Circus Casino France enters Swiss market

Circus Casino France has become the majority shareholder of Switzerland’s Crans-Montana casino

Circus Casino Anatole France has become the legal age shareholder of Switzerland’s Crans-Montana casino.

Through the acquisition of shares held by France’s Partouche, genus Circus Casino has entered the Swiss people market.

The operator at present possesses a 57.24% bet inward the Alpine property, with the remaining per centum owned by the communes of Crans-Montana, Lens and Icogne, as good as the Ispar Holding group.

Circus Casino already owns and operates heptad gaming establishments inward France, alongside a gild inward Paris, but via this recent transaction, has extended its presence to Switzerland.

Located inwards the canton of Valais, Crans-Montana is a small townsfolk primarily known for its ski resort. The gambling casino was founded in 2000 and has 53 employees. It offers both slots and tabulate games, generating or so CHF 15m ($16.3m) inwards 2019.

While this is a 1st for Circus, its owner, Belgium’s Ardent Group, became the legal age shareholder of Swiss people prop Casino Davos inwards Oct 2021. As a result, the group is now intimately positioned for growth.

“We are proud to announce the acquisition of shares inwards the Crans-Montanta casino, a marvelous land-based ecesis which has gained a great reputation and many loyal clients o'er the years,” remarked Sébastien Leclercq, Country Manager at genus Circus Casino France.

“This transaction is representative of Ardent Group’s challenging plans and underlines the ontogeny strategy of their firebrand genus Circus as a major worker inward land-based gaming halls and casinos.”

While this acquisition bolsters the group’s land-based footprint inwards Switzerland, Gaming1, which is linked to Circus Casino France, intends to acquire an omnichannel offering for Swiss people players through the Circus.ch site.