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UN JUZGADO DE CHILE HA PUESTO EN ESPERAEL proceso de licitación para el casino en licencia de Chillán, después de que la empresa hispano-argentina Bold-Peralada interpusiera una reclamación en un juzgado local, en la que reclamaba que estaba cargada de irregularidades. La recusación legal ha alegado que el Gobierno Regional ha sobrepasado su jurisdicción al otorgarle cero puntos a éste, mientras que a Marina del Sol le otorgó 300 puntos.
UN GRUPO DE DIPUTADOS NACIONALES ESTÁ intentando poner en vigencia nuevas leyes que aseguren que las máquinas de juego se sometan a un control y a unos impuestos de un modo muchísimo más eficiente, y están intentado terminar con la rápida proliferación del juego en toda Argentina.
A PESAR DE ALGUNAS CREACIONES POSITIVAS recientes en la industria del casino de los últimos tiempos, entre las que se incluyen el anuncio de una apertura muy importante y en endurecimiento en materia de leyes para combatir el juego ilegal, crece la especulación de que el gobier- no de Paraguay está intentando poner a la industria en manos del Estado.
ESTE AÑO SE INAUGURARÁ EN ENCARNACIÓN, LA capital de Paraguay, uno de los casinos nuevos más impor- tantes. Según las autoridades gubernamentales locales, el hotel y casino de seis millones de dólares incrementará el tur- ismo en la capital y coincide con la reciente apertura de una serie de hoteles nuevos, a la vez que el sector turístico continúa mejorando.
EL GOBIERNO DE MENDOZA, ARGENTINA, HA anunciado que este mes lanzará dos procesos de licitación separados: uno para empresas interesadas en proporcionar supervisión y control en línea en las máquinas de juego y el otro para recopilar en línea las apuestas de Quinela.
CADA VEZ PARECE MÁS PROBABLE QUE EL CONTROL y la supervisión de todas las máquinas de juego actualmente previstas para abril de 2015, supondrán un gran cambio para el mercado del juego colombiano.
EL OPERADOR SUDAFRICANO SUN INTERNATIONAL está encantado con el consentimiento por parte de la Gauteng Gambling Board de permitir la reubicación de su licencia y transferirla del Morula Casino y Hotel de Mabopane a Menlyn Maine, cerca de Pretoria.
EL CASINO MEDITERRÁNEO BENIDORM HA ABIERTO en el resort de la Marina Baixa, con ello se convierte en el tercer casino del portafolio del grupo. La primera fase ha incluido la planta baja y la primera, las cuales albergarán el casino y una sala multiuso destinada a eventos y exposiciones.
GAMEACCOUNT NETWORK HA ANUNCIADO EL lanzamiento en línea de China Shores en Estados Unidos en una asociación estratégica con Konami Gaming. Disponible en
Foxwoods.com, China Shores ofrece a los jugadores la experi- encia del jugar al juego original traducido en línea para Simulated Gaming.
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POLITICIANS PUSH TO MONITOR SLOTS
A group of National Deputies are seeking new rules to ensure that slots are monitored and taxed far more efficiently
Argentina - Legislation
A group of National Deputies are seeking to put into law new rules which would ensure that slot machines are monitored and taxed far more effi- ciently and are seeking to end the rapid prolifera- tion of gaming throughout Argentina.
Members of the Radical Civic Union Party, Ricardo Alfonsín and Miguel Bazze have introduced a new law which they say will help put an end to tax invasion when it comes to slot machines. Describing the governments failure to sufficiently tax the industry as an unfair “stimulus” to growth, new laws will, they say, end the current state of “disorder” currently affecting the industry.
The new law aims to ensure that “efficient collec- tion mechanisms” based around “a reliable and safe control of operations” are put in place which will also prevent money laundering as well as tax evasion. The law will connect all slot machines in Argentina to a centrally controlled server which will allow the government to monitor and in real time all slot machine transactions when and as they are made. The body responsible to for enforcement of the measure will be the Argentine tax office La Administración de Ingresos Públicos.
Talking to local press Mr. Alfonsín said: “It seems incredible that no existing technology is used to prevent possible cases of tax evasion or avoid- ance,” and added that ” one of the fastest growing economic activities has been gambling since 2003. In the province of Buenos Aires growth stands at 306 per cent while in the City of Buenos Aires the industry has grown by 219 per cent.”
The news laws, which also has the support of fel- low deputies Margarita Stolbizer, Mario Negri, Manuel Garrido and Ricardo Buryaile ,are also designed to meet the requirements set out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – an inter- governmental body aimed at develop policies to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
Alfonsín has long been lobbying for change to Argentina’s gaming laws. In 2013 he publicly criti- cised Christina Kirchner in a statement for the rapid spread of bingo halls and casinos during her term of office. Then in April this year he demand- ed that the government put an end to the ‘indis- criminate’ granting of casino and gaming licences.
Chile A court in Chile has put the tender process for the casino in licence in Chillán on hold after Argentine Spanish company Bold-Peralada appealed to a local court claiming that it had been fraught with irregularities. The legal challenge claimed that the Regional Government had gone beyond its remit when awarding it zero points while awarding 300 points to Marina del Sol. Lawyers acting on behalf of the company claimed that the Regional Government had no right to award points on the basis of technicalities.
Panama gaming sector shows further growth spurt
PANAMA The gaming market in Panama is showing signs of continued growth according to figures released by the Association of Gaming Administrators (ASAJA).
Currently there are 18 fully fledged casinos and 26 slot par- lours nationwide. The boom has coincided with Panama’s growing tourists industry and subsequent building boom – the largest of its kind in the history of Latin America.
In the past the industry has come under criticism as casinos have failed to attract tourists, attract- ing in the main locals instead, with the press being particularly critical of the fact that the indus- try was attracting locals from a lower socio economic back-
ground. By 2005 it was estimated that 85 percent of all those who visited casinos in Panama were locals. However, according to the latest statistics, although locals still make up for the majority of the market tourists now attracts a total of 35 per cent of the casino market and 65 per cent of the casino market is made up middle class or high income earners.
The market has also expanded significantly over recent years. In 2012, according to the ASAJA there were 5,500 Type A slot machines located in slot parlours with a further 4,600 located in casinos. Today this number has increased to 7,300 and 5,400 respectively. In Panama type A slot machines are those which do not have a payout ceiling.
This year has also seen the open- ing of one of the largest casinos in the city the hotel Sortis with three new large scale casino openings on the way later on this year all in the capital: the Aloft Hotel (Big Seven Casino), the casino at the Hilton (Ocean View Casino) as well as the Trump hotel, which is scheduled to open a month’s time.
According to the latest statistics, annual earnings for the casino industry in Panama stood at U.S$ 105m while slot parlours earned US$224m last year with the industry employing 7,000 people. Antonio Alfaro, President of ASAJA said that his organisation was urging the government to put in laws into place which would protect locals from gambling addiction. This would be via a new law which would stipulate that no slot parlour could be located within 10 km from Panama’s poorest neighbour- hoods.
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