"Vaprel will be present in Brazil even before gaming gets regulated"

GMB - Tell us a brief history of Vaprel and its main achievements in the bingo industry in Spain.
Ramón Aznar Gil - The history of Vaprel began in 1972 with the manufacture of games of leisure and skill. It was in 1976 that Vaprel began to manufacture the first bingo machines. By regulating and authorizing the activity in Spain, Vaprel incorporated the best technologies of that moment for the assembly of macro-rooms.

When did the international market become important to Vaprel and which were the first countries where the company started operating?
Vaprel began its internationalization almost casually, when one of our clients and friends contacted us to install a room in Lima (Peru). Subsequently, the same entrepreneurs opened another space for the Costa Rican Red Cross. All of this had a major impact in Latin America and countries were successful in starting to regulate and implement a tax collection system for their respective governments.

Has the Spanish bingo model set the rules on the world market?
There is no doubt that Spanish bingo has marked the development of this game in many countries. Compared to the British, for example, it is much more agile and also the rewards are variable depending on the cards played. With regard to American is also much more agile, fun and simple, since the games are shorter and there are so many variations of "strange" prizes.

How important was Brazil to the international performance of Vaprel?
The qualitative leap of Vaprel with its entry into Brazil can only be compared to the later in Italy, where we were also the leading company in equipment supplies for the whole country. Obviously, these are two important markets due to their size and interest, but most of all because they are Latin markets with a profile very similar to Spanish.

How is Vaprel currently positioned in the international market, especially for the development of new models such as electronic bingo room?
The new technologies we have implemented in Spain for several years, with the introduction of BES (Electronic Bingo Room) have allowed us to relaunch the classic or traditional bingo game with the contribution of the latest technology in electronic sales of cards and all the processes not only of the game but of own control and business management of it, incorporating remote tools that also allow us to give online support to any room in the world from our central. This is opening us up again already consolidated markets where Vaprel was present from the beginning. We hope that in Brazil we will have at least the same welcome that we once had.

Is Vaprel exporting this new concept of bingo game?
Of course, and our intention is to go to a market as important as the Brazilian with the latest technology developed by the company that will allow us to offer the customer a fully automatic and configurable bingo system, with the possibility of configuring on-line any parameter, starting with the animations of dynamic information of the screens of the room. Brazil deserves the best.

How do you see the discussions about regulation of gaming in Brazil?
In my opinion, all should follow the same legal path to arrive at a single, clear and concise regulation that allows entrepreneurs to invest the money necessary to carry out the development of this sector throughout the country in a safe and totally legal way. From there, it will not be difficult to accelerate the process of legalization and regulation the activity.

What are Vaprel's plans for the Brazilian market?
Well, of course the first bingo company should be present in the country, providing its experience and wisdom so that bingo once again enjoy the success it had previously and even surpass if all the legal factors are conducive to stable and secure business development. Vaprel has already set a timing that will start as soon as the first market conditions are reached.

When will Vaprel be more directly involved in the bingo activity in Brazil? Are you going to wait for the law or are you already preparing to set up an office?
It will depend on the first policy measures taken in the coming weeks, but the idea is to be present before the law is implemented to inform our potential customers of the advantages of the Vaprel product and that we are 100% prepared for the moment to take the necessary measures . The market will immediately hear from us as soon as we begin our activities.