Profit decline at SoZ!
By Beat Fritsch
By Beat FritschThere is no better hell on earth than a gambling hell, said the SonntagsZeitung management once again, inviting guests to the traditional Gambling Night last Thursday at the crazy Giesserei in Zurich-Oerlikon. Once again - instead of playing poker for favorable rates - it was a case of ripping off the publishing executives at the gaming table with blackjack and roulette, with publishing director Sandra Geiger and sales manager Daniel Pauletto being joined by other members of the SonntagsZeitung team as croupiers, although the flow of the game tends to slow down during their guest appearances. This is why experienced guest croupiers are used for most of the remaining time. These and the gaming tables are organized by Ronnie Scholom from Showconnection. On the SonntagsZeitung side, publishing assistant Bettina Fürst ensured that the gambling event ran smoothly.
While the hobby stock market players among the advertisers have come to realize that the foreign exchange and stock markets are pure gambling arenas - which is why most of them have consequently opted out - the Sunday newspaper's Gambling Night continues to be extremely popular.
However, this event also seemed to be somehow caught up in the recessionary mood. At least as far as the winnings were concerned. Last year, Stephan Küng had to win a whopping 3.5 million Lucky Dollars, the generally accepted currency of Gambling Night, to make it into the crowns. This year, just under a million was enough for the winner. Thanks to the 960000 pennies that Touring Marketing Manager Reto Kammermann was able to show at the end of the game, he was able to collect the first prize. As he said, he only won the entire prize in the blackjack game, which reveals him to be a shrewd gambler. The winner of the Gambling Night is usually determined by a lucky punch in the roulette wheel.
Kammermann can now enjoy a nice evening in one of the new Swiss casinos at the expense of the SonntagsZeitung and try his luck again there with some pocket money. However, this is likely to be considerably less than the 40000 Lucky Dollars that each player had at their disposal as starting capital. Incidentally, the fact that only four people won more than 100,000 Lucky Dollars in this starting situation is also a rather meagre result from a statistical point of view.
Michael Schmid from the St.Gallen marketing agency Ammarkt also beat the average, coming in second place with his prize of 800,000 dollars. The third-placed winner, Corinne Kelly, said one spectator, was certainly the prettiest winner Gambling Night has ever seen. Incidentally, she will be working for the Konnex media agency from December, unless she changes her mind at short notice and becomes a professional gambler.
Apart from that, the event featured the usual, but also expected specials. As always, the food from the Giessereik kitchen was fine, and there was no need to ask for drinks for long, as the glasses were usually refilled before they were completely empty. Space was only tight at the gaming tables. Otherwise, there was plenty of opportunity to chat about the latest advertising gossip on comfortable sofas or at the bar.
Beat Fritsch
While the hobby stock market players among the advertisers have come to realize that the foreign exchange and stock markets are pure gambling arenas - which is why most of them have consequently opted out - the Sunday newspaper's Gambling Night continues to be extremely popular.
However, this event also seemed to be somehow caught up in the recessionary mood. At least as far as the winnings were concerned. Last year, Stephan Küng had to win a whopping 3.5 million Lucky Dollars, the generally accepted currency of Gambling Night, to make it into the crowns. This year, just under a million was enough for the winner. Thanks to the 960000 pennies that Touring Marketing Manager Reto Kammermann was able to show at the end of the game, he was able to collect the first prize. As he said, he only won the entire prize in the blackjack game, which reveals him to be a shrewd gambler. The winner of the Gambling Night is usually determined by a lucky punch in the roulette wheel.
Kammermann can now enjoy a nice evening in one of the new Swiss casinos at the expense of the SonntagsZeitung and try his luck again there with some pocket money. However, this is likely to be considerably less than the 40000 Lucky Dollars that each player had at their disposal as starting capital. Incidentally, the fact that only four people won more than 100,000 Lucky Dollars in this starting situation is also a rather meagre result from a statistical point of view.
Michael Schmid from the St.Gallen marketing agency Ammarkt also beat the average, coming in second place with his prize of 800,000 dollars. The third-placed winner, Corinne Kelly, said one spectator, was certainly the prettiest winner Gambling Night has ever seen. Incidentally, she will be working for the Konnex media agency from December, unless she changes her mind at short notice and becomes a professional gambler.
Apart from that, the event featured the usual, but also expected specials. As always, the food from the Giessereik kitchen was fine, and there was no need to ask for drinks for long, as the glasses were usually refilled before they were completely empty. Space was only tight at the gaming tables. Otherwise, there was plenty of opportunity to chat about the latest advertising gossip on comfortable sofas or at the bar.
Beat Fritsch
was able to have his picture taken again with a movie star after his porn starlet affair at the Facts Bingo event thanks to the SonntagsZeitung - a perfect Monroe lookalike. After that, there was no stopping her: Marilyn spent the whole evening posing for the family album.
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