"It will be a very big dispute over the installation. The great operators of Las Vegas, people of Macao and Portugal are going to lead this process. They are going to explicit their interest in setting up a casino in Florianopolis. In Santa Catarina we have two places: Florianópolis and Balneário Camboriú. I've been in Las Vegas in contact with three large groups, each with 15 to 20 casinos," explains Fernando Marcondes de Mattos, owner of the Costão do Santinho resort.
Best beach resort in Brazil, elected 6 consecutive times. Surrounded by the crystalline water that bathes the capital of Santa Catarina, Costão do Santinho Resort, Golf and SPA is located at the northern end of Santa Catarina Island, on Santinho Beach, Florianópolis city. Of the 42 beaches that surround the island, Santinho is one of the most beautiful and is only 35 km from the center.
Situated on the lush Santinho Beach, north of Santa Catarina Island, and permeated by dunes, shores, and archeological sites, the resort is a complete resort with dozens of activities all year round. Blessed by nature - it has 750 thousand m2 of preserved Atlantic Forest and more than 200 thousand m2 of built area - the resort offers its guests an international standard, high gastronomy, SPA and diversified leisure, which includes golf course, sports complex and nautical and the largest set of indoor and outdoor heated pools in resorts in Brazil.
According to the latest news, each state may have at least one casino license (it may be 3 or more depending on the details of the final regulation), so the prospect of having a casino in Florianopolis is very real. Entrepreneur Fernando Marcondes revealed to Diário Catarinense that he is trying everything to make his Costão do Santinho resort have a casino.
Economic operators in these activities are eagerly awaiting the regulation of gaming. Lawyer Brasil Fernandes, from Balneário Camboriú, has been studying the subject since 2006 and predicts that the casino will bring 1 million more visitors to the state. In fact, the fear is that the law will give Santa Catarina the right to have only one casino; and both Floripa and Balneário Camboriú would also be interested.
It is worth remembering that, of the more than 100 countries that are part of the World Tourism Organization, only Cuba and Brazil prohibit gambling.
Source: GMB / DC / Ilha Portal
