Casinos Poland now has eight licences, one up on last year.

Century Casinos

The group, two-thirds owned by Century Casinos in the US, has had what the majority owner called "a rather turbulent few quarters" with the process for awarding licences under scrutiny. It led to several casinos closing across Poland.

Now Casinos Poland holds eight licences, three in Warsaw and one each in Wroclaw, Katowice, Bielsko-Biala, Krakow and Lodz. Five of them are already in operation and the Krakow one opened yesterday, July 2. The third in Warsaw and that in Lodz will open next month.

"We are very pleased that the important licence tenders in Poland have now been completed and we will soon operate a total of eight casinos in Poland," stated Erwin Haitzmann and Peter Hoetzinger, co-chief executive officers of Century Casinos. "The Polish casino market continues to be robust and we look forward to generating solid and sustainable returns going forward."