Spielbanken Bayern, the Bavarian casino group in Germany, has reported that only three of its nine casinos made a profit last year.

The casinos in Feuchtwangen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bad Wiessee made a combined profit of €8.3m. The other six casinos made a loss of €11.3m casinos so that the casino as a group made a loss of approximately €3m

Spielbanken Bayern belongs to the state of Bavaria and contributes around €2m per year to the state finances.

Albert Füracker, Bavarian Finance Minster, said: “We see all our casinos as a unit – the economically strong ones and the economically weaker ones play an important role together.”