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EL OPERADOR DE CASINOS LATINOAMERICANO Dream ha anunciado su decisión de retirar la solicitud para operar un casino en Chillán. El Director Corporativo de Dream, Claudio Tessada, afirmó que la empresa «no seguirá pre- stando su apoyo a un proceso irregular».
SEGÚN LAS ESTADÍSTICAS PUBLICADAS POR LA Superintendencia de Casinos de Chile (SCJ), los ingresos bru- tos derivados del juego para los 16 casinos que operan en Chile ascendieron a 42,5 millones de dólares estadounidenses, lo que supone un 19,1 por ciento más en comparación con el mes de abril. Si comparamos la cifra con el mismo mes del año pasado, los ingresos aumentaron un 21,4 por ciento.
SUN INTERNATIONAL ESTÁ INTENTANDO ADQUIRIR la mayoría de la participación restante en el casino chileno de Monticello por unos 114 millones de dólares estadounidenses. Actualmente, Sun está en posesión de una participación minoritaria en el casino. En virtud del acuerdo, Sun adquirirá un 54,7 por ciento de las acciones del Monticello Grand Casino de Chile que añadirá al 44,2 por ciento de participación que ya posee.
LA ASOCIACIÓN DE FABRICANTES DE EQUIPAMIENTO de Juego (AGEM) ha aprobado la creación del nuevo Comité Mexicano de la AGEM con sede en Ciudad de México, que se concentrará en los problemas específicos del mercado mexi- cano que afectan a una amplia gama de proveedores del sec- tor del juego.
EL COMITÉ DE CONTROL DEL JUEGO EN COLOMBIA, Coljuegos, está avanzando rápido con sus planes de conectar todas las máquinas tragaperras a un servidor con control cen- tralizado. La conexión online de todas las máquinas tragaper- ras se tomó en consideración por primera vez en el año 2008, cuando Colombia modificó sus leyes sobre el juego, y a contin- uación se aprobó en forma de ley en 2010. No obstante, Colombia es el único país de la región que dispone de una leg- islación que permite la monitorización online de máquinas tra- gaperras, si bien dicha ley aún está pendiente de llevar a la práctica.
EL GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO PERDIÓ UNA cantidad estimada de 8 millones de dólares estadounidenses entre los años 2010 y 2013 por no aplicar impuestos a las máquinas tragaperras que operan en la isla. Según las estadís- ticas publicadas por la Oficina de Ingresos Internos, el Gobierno no ha conseguido recaudar impuestos en las 3569 máquinas tragaperras que cuentan con licencia para operar en bares y restaurantes. La OCPR descubrió que no se había aplicado ningún impuesto por tasas de licencia a ninguna de las máquinas tragaperras entre julio de 2010 y diciembre de 2013.
GREENTUBE, UN DESARROLLADOR Y PROVEEDOR DE juegos de habilidad para Internet, dispositivos móviles, PC e iTV, y su empresa asociada, el Novomatic Group, han adquirido Bingocams, una de las plataformas de bingo online más popu- lares e innovadoras, de manos de Dazzletag Entertainment Limited.
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CONTROVERSY RISES OVER CHILLÁN
Dreams has announced its decision to withdraw its application for a licence in Chile to operate the Casino Chillán
Chile - Operations
Latin American casino operator, Dream, has announced that it had decided to withdraw its application to operate a casino in Chillán. Dreams Corporate Manager Claudio Tessada said the com- pany ‘will not continue to endorse an irregular process.’ In a corporate statement Dreams said: “It would not continue to endorse an irregular process and for that reason we have opted to withdraw our bid. We have been the object of an infringement of our rights in the Regional Council (CORE) which has acted in a biased way thus damaging our legitimacy. To carry on with this process would mean to consent to this decision which is something we are unwilling to do.
““This has been the second time that Dreams has suffered such a situation. The first was in 2013 in Ovalle, when the Regional Council of Coquimbo based its unfavourable decision on a report by the Director of Municipal Works, when the law is explicit that it may only refer to the municipality where it is located, “the company said.
“The board of Dreams Inc. has expressed its full commitment with the authorities and institutions, as well as the entire industry to move towards
more regulation to avoid situations like those experienced in Bío-Bío and Coquimbo. And until we see policy and regulatory changes, it will favour its development in other Latin American countries, “the company added in its statement.
The decision comes after Marina del Sol Casino won the most points during the first stage of the bidding process. Besides Dreams and Marina del Sol Casino, the Boldt Peralada Group have also bid for the right to operate the remaining casino licence in Chile. In its next stage the local munici- pal council must also look at each proposal as well as head of the Chilean Gaming Board and the Chilean Tourism Board. But Dreams is now out of the running.
The Resolution Council of the Chilean Gaming Control Board announced that starting in January 2014 it would begin the licensing process for a new casino after Termas de Chillan withdrew from the market in 2013. The Chilean Gaming Board officially accepted Termas de Chillan’s withdrawal in November 2013 after the operator blamed market conditions as well as the location of the casino for its decision to close.
Puerto Rico Gaming Laboratories International has completed a jurisdiction-wide inspection of all gaming devices and systems in Puerto Rico. The 12-week inspection covered 23 casinos and 7,690 gaming devices. GLI Director of Latin American Development Karen Sierra-Hughes said: “We have worked very hard to earn and maintain a high level of trust by regulatory entities to perform duties that support their regulatory objectives. In this case, our objective was to help Puerto Rican regulators to continue the high level of integrity of the Puerto Rico Slot Operation, thereby creating a safer gaming environment for the public, and we are very pleased with our successful completion of this inspection.”
Gaming Revenues on the rise across the Chillean market
CHILE According to statistics released by The Chilean Gaming Control Board (SCJ) gross gaming rev- enues for the 16 casinos operating in Chile stood at US$ 42.5m in May, a 19.1 per cent increase compared to April. When com- pared to the same month last year revenues increased by 21.4 per cent.
Both visitor numbers and the average spend also increased when compared to April with a total of 482, 421 thousand visitors who spent on average US$88.50 This is compared to 409,410 visi- tors in April who spent on aver- age $US 87.6, a 1.1 per cent
increase. The 16 municipalities and 11 regions where the casinos are located received a total of US$7.1m in gaming tax revenue while casinos generated an addi- tional US$ 2.5m in tax on entrance fees for the state. On top of this amount the casinos also generated US$ $6.8m in gaming VAT.
In terms of gross gaming income generated by the casinos, the Monticello Grand Casino came in first place with 29.9 per cent. In second place came Casino Rinconada with 12.1 percent of market share. In third place was Marina del Sol with 1.9 per cent then Enjoy Antofagasta with 9.4
per cent. While in fifth place came Dreams Temuco with a total of 7.1 per cent of market share.
According to the latest statistics released by the SJC the 9,635 slot machines in operation in May handed out an average of 93.5 per cent of the stake. While the total bets made on slot machines stood at US$525.1m the prizes handed out stood US$491.2m leaving a win for the casinos of US$34m.
Casino Revenues are bound to increase long term with another major opening in the near future. Earlier this year The Resolution Council of the Chilean Gaming Control Board announced that starting in January 2014 it would begin the licensing process for a new casino after Termas de Chillan withdrew from the mar- ket in 2013.
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