Cirsa is Spain's largest casino operator as of 2017.[1]
| Cirsa | |
| Industry: | Gambling |
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| Successors: | --> |
| Founded: | 1978 |
| Founder: | Manuel Lao Hernández |
| Hq Location City: | Terrassa |
| Hq Location Country: | Spain |
| Area Served: | Spain, Italy, and Latin America |
| Products: | slot machines and gaming kits |
| Owners: | --> |
| Num Employees: | 14,685[2] |
| Parent: | Blackstone Group[3] |
| Website: | https://www.cirsa.com/index.php?language=en |
Cirsa was founded in 1978 by Manuel Lao Hernández. It is involved in the fabrication and distribution of different types of gambling machines. By 1990, they started to expand their presence outside of Spain. It started with the Dominican Republic, then in 1991 went to Venezuela, and currently over seventy countries around the world.[4] The company generated 349,328,000 million euros of revenue solely in the first quarter of 2018[5]
On 8 April 2022, Cirsa announced the organisation had appointed Antonio Hostench as CEO.[6]
In April 2018, it was announced that The Blackstone Group would acquire the company. No further details were released about the deal.[7]