The return of the escolazo in the Conurbano: several of the main bingo halls and casinos reopened

07/21/2021 7:36 PM

• Clarín.com

• Zonal

Updated 07/21/2021 7:36 PM

While the openings and capacity changes in shops, shopping malls and bars of the AMBA progress, this Wednesday, July 21, the gambling halls of the Buenos Aires suburbs began to be gradually enabled.

After almost three months of complaints, the

bingo halls and casinos

once again received people and operated in different municipalities in the North, West and South areas of the GBA.

The authorities of the province of Buenos Aires had announced the reopening of all the rooms that operate in the districts that passed to

the sanitary phase 4

.

El Casino de Tigre, another of the GBA gaming and lottery emblems that reopens after three months.

The news was presented by Governor Axel Kicillof at the Government House, accompanied by the Chief of Staff, Carlos Bianco, and the Minister of Health, Daniel Gollan.

Days ago, Bianco held meetings with the president of

the Provincial Institute of Lottery and Casinos

, Omar Galdurralde, the vice president, María Laura García and the executive secretary, Gonzalo Peña, together with different health authorities, and owners of bingo halls and casinos.

Recently, gambling hall owners had come out to demand that they be allowed to go back to work.

Also workers whose jobs were in danger, such as the

Bingo Ciudadela

, who organized a march in early June.

Now, after the reopening, the operation will include only the

slot machine

sector

and will be developed with strict sanitary protocols.

The rooms will have a capacity of

30 percent

, although it has not yet been confirmed if, as with bars and restaurants, they could extend it in the coming weeks for clients who have a vaccination certificate.

In this way, the bingo halls of Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Ezeiza, Hurlingham, La Matanza, Lanús, La Plata, Lomas de Zamora, Luján, Malvinas Argentinas, Merlo, Moreno, Morón, Olavarría, Pilar, Quilmes are enabled. , San Fernando, San Martín, San Miguel, Tres Arroyos, Tres de Febrero and Zárate.

The

Tigre casino

, an icon of the North zone,

is also reopened

.

The casinos and bingo halls installed in the province of Buenos Aires were closed since last April 9, as a result of the sanitary measures adopted by the national government and that of the Province in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.

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