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DIE JPM GROUP HAT BEKANNT GEGEBEN, DASS IHR Produktionsunternehmen im Vereinigten Königreich, JPM International, in die freiwillige Liquidation gegangen ist. Simon Herbert, Eigentümer des Konzerns, bestätigte, dass er gezwungen worden war, als Ergebnis des finanziellen Drucks im Zusammenhang mit dem vorhandenen Pensionsfonds, der 2010 mit dem Unternehmen erworben worden war, das Unternehmen freiwillig zu liquidieren. Es wurde darüber hinaus bestätigt, dass die JPM-Konzernmarke mit Synot weiterma- chen wird.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HAT DIE ÜBERNAHME VON WMS Industries abgeschlossen und so führende Unternehmen mit ihren Angeboten in den Bereichen Lotteriespiele, Spielautomaten und Spielinhalte, Systeme, Sportwettentechnologie, soziale, mobile und interaktive Inhalte und Dienstleistungen miteinander kombiniert.
ITALIENISCHE MEDIEN HABEN VIER STAKEHOLDER genannt, die am Kauf der operationellen Rechte für die beiden Casinos der Stadt interessiert sein sollen: Ca’ Vendramin Calergi und Ca’Noghera. Paradise Entertainment, Gtech- Lottomatica, Queenco und Las Vegas Sands haben Berichten zufolge alle ihr Interesse bekundet, die Konzession über 30 Jahre zu sichern und das Casino zu einer privaten Einrichtung zu machen.
2013 WAR FÜR DIE VERUNSICHERTEN GRIECHISCHEN Casinos das fünfte Jahr des Rückgangs in Folge. Von Januar bis August ging GGR um 9,5 Prozent im Vergleich zum gle- ichen Zeitraum des letzten Jahres zurück: und viele Betreiber beeilen sich, ihren Standort zu wechseln oder – schlimmer – zu schließen. Die gesamten Einnahmen betragen € 199,3 Mio. und auch der Gesamtbetrag abgeschlossener Wetten, fiel um 11,6 Prozent und liegt jetzt bei € 1,12 Mrd. Die Besucherzahlen gingen um weitere 0,8 Prozent auf 1,778,253 zurück. Während lediglich zwei Casinos vom Abschwung nicht betrof- fen sind, sehen sich viele andere nach Wegen um, wie sie ihren Betrieben neues Leben einhauchen können.
DIE REGIERUNG VON GUATEMALA WILL EINE NEUE Aufsichtsbehörde für das Glücksspiel einrichten, das die wach- sende Glücksspielbranche Guatemalas regulieren soll. Der Wirtschaftsausschuss des Kongresses sucht nach Wegen der Regulierung von Lotterien, Bingo-Hallen und Casinos und eine Aufsichtsbehörde würde nach den Erkenntnissen des Ausschusses die beste Möglichkeit bieten, eine Branche zu kontrollieren, die in der letzten Zeit schnell außer Kontrolle ger- aten ist.
INSPIRED GAMING GROUP UND LOTTOMATICA (GTECH SpA), einer der größten Anbieter von VLTs und Virtual Sports in Italien, wird mit der Installation von Inspireds VLTs in Lottomatica-Standorten den Beginn einer langfristigen VLT- Partnerschaft einläuten. Lottomatica ist einer der größten Anbieter in Italien mit mehr als 800 VLT-Standorten.
DIE IN HONGKONG BÖRSENNOTIERTE AMAX Holdings gab bekannt, dass die Versuche des Unternehmens, sich in eine Casino-Erschließung in der Türkischen Republik von Nordzypern einzukaufen, stagnieren, da die Parteien bezüglich der abschließenden Bedingungen für einen formellen Verkaufs- und Kaufverftrages keinen Kompromiss finden kon- nten.
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UK ONLINE GAMBLING TAX DOOMED
As the UK plans to adopt a new online gaming taxation regime, a report from the RGA and KPMG highlights its failings
UK - Legislation
A KPMG study, commissioned by The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), has concluded that HM Treasury’s place of consumption tax regime for online gambling is likely to fail to achieve its aims unless the rate of gross profits tax is no high- er than 10 per cent and it makes allowances for companies to offset costs associated with bonuses and incentives.
In its 2012 Budget, the UK government announced plans to tax online gambling on a place of con- sumption basis. The current proposals are to apply the existing remote gaming, betting and pool bet- ting duty rates of 15 per cent of gross profits.
Rather than undertake a comprehensive review of the tax regime, the Treasury has made minor changes to the current regime and has focussed on extending its application to operators in other jurisdictions who transact with UK residents.
The RGA commissioned KPMG to test the eco- nomic impact of the proposed point of consump- tion tax on the British online gambling market. According to the KPMG report: “The dangers of introducing the proposed rate of 15 per cent imme- diately are: firms are unable to recover their costs
and either go out of business or are forced to oper- ate in the grey market; and / or a very large num- ber of UK customers switch to buying gambling products from offshore duty avoiding providers because they are able to offer lower priced, more attractive, products. If either come to pass, then it may be difficult to reverse these consequences with a subsequent reduction in the tax rate.”
The Government’s proposals to maintain the cur- rent position where some player bonuses in bingo, poker and casino gaming are not tax deductible, will further damage the ability of licensed and taxpaying operators, who will already be required to meet a significantly higher tax burden, to com- pete with those overseas operators who will con- tinue to target the UK market without holding the requisite licences or pay tax.
Clive Hawkswood, Chief Executive of the RGA said: “It is vitally important that the Government does not repeat past mistakes. It needs instead to set rates of remote gaming and betting taxation that give operators a realistic chance of being competitive in what is an inherently international market.”
Cyprus Hong Kong-listed Amax Holdings has said that its attempts to buy into a casino development in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus have stalled as the parties ‘could not compromise on finalising the terms of a formal sale and purchase agreement.’
Inspired Gaming Virtual Sports approved for Italian operators
ITALY Inspired Gaming has been certi- fied by AAMS to sell its Virtual Sports platform in Italy with the roll out to operators expected to get underway within approxi- mately six to eight weeks of final testing, before officially going live in the venues.
Inspired has become the supplier of choice for the Italian virtual sports market and already has contracts with nine major opera- tors, spanning 12,000 venues and over 50 websites. Eight Inspired virtual sports will be available in Italy, including football, horse racing, trotting, motor racing and tennis. Vitaliano Casalone, President of Inspired Gaming Italy, said: “Our virtual sports generate 10 per cent of all over the counter bets in the UK and, based on our experience, we are
confident that our products will be at least as popular in Italy. There is much anticipation and enthusiasm from operators and players for the launch of virtual sports betting and we’re delight- ed to be celebrating our launch in Italy. We pride ourselves on sup- plying a wide range of sports with premium graphics and a range of betting markets for retail, online and mobile chan- nels, which have proven to gen- erate the most income for our customers.”
Inspired is contracted to supply virtual sports to nine Italian operators, including SNAI, Lottomatica, Sisal, Eurobet, Intralot, Cogetech, and Gamenet, which equates to approximately 90 per cent of the virtual sports market it Italy. Inspired is the world’s most trusted supplier of
virtual sports; its wide-range of premium virtual products are proven to generate in excess of €5bn of revenue and €700m gross win every year and are trusted by major lottery opera- tors around the world including NSLAC in China and OPAP in Greece. Inspired provides its vir- tual sports products to over 20,000 venues worldwide and is online with over half of the top 25 operators.
Inspired’s multi-channel virtual sports platform provides a 24/7 stream of real-time generated virtual betting events. Based on commercial trials, Inspired’s products generate over 100 per cent more revenue for operators than competing products and, unlike competing products, the scheduling of events and the RTP levels are wholly operator con- figurable. The graphics can be customised with branded back- grounds and Inspired offers over 30 product variants including weather variants, event dura- tions and track/stadia variants.
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