Juan Cúneo Solari, head of the Chile Racetrack, considered that in order to compete with the huge quantity of casinos Chile is going to open in the next months, the racetrack should also offer slot machines to its customers, “As it happens in the Palermo Racetrack in Argentina”. “In other countries there are racetracks that receive help from the State to function, and there are racetracks that are allowed to have slot machines like Palermo, which is an Institution that every year increases the prizes of the races between a thirty and forty per cent. We don’t want help, just equal treatment to be able to compete with the other companies”.

These declarations are part of what the commander in chief of the Chile Racetrack, Juan Cuneo Solari said during the ceremony of launching of the “Champion Saturday”. The executive mentioned that the activity is going through a rough time and “something has to be done in order to improve the perspective for the riding industry”.

“The racetracks, if things continue going bad, have the possibility of selling the land. So I am worried about the labor income of the ten thousand people that live on this industry. There are people happy for the installation of a casino, that could give jobs to 45 or 50 people, and that is nothing compared to what would happen if our business fails”.