Casino pioneers increased by 30% despite the crisis … “chips” is the solution!

Reda Sawaya wrote in the newspaper “Al-Akhbar” under the headline “The pioneers of casinos increased by 30% compared to last year | The demand for gambling: “Fish is the solution! “” If Monday is not Thursday, “has become a” slogan “of the past. Depending on luck, just two days a week is not enough. Today’s “stage motto” is: “From Monday to Sunday.” Nobody knows when luck smiles. According to the “logic” of the players, “if you try, you don’t win.” And the experience is no longer limited to buying a lottery card for 2,000 pounds, but to playing All In and “short”. According to the “experts” in this field: “You want to leave a lot to start a lot.” In the end you have to record it ».

Casino du Liban has its “loyal” pioneers both in periods of quiet and in times of difficulty. However, the economic crisis has significantly increased their participation, to the point that “now it requires many people to stay outside and close the doors for an hour or two until the crowding in the hallways subsides,” according to the chairman of the board. of the casino, Roland Khoury, and emphasized that “historically”, the participation of the casino increases. In a period of crisis. Thus, before the monetary collapse, the spread of the epidemic and the catastrophe of the port explosion, the appetite for the casino increased “by 30% compared to last year, taking into account the conditions of social distancing, which had not been met. , the percentage would have jumped to 50%. ” Casino opening hours due to “Corona” affected the number of players. According to Khoury, “Business has dropped significantly due to the closure. And it went up really well when we opened the casino in June until 10pm. However, after we extended the closing hours to 4 am, starting in July, participation was excellent. “

But who caused this increase: those who are not in the condition of those looking for a penny “from the cloud” or “spins” of roulette, or more affluent social groups? A question for which Khoury does not have a definitive answer. Despite his statement that “the large increase in visitors leads us to think that people with limited economic resources are visiting the casino in a notable way, but the investigation takes on whether one of the causes of this outbreak is people spending dollars they receive from abroad or those who are hiding in their homes. “

150 thousand dollars is not enough!
Demand for lottery has generally decreased since October 17. This decrease may be related not only to a decrease in purchasing power and therefore the difficulty of dispensing with 2000 pounds as the price of the lottery card, but also for psychological and practical reasons of which banks have a part.
The general director of the “Lebanese Games of Chance”, George Gharib, explained that “lottery sales decreased by 50% after the popular uprising in mid-October, and then due to Corona and the comprehensive closure of the country for long periods” . However, the collapse of the lira exchange rate also has its role in limiting the attractiveness of the lottery, as many prefer not to waste their luck “cheaply,” as one of the currently retired lottery players says, or “the one who takes an open license” as he likes to describe his current situation. According to him, “The grand prize was worth a million dollars, but now it is barely worth 150 thousand dollars.” Read the full article Press here.