Two of Sweden’s 3 land-primarily based totally casinos are prone to everlasting closure, consistent with a record in Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten.
The Svenska Spel-operated Casino Cosmopol venues in Malmö and Gothenburg are presently at risk, consistent with the record, and will see the brand’s Stockholm venue turn out to be Sweden’s simplest last land-primarily based totally casino.
According to the record, a choice at the destiny of the 2 casinos is ready to be made at an amazing board assembly tomorrow (24 January).
The data become furnished to Göteborgs-Posten with the aid of using federal legal professional at Sweden’s Hotel and Restaurant Union, and agreement supervisor for Casino Cosmopol, Eva-Lena Ramberg.
Employees are actually anticipated to be instructed of the approaching choice and exchange unions referred to as into negotiations on Thursday 25 January, consistent with Ramberg.
“There continues to be a positive opportunity of have an impact on and withinside the pleasant of worlds our worker representatives can give an explanation for the significance of doing some thing apart from liquidating,” she stated.
“It isn’t always the simplest manner out of this terrible monetary situation.”
Around a hundred and twenty personnel could be impacted with the aid of using the closure in Gothenburg, with a similarly one zero five doubtlessly going through process losses in Malmö.
Casinos closed 3 days according to week
In September closing year, it become announced that every one 3 Casino Cosmopol venues in Sweden could continue to be closed on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays following extended opposition from the web playing sector.
“The fashion for visitors’ visits is closer to them especially looking to return back to us in reference to the weekend,” stated Lotta Örtnäs, press supervisor at Casino Cosmopol operator Svenska Spel, on the time.
“We consequently cognizance on being open whilst our visitors pick out to return back Wednesday to Saturday.”
The trade got here following sustained drops in Casino Cosmopol sales year-on-year, which noticed Svenska Spel’s land-primarily based totally NGR fall 13.3% to SEK248m in Q2 2023 and 11.5% to SEK247m in Q3.
In addition to extended opposition from on line operators, Svenska Spel formerly stated its land-primarily based totally sales had fallen following “our reinforced measures at paintings with obligation of care and in opposition to cash laundering.”