Sala Casino Melo

Sala Casino Melo is the Uruguayan state slot hall in the capital of Cerro Largo department, on the border with Brazil, with slots and tournaments. It operates under the Directorate General of Casinos of Uruguay. Melo is the capital of Cerro Largo department, the Uruguayan city closest to the border with the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in northeastern Uruguay, 15 kilometers from the Brazilian city of Acegua. Cerro Largo department is one of Uruguay most traditional livestock and agricultural departments, with soy, wheat and cattle production as its main economic activities. Melo has one of Uruguay most active Lebanese communities, whose regional presence dates from the 19th century when Levantine immigrants settled in the Uruguayan interior commerce.

Melo: the northeastern Uruguay capital and the Rio Grande do Sul border

Cerro Largo department borders the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul throughout its entire northern extent, being one of Uruguay most active livestock and commercial exchange borders with Brazil. Acegua city, divided by the Uruguay-Brazil border, is the most active border crossing in northeastern Uruguay. El Cuchillon, the Melo emblematic hill at 280 meters, is the city most visited panoramic viewpoint. Laguna Merin, shared between Uruguay and Brazil, is Uruguay largest freshwater lake and one of the Southern Cone highest fish and aquatic bird biodiversity ecosystems. Merin rice fields, with their flooded rice paddies in the lake basin, are one of the most characteristic landscapes of northeastern Uruguay.

The state hall in the Cerro Largo capital and northeastern border with Brazil

Sala Melo is the gaming reference of northeastern Uruguay capital, in the Cerro Largo border city and gateway to Laguna Merin. It operates under the Directorate General of Casinos, minimum age 18.