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frequently decried the issue of gaming room licences in their
jurisdictions.
Governor opts for no more casinos in
Buenos Aires City
The head of government in the City of Buenos Aires,
Mauricio Macri, has stated that his administration will not
accept the expansion of gaming in the City proposed by the
National government, considering that the project to
‘supporting a business’ managed by the national government
shows ‘an enormous lack of transparency.’
At a press conference Macri declared, “We have decided to
act according to our convictions. We feel that this new
agreement with the National Lottery supports a business that,
at the very least, lacks clarity in how the national government
federativa de que se trate" para su evaluación correspondiente arranged it.” He added that it was a hard decision because it
por la Secretaría de Gobernación. went against the necessity of the City to have the resources to
repair schools, hospitals and roads, as well as finance the
No más casinos en la Ciudad de Buenos metropolitan police.
Aires
El jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri said that Buenos Aires City is the only place not to
Macri, anunció ayer que su administración no aceptará la have autonomy in gaming and that the national government
ampliación del juego en la Ciudad, al considerar que ese had refused to collaborate. The statement confirmed the
proyecto "avalaría un negocio" manejado por el gobierno doubts that the governor had demonstrated over gaming
nacional con "una enorme falta de transparencia". expansion in the Argentine capital, doubling the existing
gaming operations on the floating casinos in Puerto Madero
Macri dijo que la Ciudad de Buenos Aires es la unica que no and the slots operation at Buenos Aires’ Palermo race track.
tiene autonomía en el juego, y que “el Gobierno nacional se ha
negado a colaborar". La noticia confirmó las dudas que había Gabriela Michetti, deputy Governor, said that the decision
mostrado el gobernador porteño frente al proyecto de ampliar taken by Macri would not change the national government’s
la oferta de casinos para la capital argentina, duplicando de esta intention to expand gaming: “because central government is
manera también el canon a los negocios existentes en Buenos going to continue to allow more slot machines and continue
Aires de los barcos casinos de Puerto Madero y las to increase operations at its pleasure.” Michetti was referring
tragamonedas del Hipódromo de Palermo. to ex-President Nestor Kirchner’s decree signed last year that
extended for 15 years the concession of Casino Club owner
La vicejefa de Gobierno porteño, Gabriela Michetti, dijo que Lopez and increased the number of slot machines at the
la decisión de Macri no va a cambiar la lógica que el Gobierno racetrack from 3,000 to 4,500.
mantiene respecto de la regulación del juego y la extensión del
negocio genera: "Esta decisión no va a cambiar la situación del Legislators consider gaming law changes
juego porque el gobierno nacional va a seguir ampliando las in Costa Rica
máquinas y va a seguir haciendo negocios a su gusto". Costa Rica lawmakers are being asked to give the Junta de
Protección Social de San José (JPS), which is authorised to run
Michetti se refirió directamente al decreto atemporal que el a monthly public lottery in the country, the right to operate
ex presidente Kirschner firmó hace un año atrás, extendiendo casinos and video lotteries in a bid to regulate gaming in the
por 15 años la concesión a Casino Club propiedad de López country and generate additional revenues. Lottery earnings are
para ampliar la cantidad de máquinas tragamonedas en el channeled to social programmes and the bill aims to bring the
Hipódromo de Palermo, pasando de 3.000 a 4.500. largely unregulated gaming operations under the same regime.
Proyecto permitiría a la JPS operar casinos The bill has significant support but not from the ruling party.
en Costa Rica Originally having been in favour of the JPS bill, the government
El proyecto que reforma la Ley de la Junta de Protección is now backtracking. It insists that powers to issue casino
Social de San José (JPS) le permite a esta entidad instalar y permits and concessions must remain with central government
operar casinos en cualquier parte del país. La PS, que está because a body dedicated to helping the poor would not have
autorizada para gestionar loterías públicas mensuales, busca the necessary gaming skills to manage the sector.
generar ingresos adicionales para programas de bien social, y el
proyecto le permitiría a la entidad reglamentar el juego como lo The argument may have little merit as the JPS has been in
hace con las loterías. the lottery market for over 120 years but it could take a while
before possible changes are made law. It took the legislature
El proyecto de Ley tiene respaldo significativo en la Asamblea from 1997 to 2005 to agree some changes to modernize the
Legislativa, pero el gobierno ha empezado a retraerse, 1922 law relating to gaming.
insistiendo que la potestad ara autorizar casinos debe quedarse
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