engaged with the industry or understood the profound effect a turnover tax can have on so many jobs.”
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