It is a question of approximately two thousand slot machines (also known as NewSlots) distributed through the whole city, connected and controlled by the Autonomous Administration of Monopolies of the State.
They are played with coins of fifty cents and one euro and the maximum profit does not overcome a hundred euros. Although by manipulating the software with which the slots work it is possible to obtain higher revenue like those of the slot machines of traditional casinos.
Hotel Casino Carrasco meant suspension of other investments
“Altos del Aguila Project” in Villa Argentina put off
Although an investment -estimated at $ 69,000,000- was approved by the Uruguayan government and repeatedly announced by the Mayor of Canelones, the construction of a five-star hotel with a private casino, shopping and other services being planned in Villa Argentina, was postponed after the bidding of the Hotel Casino Carrasco to a private group.
The investment project involved the construction of a marina with 52 moorings, a five-star hotel with 180 rooms, spa, convention hall, shopping and cinema complex, a private casino, a golf course, shops and a division of about 600 residential lots.
It is a question of approximately two thousand slot machines (also known as NewSlots) distributed through the whole city, connected and controlled by the Autonomous Administration of Monopolies of the State.
Although an investment -estimated at $ 69,000,000- was approved by the Uruguayan government and repeatedly announced by the Mayor of Canelones, the construction of a five-star hotel with a private casino, shopping and other services being planned in Villa Argentina, was postponed after the bidding of the Hotel Casino Carrasco to a private group.