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UNE NOUVELLE PROPOSITION IMPORTANTE VISANT À changer la loi régissant les jeux de hasard au Honduras a été lancée par le député Augusto Cruz. Membre du parti Democristiano (chrétien-démocrate), Augusto Cruz propose un changement de loi qui modifierait le taux d’imposition des machines à sous et affecterait les machines à sous aussi bien dans les commerces que celles installées dans les casinos.
LES MEMBRES DE LA « QUINELLA BETTING UNION » du Paraguay, associés au député Karina Rodríguez, sont en discussion avec le Président de la Chambre des Députés, Hugo Velázquez, afin d’envisager des changements majeurs aux lois régissant les jeux de hasard au Paraguay. Les nou- velles propositions accorderaient à l’union une importance accrue dans les procédures d’appel d’offres futures tout en accordant à l’Etat un contrôle plus strict sur l’industrie du jeu.
LA NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION SUR LES JEUX DE hasard pourrait être appliquée au Mexique dès ce mois-ci selon Fernando Zárate Salgado, Président de la commission sur les jeux de hasard de la Chambre des Députés. La nouvelle loi vise à réguler les jeux de hasard dans le pays, sauvegarder les droits des joueurs et prévenir le blanchiment d’argent.
L’INDUSTRIE DES CASINOS AU PANAMA EST atteinte par un scandale véhiculant la rumeur que les casinos sont dans l’incapacité d’ouvrir des comptes en banque en rai- son de soupçons les associant injustement au blanchiment d’argent. Ces allégations ont été formulées à l’occasion du Dix- huitième Congrès Continental sur la Prévention du Blanchiment d’argent et la Lutte contre le financement du ter- rorisme, organisé à Panama City.
LE GOUVERNEMENT DU PREMIER MINISTRE japonais, Shinzo Abe, met en place un groupe de travail afin de donner son avis sur l’évolution future des casinos dans le cas où le législateur approuverait l’introduction de resorts intégrés de casinos. Cette évolution indique clairement une issue posi- tive pour ce concept de casino, alors que le gouvernement tient à ce que les resorts intégrés soient opérationnels vers 2020, pour les jeux olympiques d’été à Tokyo.
PLAYTECH A SIGNÉ UN ACCORD AVEC LE fournisseur mondial de contenus et de systèmes Aristocrat Leisure Limited dans la perspective d’acquérir Aristocrat Lotteries pour un montant de 10,5 millions d’€ en cash, sous réserve de certains ajustements et dès que les conditions prévues par l’accord seront remplies.
SG GAMING A ACHEVÉ LE DÉPLOIEMENT DE SA nouvelle console Clarity au sein du complexe de Ladbrokes. La console Clarity a été installée dans toutes les 2 228 bureaux de pari autorisés du complexe de Ladbrokes et constitue un élément clé de la stratégie Ladbrokes 2014 visant à maintenir une offre forte dans ce secteur.
L’OPÉRATEUR GREC OPAP S’EST ASSOCIÉ AU FONDS d’investissement britannique Global Family Partners, car celui- ci est en passe de remporter la licence grecque sur les paris hippiques. Une licence de 20 ans pour prendre des paris sur les courses hippiques faisant partie d’un plan de privatisation convenu avec les bailleurs de fonds internationaux d’Athènes est en jeu. Les courses hippiques sont actuellement contrôlées par ODIE, qui affichait une perte nette de pas moins de 23,4 millions d’€ en 2012.
3 6 BAHA MAR WELCOMES NEW RULES
Changes to the Bahamian regulations have been warmly welcomed by Baha Mar for expanding tourism options The Bahamas - Legislation
Baha Mar has applauded the Parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas for tabling a sweeping revitalisation of the country’s gaming regulations, the first such major update since Bahamian casinos were legalized in 1969. The reg- ulatory changes would allow Bahamian casinos to offer international travellers the latest gaming- industry amenities, including Internet, interactive and mobile gaming; in-play sports betting; and proxy wagering.
The new regulations would help to expand The Bahamas’ international tourism industry, which accounts for approximately 55 per cent of all Bahamian jobs and nearly half of the country’s Gross Domestic Product. The changes also would help Baha Mar, the $3.5bn integrated gaming resort, become a greater driver of the Bahamian economy upon its Grand Opening in late Spring 2015. Once tabled, the bill will be debated in Parliament before being put to a vote.
Baha Mar, which has worked with other casino operators in the collaborative public- and private- sector effort to modernise The Bahamas’ gaming laws, thanked Prime Minister Perry Christie for taking a major step in expanding The Bahamas’ international tourism business. The proposed changes would generate new Bahamian jobs; stimulate private investment; and support the Government’s investment of hundreds of millions in tourism infrastructure, including a $409m air- port expansion, enhanced cruise-ship facilities and roadwork improvements.
“These regulatory updates would provide The Bahamas and Baha Mar with a sustainable com- petitive advantage, which is vital for an economy driven by international tourism,” Sarkis Izmirlian, Baha Mar’s Chairman and CEO, said. “The Bahamas has long been known as a stable gaming jurisdiction, and these new regulations would put
us on a level playing field with the world’s most successful casino markets such as Las Vegas, Singapore and Macau. The regulations also would allow us to offer private VIP gaming salons, enhanced lines of credit, gaming junkets and other amenities vital to attracting affluent international casino customers.”
Paul Pusateri, Baha Mar’s COO, said: “The new regulations and laws would enhance Baha Mar’s ability to generate strong gaming revenues. Technology-driven amenities such as internet gaming, mobile gaming and in-play sports betting will help differentiate The Bahamas in the highly competitive gaming sector. They definitely will help Baha Mar attract players from the Eastern United States, Latin America, Asia and other mar- kets that will be important to our success.”
The new regulations will allow proxy wagering, meaning that casino licensees licensed on or before February 1 2015 and who are part of a resort hotel to operate remote wagering and proxy wagering systems. This allows players to place a bet without physically being on site, via proxy and technical aids. They will also be allowed mobile gaming with state-of-the-art technology to allow players to wager via mobile gaming devices from anywhere on the campus of a licensed casino facility as well as internet gaming.
New laws allowing enforcement of gaming debt allows a streamlined process for enforcement of all debts incurred by gaming activities at a licensed casino. Expedites process by which licensed operators can collect debts from patrons once they leave the jurisdiction. In-play sports betting will also be allowed with casinos permit- ted to accept wagers on an event after the game has started and remains under way.
Global Cash Access to acquire Multi Media Games for $1.2bn
US Another major acquisition has been announced in the US, with Global Cash Access (GCA), a provider of cash handling solu- tions and business intelligence services, agreeing to acquire gaming technology developer and distributor Multimedia Games for an aggregate purchase price of $1.2bn (€931.9m) in cash.
Under the deal, GCA will acquire all the outstanding stock of Multimedia Games for $36.50 per
share. The agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of both firms.
“The acquisition of Multimedia Games represents a gaming-rele- vant transformational opportuni- ty to combine two companies with rich gaming heritages and uniquely positions GCA as an important strategic partner to gaming operators by offering them deeper and more integrated solutions across their entire gam- ing floor,” GCA President and
Chief Executive Officer, Ram Chary, said. “This acquisition fur- ther strengthens and broadens GCA's portfolio of solutions, which has been embraced by our customer base.”
Patrick Ramsey, Chief Executive Officer of Multimedia Games, added: “We are excited about the opportunity this combination provides to leverage Multimedia Games' creative and innovative game development capabilities with GCA's expansive customer base to provide best-in-class, integrated solutions to the gam- ing community, and deliver increased value and scale to our respective customers and employees.”
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