CIRSA reported Q3 net revenue of €628m, an increase of 12%, according to a media report. The report also says chief executive Antonio Hostench is targeting further omnichannel acquisitions in Spain and sees Peru as the larger online growth opportunity.
CIRSA’s revenue growth and acquisition priorities signal expansion ambitions in Spain and online opportunities in Peru.
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CIRSA corporate institutional relations director Carlos Duelo told the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León that land-based gambling is evolving rather than being reconverted. He cited a 50% tax rate in Catalonia that he said makes bingo unviable and called for harmonised arcade rules across regions.
CIRSA corporate institutional relations director Carlos Duelo said the land-based gambling sector is undergoing an evolution rather than a reconversion, at the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León in Soria. Duelo opened the conference's first panel discussion, titled on whether the different gambling games are at a crossroads of evolution or reconversion, and answered that there is an evolution and no crossroads, but that there are challenges.
Lottomatica and CIRSA signed a plan setting out CIRSA's proposed merger into Lottomatica. The companies confirmed the agreement in a joint statement on 8 October after disclosing the deal in September.
The boards of Lottomatica and Cirsa approved a joint merger plan for their proposed combination. The agreement provides 0.668 Lottomatica shares for each Cirsa share.
The boards of Lottomatica Group S.p.A. and CIRSA Enterprises, S.A. have each approved a joint merger plan setting out the terms of a proposed cross-border merger by absorption of CIRSA by Lottomatica, the companies said. The plan follows the proposed combination announced on 2 September 2026. Under the plan, CIRSA will be absorbed by Lottomatica, which will be the resulting company, and CIRSA will cease to exist as an independent legal entity through dissolution without liquidation. Lottomatica will acquire all of CIRSA's assets and assume all of its liabilities and other legal relationships.
FEJAR said the €20,000 donation it received at ICE Barcelona 2026, funded by contributions from 11 industry brands, helped it launch the inaugural Ibero-American Conference on Responsible Gambling. FEJAR President Gerardo Rodríguez said the funding's impact went beyond the money itself and that the conference established FEJAR as a forum for responsible gambling expertise in the Ibero-American region.
FEJAR said the €20,000 donation it received at ICE Barcelona 2026 helped it stage the inaugural Ibero-American Conference on Responsible Gambling. The donation was funded by contributions from 11 industry brands, according to the organisation.
EGR reported on 11 September that Eduardo Morales-Hermo, a Spanish market expert, assessed the Lottomatica and CIRSA merger favourably. He said the all-share transaction would improve the combined group's retail and online operations.