{"id":605108,"date":"2025-12-01T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/605108\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:49:13","slug":"merkur-group-widens-spain-presence-with-new-basque-arcade-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/605108\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkur Group widens Spain presence with new Basque arcade network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/merkur-slots.es\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Merkur Slots Spain<\/a> has entered Spain\u2019s hospitality installation segment<\/strong> for the first time through the <strong>acquisition of eleven arcades<\/strong> in the Basque Country from Operjoku S.L.U.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The deal also includes taking over the operation of gaming machines in 108 bars previously serviced by Operkale S.L.U.<\/strong>, a company known for machine placements in gastronomy across northern Spain. The transaction was carried out together with Spanish distributor Merkur Dosniha.<\/p>\n<p>The move <strong>adds around 50 new employees<\/strong> to Merkur Group\u2019s business in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, the subsidiary <strong>continues to handle Merkur&#8217;s operations across several Spanish regions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSpain is a market of great importance and long-term potential for the Merkur Group. This acquisition clearly underlines that,\u201d<\/strong> said Meik Sellenriek, Management Board Member, Merkur Operations at Merkur.com AG.<\/p>\n<p>Dominik Raasch, Management Board Member, Merkur Games at Merkur.com AG, added that both the arcade and bar offerings create advantages for different Merkur divisions. According to him, <strong>it allows the company to introduce its gaming machines and titles across its own facilities in the Basque Country<\/strong>, which he described as one of Spain\u2019s most economically strong areas.<\/p>\n<p>Merkur Group currently employs more than 15,000 staff globally and runs 28 venues in Spain. Outside the newly acquired arcades in the Basque Country, <strong>the company already has properties in Palma de Mallorca, Madrid, Navarre, and Cantabria<\/strong>. Its latest activity continues the group\u2019s international expansion plans on the Iberian Peninsula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Merkur Slots Spain has entered Spain\u2019s hospitality installation segment for the first time through the acquisition of eleven&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-605108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115643925316477366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}