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EL CONSEJERO DE INTERIOR Y DEPORTES DE LA región alemana de Hesse (HMDIS) ha emitido 20 licencias fed- erales de apuestas deportivas online a toda una serie de oper- adores tanto locales como internacionales. Todos los oper- adores con licencia deben respetar las diversas políticas de juego y apuestas deportivas que se recogen en el Tratado sobre el Juego del Estado Alemán («Glücksspielstaatsvertrag»).
SUZO-HAPP HA CULMINADO LA ADQUISICIÓN DE Comesterogroup S.r.l., un proveedor de sistemas de pago elec- trónico y equipos de autoservicio para los sectores del lavado de coches, el juego, las lavanderías automáticas y el vending. Comesterogroup tiene su sede central en Gessate, una locali- dad italiana a las afueras de Milán.
EN ESTADOS UNIDOS SE HA HECHO PÚBLICA OTRA adquisición importante, de modo que Global Cash Access (GCA), un proveedor de soluciones de manejo de dinero en efectivo y servicios de inteligencia para empresas, ha decidido adquirir la empresa desarrolladora y distribuidora de tecnología para el juego Multimedia Games por un precio de compra total de 931,9 millones de euros (1200 millones de dólares) en efec- tivo.
GAMEACCOUNT NETWORK, UN DESARROLLADOR Y proveedor líder de contenidos online y software de juego para B2B a nivel de empresa, ha anunciado una cooperación con un operador estadounidense de casinos con operaciones en varios estados para lanzar una experiencia online de juego simulado para nuevos clientes y patrones ya existentes de casinos elegi- dos por el cliente en Estados Unidos.
BALLY TECHNOLOGIES HA FIRMADO UN ACUERDO con el grupo Ontario Lottery Group (OLG) para suministrar por toda la provincia su solución centralizada de sistemas de juego para casino.
HAY MÁS PUESTOS DE TRABAJO EN PELIGRO EN Atlantic City, toda vez que Trump Entertainment Resorts ha presentado suspensión de pagos según la sección 11 de la ley de bancarrota, una decisión que según los analistas supone una amenaza directa para el futuro de Trump Taj Mahal.
LAS VEGAS SANDS HA PROPUESTO UN COMPLEJO integrado al estilo Marina Bay Sands en Corea del Sur que les permita a los habitantes locales jugar dentro de la jurisdicción del Gobierno de Seúl. George Tanasijevich, Director Gerente de desarrollo global y Director General de Marina Bay Sands en Singapur, confirmó que el operador basado en Las Vegas ha estado analizando el potencial de Corea del Sur para su próximo gran proyecto.
EL GRUPO HOTELERO TRAVELLERS INTERNATIONAL, propietario y operador de Resorts World Manila en la Bahía de Manila (Filipinas), ha afirmado que la primera fase de su segun- do casino, valorado en 1100 millones de dólares, debe estar concluida en el año 2018. Travellers, bajo control del Alliance Global Group y de Genting Hong Kong, comenzará las obras de construcción del Resorts World Bayshore en los próximos tres meses.
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NEW GAMING ACT DETAILS EMERGING
New details regarding Mexico’s update of its gaming laws reveal plans to change the minimum entry age requirement Mexico - Legislation
A number of significant details have emerged regarding Mexico’s new gaming act after an inter- view with Fernando Zárate Salgado, President of the Commission of Gaming in the Chamber of Deputies (right). Mr Salgado outlined a number of wide sweeping changes which would affect the current regulatory body, change the minimum entry age and would establish a raft of new meas- ures when it comes to licensing.
According to Mr. Salgado, a new Advisory Council will be composed of the secretaries of Health, Tourism, Economics and Government, as well as non-governmental organisations so that the pub- lic may also participate in developing public poli- cy, revise internal rules, establish procedures and have a say as to how casinos found to be operating outside the terms of their licence may be sanc- tioned.
It was also revealed that licences will be valid for ten years and will only be renewable for a further 10 while the minimum entry age will be raised to 21. Crucially, the law will also ban the so called
“umbrella” licences whereby operators were able to operate a number of slot parlours and sports betting shops under a single licence. Instead, each casino or gaming establishment will be issued a single licence per gaming establishment.
According Mr. Salgado, the drafting of the new bill is currently being hammered out in close consul- tation with the Mexican Gaming Association (AIEJA) as well as the current regulatory body, which comes for now under the control of the Interior Ministry (SEGOB). All new establish- ments will have to go through a very “rigorous” process before being approved and will have to meet with a wide number of “comprehensive rules.”
Gaming could also be used to promote tourism. According to the AIEJA, talks are already under- way with a number of hotel chains. The AIEJA has been lobbying for changes to Mexico gaming laws so that popular tourist destinations in Mexico such as Cancun, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta could see hotels with slot parlours on their premises if the new project is given the green light by law- makers. The new initiative was put forward by the AIEJA in January this year and would allow for 20 to 30 slot machines to be housed in hotel lob- bies or dedicated gaming spaces in hotels.
Chile adopts new anti-money laundering rules for casinos
CHILE Legal Division Director of the Financial Analysis Unit Javier Cruz Tamburrino and Head of the Chilean Gaming Board (SJC) Renato Hamel Maturana have signed a circular which updates the rules that now apply to casi- nos operating in the country. The new rules will mean that Chilean casinos will have to meet inter- national guidelines set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) when it comes to Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing from now on.
Mr. Tamburrino said that the signing of the Joint Circular was: “A powerful signal of coordina- tion between two entities that have a common plan to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.” According to the cir- cular, all casinos in Chile must
now have systems in place to safeguard against money laun- dering and terrorism based on the “Know Your Customer” concept. The “Know Your Customer” con- cept means that the casino knows the identity of the cus- tomer and understands the kinds of transactions in which the cus- tomer is likely to engage in. These conditions must now apply to any customer gambling any amount over U.S$3,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) and also applies to those holding a prominent public office such as Senators, Congressmen, Mayors and High Court Judges amongst others.
As instructed in the new circular, casinos must record and maintain information related to the identi- fication and understanding of customers for a minimum period
of five years from the last opera- tion performed by them and must be made available the Financial Analysis Unit as well as the Chilean Gaming Board.
In addition, casinos will now be required to develop a Manual on “The Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing” which will, amongst other topics, cover the detection and reporting of suspicious trans- actions and will also develop other guidelines which will include the ethical conduct of staff and casino operators.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7. The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regula- tory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial sys- tem.
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