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Filipini – Upturn pri Okada Manila ne more rešiti Universalovega leta

Despite Philippine resort casino Okada Manila reporting a 27.2 per cent increase in sales to US$305m, giving a profit of US$46m in 2021, its owner Universal Entertainment Corp reported an overall loss of US$166m.

GGR at the casino came in at US$164m with more than 1.8 million people visiting the property during the year. Net sales in Universal’s pachinko segment dropped from12.3 per cent to US$469m due to reduced machine sales.

The company said: “In 2020, more than 100,000 units of Pachislot and Pachinko machines were sold mainly because of new titles in two unusually long-running brands used for category 5 machines: SLOT Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls Kizuna 2 and OKIDOKI. In 2021, sales activities in the Amusement Equipments Business were based on the strategy of launching major titles mainly in the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. As a result, the number of units sold in this business decreased from 139,152 in 2020 to 127,094 in 2021, resulting in lower sales and operating profit.

“The number of pachislot and pachinko machines supplied remained low as people were reluctant to visit pachinko halls because of declarations of states of emergency and other government pandemic safety measures. The extension of transitional measures concerning the removal of machines that comply with previous regulations also held down sales.”