Since 2009 started, seven bingo rooms closed in Madrid, this represents a rate of one bingo room per month. For this reason, bingo sales dropped 17%. Many halls haven’t closed yet because they hope the arrival of B3 machines will give their finances a respite.
According to the information provided by the gaming Business Association of Madrid, in the first semester of 2009 bingo sales have fallen down 17% with regard to the same period in the previous year. This information became public in the last meeting held by the Association, in which they discussed about the worrying situation that the sector is facing. There is the certainty that there are many rooms that would have closed, but they have not done it waiting for the installation of the B3 machines that might be available next October or November.
On the other hand, the Machines Regulation in Madrid is now on the hands of the Advisory Council of the Community, which is the last step for it to be approved. It is estimated that during the first meeting of the Government Council in September the text will be authorized. The Administration has informed that it has tried to benefit all sectors equally. It’s still unknown the number of machines that bingo and clubs will be able to install. What seems to be definitive is that the homologations that have taken place in other Communities will be updated immediately in Madrid.
For those who do not know Madrid, we leave you with some information on one of the most attractive and polemic cities in the world. Madrid is the capital city of Spain, of the Community of Madrid and of the province with the same name.
Also known as The Town and Court, it’s the biggest and most populated city in the country, officially reaching 3,232,463 inhabitants within its municipality and 6,043,031 in the metropolitan area, being the third most populated urban area in the European Union.
Founded from the Hispanic-Muslim fortified establishment of Mayrit, conquered by Alfonso VI of León and Castile in 1083, the town was designated in 1561 as the seat of the court of Felipe II, being the first permanent capital of the Spanish monarchy. Since then, except for a brief interval of time between 1601 and 1606 in which the capital status went temporarily to Valladolid, Madrid has been the capital of Spain and seat of the Government of the Nation.
The Spanish people enjoy playing bingo, and it is one of their main choices when it comes to playing chance games.