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EL GOBIERNO HOLANDÉS HA NOTIFICADO A LAComisión Europea de su anteproyecto para regular el juego online. En este se imponen unos requisitos al operador, empresa y a la oferta del juego.
EL GOBIERNO CROATA HA DESVELADO UNA NUEVA Ley del Juego, Juegos de Premios y Entretenimiento, creando condi- ciones para mejorar las operaciones de juegos del azar, intro- duciendo un sistema más eficaz sobre la recaudación de impuestos y cargos, y una distribución más equitativa de los ingresos de los juegos de apuestas.
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY HA FIRMADO dos grandes acuerdos con Caesars Entertainment y Boyd Gaming donde hará una presentación pública de Powerbucks, un link con bote Wide Area Progressive (WAP), en instalaciones de jurisdic- ciones aprobadas, comenzando con los estados de Nueva Jersey y Nevada.
TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT HA COMPLETADO SU compra de Lumiere Place Casino, HoteLumiere, y el Hotel Four Seasons St. Louis de Pinnacle Entertainment por un importe de US$260m.
UNA VEZ INCREMENTADO SU PARTICIPACIÓN EN Casinos Poland, Century Casinos ha incrementado sus ingresos en 2013 en un 46 por ciento. El ingreso operativo neto sumó US$104,6m en los tres meses hasta el 31 de diciembre, generando $29,4m de la anterior cifra, que representa un incre- mento del 66 por ciento.
EL VICEPRIMER MINISTRO DE QUEENSLAND JEFF Seeney ha revelado que 12 promotoras de casinos han pagado $100.000 para interponer su interés formal en el desarrollo de nuevos casinos en el estado, entre ellos Echo Entertainment, Crown and Sky City Entertainment.
UNA PROPUESTA POR PARTE DEL GOBIERNO DE Vietnam que permite a los casinos operar en tres Zonas Económicas Especiales ha sido recibida con precaución en un congreso donde se centraba en las futuras zonas. Las tres Zonas Económicas Especiales estarán ubicadas en Van Don en la provincia de Quang Ninh, Van Phong en el centro sur de la provincia de Khanh Hoa y Phu Quoc en la provincia del Kien Giang en el sur.
LA PROMOTORA INMOBILIARIA VIETNAMITA VinaCapital ha dicho que se unirá con Peninsula Pacific con base en Los Angeles, para ayudar a financiar South Hoi An; un casino resort de 500 habitaciones cerca de la ciudad costera de Da Nang en Vietnam. Esta nueva construcción está prevista que se ejecute en una zona de desarrollo económico en la provincia central de Quang Nam.
MELCO CROWN SE HA AÑADIDO A LA CADA VEZ MÁS larga lista de empresas internacionales que quieren abrir un casi- no en Tokio justo a tiempo para las Olimpiadas del 2020. El ejecu- tivo de Crown Todd Nisbet explicó que Melco Crown ya había tenido negociaciones con varias empresas japonesas.
DONACO INTERNATIONAL, EL OPERADOR, CON SEDEen Sydney, del Hotel y Casino Lao Cai International en el norte de Vietnam, ha vendido 56,39m de acciones a inversores para recaudar $75m para construir un segundo hotel en Lao Cai, cerca de la frontera con la provincia china de Yunnan.
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GRAND BELIZE SECURES LICENCE
The Grand Belize Entertainment Group has been granted a gaming license and secured its location to operate Belize - New licences
The Grand Belize Entertainment Group has been granted a gaming license and secured the location to operate the former Golden Princess Casino in Santa Elena, Belize in the Caribbean.
Grand Belize Casino Hotel plans to operate approximately 500 slot machines, 20 table games, a brand new 50-room hotel, over 20,000 square feet of events space, and multiple first class food and beverage offerings. The location where the Grand Belize Casino Hotel is sited sees over one million visitors per year and is known for its pop- ular duty-free shopping. The casino will be the first thing that visitors to the island will see if they travel over the water from Mexico.
Michael Glauser, Chief Operating Officer of The Grand Belize Entertainment Group, said: “We are excited to step in and operate in this location. Although there are still plans for a larger casino resort, opening in this current location allows the Grand Belize brand to place a foothold in the mar- ket. We look forward to making a positive impact on the local community, as well as Belize as a whole.”
The Casino Hotel will be co-branded with The Grand Belize Interactive division’s Online Casino. Guests will be able to redeem rewards and promo-
tions at Grand Belize Casino Hotel and through Grand Belize’s Online Casino. Mr. Glauser added:
“We are excited to be on the forefront of this inno- vative concept in gaming. As one of only four licensed casinos to Belize, the launch of the online casino will attract gaming aficionados around the globe while promoting our world-class property in Belize, even before it opens.”
According to Mr. Glauser, Peak Gaming Group will support the development, launch, and manage- ment of the online casino, which is scheduled to go live worldwide in the second quarter of 2014. Blue Sky Advisory Group has been selected to assist in the development and manage the day-to- day operations of the casino resort and spa.
Initial plans call for the resort casino to encom- pass nearly 315,000 sq.ft, with approximately 700 slot machines and 20 to 25 gaming tables. In addi- tion to the casino, there will be private gaming areas as well as mobile gaming applications avail- able throughout the property’s restaurant and lounges.
The Bahamas Sol Kerzner is to step down from his position as Chairman of Kerzner International following the sale of a ‘significant’ number of shares in the company to the Investment Corporation of Dubai. Executive director and CEO Mohammed Al Shaibani will take over the position of Chairman. Mr Kerzner said: “I am exceptionally proud of all that has been accomplished at Kerzner International. This is a significant milestone in my life after a long and happy career in the tourism industry and I wish the company well.”
Slot machines to be monitored by Colombian government
COLOMBIA Colombia’s gaming control board, Coljuegos, has met with union officials and industry operators in order to discuss the connection of all slot machines in Colombia to a government centrally con- trolled server. The connection was first considered in 2008 when Colombia changed its gam- ing laws and was then passed into law in 2010. However, Colombia is the only country in the region which has legislation that allows for online monitoring of slot machines, but it yet to put the law into practice.
President of Coljuegos, Cristina
Arango, pointed out the benefits of this system. “The connection of slot machines to a central server will improve the standard of the gaming industry in the country as it allows the state to monitor gaming operators more reliably. This, coupled with stricter control over the conces- sion contracts will increase transparency in the sector,” she said.
Operators will be permitted time to become part of the system gradually until all of their slot machines are connected to the government server. However, once this window passes those
machines that are still not online will be presumed illegal and can be decommissioned. In addition, gaming companies that aim to start up in Colombia must con- nect all of their slot machines to the government server first before going into operation.
According to official figures Colombia now has 382 gaming operators which combined oper- ate 77,500 slot machines in 2,700 establishments approved by Coljuegos. The previous gaming control board, the Empresa Territorial para la Salud (ETESA), was replaced in 2012 after a number of high profile corruption scandals, and the new board is currently made up of members from a number of government ministries and its director is directly appointed by the presi- dent.
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