Bingo will be the subject of an investigation in connection with the debt of four million euros in taxes to the state and the fact that the workers have suspended contracts for more than a year.
The news is promoted by the newspaper Publicwhich details the denunciations made by the Southern Hospitality, Tourism, Catering and Similar Workers’ Union at a meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Secretary of State for Tourism, Nuno Fazenda, on 31 January.
After this meeting, Nuno Fazenda ordered “to investigate the situation with bingo,” the press service of the Ministry of Economy said.
According to the same source, “the pandemic has prompted a set of legal and administrative measures that have resulted in the closure of bingo rooms or restrictions on their operation, which has had a strong impact on the operation of bingo operations in Portugal, making it difficult or jeopardizing its financial sustainability” .
Some rooms have yet to recover from “the economic and financial impact of the pandemic, which has shown that the current bingo operating model may be outdated or obsolete,” the same source told the paper. Public.
In 2002, there were about 30 bingo rooms in Portugal, but in 2012 the number was halved, and currently, in 2023, only six rooms are operational.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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