Essential information and facts about Switzerland:
Country
Total Area Population Median age
Capital Bern
Switzerland 41,277
sq.km
8,179,294 42.2 years
Ethnic groups German (65%), French (18%), Italian, Romansch
Religions Roman Catholic (38%), Protestant (27%), other
Languages German, French, Italian, English Currency
Government type
Swiss Francs (CHF) Federal Republic
Chief of State President of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard (since 2017)
Head of Government Doris Leuthard Cabinet
Federal council indirectly elected usually from among its members by the Federal Assembly for four year term.
Elections President and vice president indirectly elected by Federal Assembly from among members of the council for a one year non consecutive term. Next election December 2017.
“Te Swiss market is still very much influenced from illegal online, but also terrestrial business that was mainly responsible for the decrease in GGR the last few years. Te new legislation should help to balance the imbalance.”
Christian Aumüller at Grand Casino Bern said: “CAI is definitely always interested in new projects and regarding online gaming, the company would be able to set up such an operation and does have the knowledge, but the decision is not yet made.
“Te Swiss market is still very much influenced from illegal online, but also terrestrial business that was mainly responsible for the decrease in GGR the last few years. Te new legislation should help to balance the imbalance. Te most important benefits definitely will be the new distribution channel (online) but also the option to offer skill games and lottery games including sports betting (as a distributor for the lottery operators Swisslos and Loterie Romande).
Te casinos in Switzerland are:
CASINO A: Grand Casino Baden; Airport Casino Basel; Grand Casino Kursaal Bern; Casino Lugano; Casino Lucerne; Casino de Montreux; Grand Casino St Gallen and Casino Zurich.
CASINO B: Casino Bad Ragaz; Casino du Jura in Courrendlin; Societe du Casino de Crans-
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Total GGR in 2015 for both lotteries was CHF896m of which Loterie Romande saw a GGR of CHF377m and Swisslos saw a GGR of CHF519m.
Te licensing and supervision of the lotteries and betting is the responsibility of the cantons. In 2006 the 26 cantons joined together to form
Montana; Casino Davos; Societe Fribourgeoise d’Animation Touristique in Granges-Paccot; Casino Interlaken; Casino Locarno; Casino Admiral Mendrisio; Casino du Lac Meyrin; Casino Neuchatel; Casino Pfaffikon; Casino Schaffhausen and Casino St Moritz.
LOTTERY AND SPORTS BETTING A national lottery is still illegal under the 1921
laws but cantons can set up their individual state lotteries. Many simply merged and today there are two companies running the lottery.
Swisslos and Loterie Romande can obtain licences to run inter-canton or national lotteries and sports bets. No other organisation can run on or offline bets, commercial lotteries or sports betting in Switzerland.
the FDKL and based on an inter-cantonal agreement which aimed to uniform the application of the lotteries. Te sector is governed by the Swiss Lottery and Betting Board (Comlot)
Societe de la Loterie de la Suisse Romande operates the Loterie Romande (LoRo) in the French speaking cantons mostly. It was founded in 1937 by the cantons of Vaud, Friborg, Valais, Neuchatel and Geneva and organises lotteries, sports and horse betting in six cantons in west Switzerland (Jura joined in 1979).
Te aim was to launch a lottery in French speaking Switzerland with 100 per cent of its profits redistributed to benefit areas in welfare, culture, sport, education and the environment. Te same year the Interkantonale Landeslotterie (ILL) was launched in Ticino and German speaking Switzerland whilst Bern created the Seva lottery in 1935.
LoRo operates six draws including the EuroMillions and Swiss Loto (national lottery) plus keno games, sports and horse racing (via the PMU) and around 50 scratchcards, the most
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