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AU CHILI, UNE COUR A SUSPENDU LA PROCÉDURE d’appel d’offres pour l’attribution de la concession pour l’ex- ploitation d’un casino à Chillán après que la société hispano- argentine Bold-Peralada a interjeté appel auprès d’un tribunal local arguant que celle-ci avait été entachée d’irrégularités. Le recours juridique affirmait que le gouvernement régional avait outrepassé ses compétences en lui attribuant zéro points tout en en attribuant 300 à Marina del Sol.
UN GROUPE DE DÉPUTÉ NATIONAUX CHERCHENT À d’instaurer de nouvelles règles qui assureraient que les machines à sous soient contrôlées et taxées de façon sensi- blement plus efficace, visant à mettre un terme à la proliféra- tion rapide des jeux de hasard en Argentine.
MALGRÉ QUELQUES ÉVOLUTIONS POSITIVES récentes dans l’industrie des casinos, et notamment l’annonce de l’ouverture d’un nouvel établissement majeur au cours des prochaines mois et des lois plus strictes dans le domaine de la lutte contre les jeux de hasard illégaux, des rumeurs toujours plus persistantes prétendent que le gouvernement du Paraguay chercherait maintenant à nationaliser l’industrie.
CETTE ANNÉE SERA MARQUÉE PAR L’OUVERTURE d’un nouveau casino majeur à Encarnación, dans la capitale du Paraguay. Selon des sources officielles du gouvernement local, le complexe d’un coût de six millions de dollars, comportant un hôtel et un casino, stimulera le tourisme dans la ville et coïn- cide avec une série de nouveaux hôtels ouverts récemment, illustrant l’amélioration continue de l’industrie locale du tourisme.
EN ARGENTINA, LE GOUVERNEMENT DE MENDOZA A annoncé qu’il lancera deux procédures d’appel d’offres séparées ce mois-ci : un s’adressant aux sociétés intéressées par la fourniture d’un système de contrôle en ligne des machines à sous et un autre pour la prise de paris Quinela en ligne.
UN CHANGEMENT EN PROFONDEUR SEMBLE DE PLUS en plus probable sur le marché colombien des jeux de hasard en pleine croissance avec le déploiement du système de con- trôle et de suivi en ligne de l’ensemble des machines à sous, actuellement prévu pour avril 2015.
L’OPÉRATEUR SUD-AFRICAIN SUN INTERNATIONAL se réjouit de l’autorisation accordée par le Gauteng Gambling Board de transférer sa licence du complexe Morula Casino and Hotel à Mabopane vers Menlyn Maine, près de Pretoria.
LE CASINO MEDITERRÁNEO BENIDORM A OUVERT AU sein de la station touristique de Marina Baixa, inaugurant ainsi le troisième casino du portfolio du groupe. La première tranche comprenait le rez-de-chaussée et le premier étage, qui accueilleront le casino ainsi qu’une salle polyvalente destinée à servir à des évènements et des expositions.
GAMEACCOUNT NETWORK A ANNONCÉ LE lancement de China Shores en ligne aux Etats-Unis dans le cadre de son partenariat stratégique avec Konami Gaming. Disponible sur
Foxwoods.com, China Shores offre aux joueurs la possibilité de jour le jeu original traduit en ligne pour Simulated Gaming.
4 0 JCM BUYS FUTURELOGIC FOR $72M
In a summer of industry corporate buyouts, JCM Global is to add FutureLogic to its portfolio for US$72.2m Nevada - Suppliers
JCM Innovation Corp., a subsidiary of JCM American, doing business as JCM Global, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FL Group, doing business as FutureLogic, from American Capital.
The acquisition adds to JCM’s exceptional line of peripheral component products, including bill val- idators, printers and digital media.
FutureLogic printers and couponing solutions, such as Ticket2Go, TableXchange and PromoNet systems products, provide key technology plat- forms for growth initiatives and recurring revenue. The products will strengthen and diversify JCM’s peripheral portfolio to the marketplaces and industries it serves globally, such as banking, gaming, kiosk, retail and transportation.
In addition to the FutureLogic line of products, JCM will continue to market, sell, service and sup-
port the Nanoptix line of printers, including the PayCheck 4 thermal printer.
“We are very pleased to add FutureLogic’s excel- lent line of printers and coupon solutions to the award-winning line of JCM’s peripheral products. Since the beginning, JCM has operated with a phi- losophy of ‘customer first,’ and this acquisition will allow us to service our customers with more freedom of choice with unique and innovative peripheral solutions,” said JCM Global President Akiyoshi Isoi.
“We are fortunate to be in this position to capitalise on opportunities, such as the acquisition of FutureLogic. By maintaining our focus on ‘best-in- class’ components and continual dialog with our key customers, JCM will continue to deliver
‘value-added’ solutions that the marketplace desires,” Mr. Isoi added.
“We look forward to the next phase of develop- ment for FutureLogic as it brings innovative tech- nology and world class customers to help fuel the growth of JCM,” said FutureLogic Chief Marketing Officer John Edmunds. “The combination of JCM and FutureLogic product portfolios will provide a compelling offering in a variety of markets.”
Nevada Boyd Gaming has reported second-quarter 2014 net revenues of $722.5m, compared to $738.7m during the same quarter in 2013. Keith Smith, President and CEO said: “Our second-quarter results were below expectations, principally due to continued weakness in casual play. We are actively addressing this on several fronts, including strengthening our senior management team, refining our marketing strategies, and repositioning targeted non-gaming amenities. We also continue to strengthen our balance sheet, and are on track for $200m in additional debt reduction in 2014. Despite a tough operating environment, we remain diligently focused on improving our performance and generating long-term growth.”
Genting is lobbying hard to secure its Florida casino resort
FLORIDA Malaysia’s Genting Group is lob- bying hard in Florida's election year as it seeks to secure the foothold it needs to build a Miami casino resort. The company, which bought the Miami Herald building in downtown Miami with US$236m in cash in 2011 and tried unsuccessfully to gain approval for a destination resort casino from lawmakers, having spent US$1.3m in the 2012 elec- tion cycle, has embarked on a two-pronged political strategy.
Half of its money has been steered into a petition drive for a pro-casino amendment to the state Constitution that would bypass the Legislature to bring casinos to Florida. It’s remaining contribution has been split — $486,000 to the Republican Party of Florida and $111,000 to the Florida Democratic Party. “This is probably the most chal-
lenging election cycle in the last 40 years and maybe for the next decade,'' said one Florida lobby- ist. "The out-of-state casino folks are causing everybody to focus a lot more resources into the issue and everybody has to step up to the plate and be competitive."
Storefront Internet cafes contin- ue to grow in numbers across Florida, virtually unregulated, creating a new breed of political committees designed to protect their interests. Meanwhile local pari-mutuels are trying to exploit an untested loophole in state law that would allow them to install slot machines at their dog tracks.
Pressure is also mounting to re- open a key provision of the state's gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe before it expires in 2015, in part a defensive attempt to counter the push by Genting, Las Vegas Sands and
other casino operators to bring destination resort casinos to its backyard. The compact requires the Seminoles pay the state $233m annually.
Aside from the lobbying, Genting is going directly to voters with a constitutional amendment on the 2014 statewide ballot and could start gathering signatures at polling sites for both the primar- ies and general election.
Among the issues to be decided: How many casino sites should be allowed? Should it be limited to Miami-Dade and Broward, which would forfeit the revenue sharing from the Seminole tribe's opera- tions in those counties. And will Genting move forward with a ballot amendment in the same year the governor seeks re-elec- tion, potentially drawing casino supporters to the polls in a dicey election year? Whatever the company decides, observers say the threat of the amendment gives Genting added leverage against a recalcitrant Legislature and a reluctant governor.
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