In Germany and the race to buy local enterprise Westdeutsche Spielbanken GmbH and assume control over its casino monopoly for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia until the end of 2035 is now reportedly down to a trio of runners.

According to a report from G3Newswire, the firm is responsible for gambling-friendly facilities in the communities of Aachen, Duisburg, Bremen, Bad Oeynhausen, Dortmund and Bremerhaven and was put up for sale late last year following an earlier decision to privatize the state-owned company owing to the incoming State Treaty on Gambling. The source detailed that the operator’s shares are currently being held by the development bank of North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW.Bank, with the local government touting the business as capab…