Belgium : Flemish casinos also affected by the crisis

In Belgium, if the ratio of the activity of some French casinos like Casino de Spa, Namur, the Casino de Bruxelles, Chaudfontaine, Dinant has been already desastrous, the other gambling establishments of the country are also deeply affected by the crisis. The assessment made by the casinos Flamands de Knokke, Middelkerke, Ostende or Blankenberge is, in fact, not very shining. Indeed, these Belgian casinos, nine casinos to be more precise, state the loss of 240 jobs over the existing 900 during the last three years. The Belgian casinos have suffered the same fate as the other gambling rooms after that the online games were legalized on the market and slot machines like Dr Love More record a real success.

The crisis and the anti-smoking law recently in force in casino have also supported this decrease of casinos attendance. As solution, a reduction request for revenues tax or a lower taxon wages was formulated by the casinos. But in the meantime, they continue to operate by offering to players slot machine games and table gaming like black jack, roulette, baccarat and poker...