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EL REGULADOR DE JUEGOS DE AZAR LETÓN (IAUI) HA elaborado una lista negra de sitios de juegos de azar sin licencia, en la que se incluyen PokerStars, Full Tilt, Bet365, Unibet y
888.com, y pide a los proveedores de servicios de Internet que los bloquee para los jugadores letones.
INSPIRED GAMING GROUP (INSPIRED), EL PROVEEDOR líder de juegos videolotería basados en servidor y productos de deporte virtuales, hoy ha anunciado que ha firmado una exten- sión de cinco años de su asociación a largo plazo con William Hill para suministrar máquinas de juego de videolotería basadas en servidor y deportes virtuales.
EL GOBIERNO DE CHIPRE HA ANUNCIADO QUE LOS planes de emitir la primera licencia de la historia para un casino resort del sur de la isla de vacaciones mediterránea, avanzan a buen ritmo y que debería tardar menos de 12 meses.
BCN WORLD CADA VEZ ESTÁ MÁS CERCA DE LA Costa Daurada. El gobierno ha admitido cuatro de las cinco solicitudes de formar parte del macrocomplejo de juegos y entretenimiento en el Turístic Recreatiu Centre (CRT) situado entre Salou y Vila-seca.
EL TURNING STONE RESORT CASINO EN VERONA, Nueva York, ha actualizado toda su planta de de máquinas de juego de 2100 juegos combinando los aceptadores de billetes MEI SC Advancev de CPI y EASITRAX Soft Count. La instalación se completó a principios de año, formando parte de una inver- sión de 15 millones de dólares hecha por la Oneida Indian Nation para actualizar todo el sistema operativo del casino y adquirir máquinas de juego con dinero en efectivo nuevas.
EL FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO DE CONNECTICUT utilizará la plataforma de servicios de conserjería móviles de Bally Technologies para ofrecer a sus clientes una aplicación móvil con múltiples funciones.
EL CROWN RESORTS DEL MAGNATE AUSTRALIANO James Packer ha pagado 280 millones de dólares australianos (260 millones de dólares estadounidenses) para tener un lugar privilegiado en Las Vegas Boulevard en un concurso público, y de este modo resquebrajar el mercado de casinos americano de una vez por todas. El billonario y propietario de Crown Resorts se ha unido con Andrew Pascal, el anterior presidente de Wynn Las Vegas, en una aventura conjunta avalada por Oaktree Capital Management.
PARADISE CO. Y EL SOCIO JAPONÉS SEGA SAMMY Holdings están preparados para abrir nuevos caminos en octubre en el primer casino resort integrado del país. Su proyec- to Paradise City cerca de Incheon, el principal aeropuerto de Corea del Sur, debería abrir a principios de 2017, un año antes de que lo haga un proyecto similar planeado por la empresa con sede en EE. UU., Caesars Entertainment y Lippo de Hong Kong.
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FEARS OF PARAGUAY STATE-CONTROL
There is growing speculation that the Paraguay government is now seeking to place the casino industry in state hands. Paraguay - Government
Despite some recent positive developments in the casino industry of late, including the announce- ment of a major new opening in the next months and stricter laws when it comes to tackling illegal gaming, there is growing speculation that the Paraguay government is now seeking to place the industry in state hands.
Fears were sparked by Head of The Paraguayan Gaming Commission (CONAJZAR) Javier Balbuena after a meeting with President Horacio Cartes. After the meeting Mr Balbuena spoke of “changing the current model and giving the State major con- trol over gaming income in order to increase prof- its and increase state investment in social spend- ing.”
In response to these statements members of the local gaming industry have warned that the state function is not to “participate” in gambling at all. Rather interest groups have warned that the gov- ernment’s role is simply to “create conditions for the private sector contribution to the state,
through the implementation of fees and taxes,” They also argue that increasing state control could also jeopardise the industry which is now a major employer and could also have a negative effect on the tourist industry.
Illegal gaming is also widespread and local busi- nessmen have warned that “greater state involve- ment” is not a guarantee of seriousness or formal- ity.” On the contrary, more state control could, they say, would only lead to the increase of the already “insatiable greed of our politicians.”
While gaming has proliferated rapidly over recent years in Latin America, the local industry in Paraguay remains small scale. Although there have been a number of attempts of recent years to open up the market a number of bidding processes have been cancelled over claims of irregularities and the casino industry remains underdeveloped with little foreign investment in the industry.
Paraguay This year will see the opening of a major new casino in Encarnación – Paraguay’s capital. The six million dollar hotel and casino will, according to local government officials, increase tourism to the city and coincides with a number of new hotel openings of late as the local tourist industry continues to improve. The casino will compete with other casinos on the nation’s borders specifically the casinos on Argentine soil in the province of Misiones. The casino will also be aimed at enticing Brazilian punters from across the border as for now casino type gaming is banned nationwide.
Plans progressing to monitor slots and Quinela in Mendoza
ARGENTINA The government of Mendoza has announced that it will launch two separate tender processes this month: one for companies interested in providing online monitoring control over slot machines and the other for the online capture of Quinela bets.
The announcement by the Provincial Institute of Games and Casinos of Mendoza (IPJC), opened the tender processes up in August and will give the win- ning company in both cases just over a year in which to comply.
The announcement comes at a time when gaming is continuing to boom in the province with the industry becoming an increas- ingly vital source of tax income especially for the Health Sector. Located in the western central
part of Argentina the province of Mendoza is the heart of the winemaking industry and is one of Argentina’s most popular tourist destinations. New con- trols will apply to a total of 2,500 machines operating in the ten privately owned and run casinos as well as the 3,700 slot machines located in the seven private casinos in the province.
According to official statistics, in 2013 slot machines in casinos generated total revenue of around $1,8bn pesos (US$220m) a year. Of this around 8 percent is earmarked for the health service. Plans to connect all slot machines to a centrally con- trolled server means that a total of 6,200 slot machines operating in both privately owned casinos and state owned casinos will be monitored online with the win-
ning bid for Quinela worth an estimated 348m pesos (US$42m). Meanwhile, the bid for the online monitoring of slot machines will be worth around “half that amount” according to the President of the institute, Carlos Bianchinelli.
Ivisa, the company currently in charge of running quinela in the province, has a long history in the business locally and is linked to popular betting game “Telekino.” The company has run the game for the last fifteen years and the IPJC had previously planned on renegotiating the contract. However, the offer will now be offered to other operators.
The move to monitor slot machines online comes after some controversy after tighter controls were called for by the local government with calls for more transparency when it came to the local government and its relationship with local gaming company Mendoza Central Entertainment (MCE).
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