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Duisburg (dpa / lnw) - The state-owned casino company WestSpiel applied for 2 million euros in state corona aid for the locations in North Rhine-Westphalia, but only received 100,000 euros.
This emerges from a confidential state parliament document.
WestSpiel is making losses in the millions by closing its casinos during the pandemic, according to information from the German press agency.
Accordingly, the minus in December was around 7 million euros, in January at 2.5 million euros.
According to the information sent by the Ministry of Finance to the state parliament, WestSpiel applied for one million euros for November aid from the federal government for the parent company Westdeutsche Spielbanken GmbH and for the subsidiary Casino Duisburg GmbH because of the financial hardship.
"Approved and paid out" were only 50,000 euros each.
Further aid from the federal government has not yet been requested, according to the ministry.
Since WestSpiel transferred 35 million euros from the reserve to the country in November, according to "Spiegel", the company is feared of a liquidity bottleneck, according to the news magazine.
“WestSpiel, NRW.BANK and also the state are monitoring WestSpiel's liquidity situation very closely - as is the duty of an owner,” says another paper from the Ministry of Finance: “The further development depends above all on the further duration of the Closing off. "
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The country wants to sell WestSpiel.
According to official information, three bidders are still in the running.
You are currently allowed to view the company's figures.
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Public report on WestSpiel to the state parliament