SOUTH AMERICA
El desarrollador de casinos ruso Diamond Fortune ha revelado sus planes para su Selena World Resort & Casino, valorado en 900 millones de dólares, en la zona de juego rusa de Primorye, en el extremo oriental del país cerca de Vladivos- tok, junto con su propia pendiente de esquí.
El Consejo de Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha ha autorizado la apertura de un nuevo casino en la localidad toledana de Illescas. El Gran Casino de La Mancha, que abrirá sus puertas en junio, generará más de 120 puestos de trabajo.
El 10 de marzo, el pleno de la Cámara de Representantes de Chipre aprobó el reglamento del primer casino completamente legal de la República de Chipre con 28 votos a favor, uno en contra y 16 abstenciones. Los requisitos mínimos son 100 mesas y 1000 máquinas, y la opción que consiga la licencia podría empezar inmedi- atamente a operar un casino para un período de 30 años, de modo que el ganador de la licitación se anunciaría inminentemente.
Los mayores casinos de Gauteng se someterán a una imposición fiscal más elevada, ya que el Gobierno provincial del Primer Ministro David Makhura está intentando mejorar su recaudación. El impuesto sobre el juego estuvo fijado en el nueve por ciento en la última década pero ahora, con el Gobierno intentando impulsar su recaudación para pasar de 5000 a 5600 mil- lones de rands a finales de 2019, se está tomando en consideración un sistema fiscal escalonado.
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) albergó con satisfacción su 16.ª Mesa Redonda Anual de Reguladores de Norteamérica, en la que participaron más de 200 reguladores de 31 juris- dicciones de Norteamérica y el Caribe.
MGM Resorts se ha asociado con la nación tribal de los Schaghticoke para intentar desbaratar los planes de conceder una tercera licencia de casino en Connecticut a los dos oper- adores que tienen casinos allí actualmente.
El Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa ha inaugurado una nueva sala dedicada a tragaperras VIP donde se ofrecerá el máximo nivel de servicio y privacidad a los clientes más exclusivos del establecimiento.
VGT ha firmado un importante acuerdo con Cherokee Nation Entertainment (CNE), la rama de la nación Cherokee dedicada al juego y al sec- tor de la hospitalidad, que supone la incorporación de juegos de VGT en nueve establecimientos de casino por todo el noreste de Oklahoma.
El futuro del juego en Florida podría decidirse ahora en los tribunales tras la decisión de los legisladores del estado de posponer la proposi- ción de acuerdo para un casino valorado en 3000 millones de dólares suscrito entre el gobernador de Florida Rick Scott y la tribu de los seminolas de Florida.
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Enjoy Opens First Casino in Colombia Chile-based operator Enjoy has begun its further expansion into Latin America
with the inauguration of its first Colombian casino on the island of San Andrés in the Caribbean Sea
Enjoy has opened the first of three casinos the company has planned with the hotel chain Decameron, which operates in Central and South America and Africa
COLOMBIA CASINO OPERATIONS
Te new casino has a total of 90 slot machines, eight tables, a bar and will offer live entertainment. General Manager Enjoy, Gerardo Cood said that the agreement will allow the company to, “get to know a market that we think has great potential and which opens up interesting possibilities for the company.” He also went onto say that the company is “looking to continue to expand its operations in Latin America and from the assessment we make of this first operation in San Andrés, we will define where and when to open new operations in other Decameron resorts in Colombia and Peru, under the agreement we have signed.”
Te total investment for the new casino was US$3.5m. Te licence is valid for the next five years and may be renewed. Te partnership also enables Enjoy to operate casinos located in the hotel complexes located in the Royal Decameron Barú located on the peninsula in Cartagena Colombia as well as the Royal Decameron Punta Sal in Peru.
In April 2015 it was announced that Enjoy had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Decameron hotel chain. Te document
outlines the general terms and conditions of a partnership regarding the operation of casinos by Enjoy in the Decameron resorts, and the marketing of the hotels belonging to both chains. According to the document the joint operations would come into operation in the first half of 2016. Te total investment will stand at around US$5m.
Decameron Hotels & Resorts, S.A. owns and operates a chain of hotels in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Africa. Enjoy is the leader of the Chilean casino industry with around 37 per cent of the market and recorded sales of US$325m in 2012. Te company operates over 6,000 slot machines, 274 tables and 860 bingo seats in Chile. In Chile the company operates seven casinos. It also operates two other casinos in Argentina and Uruguay. Te company’s improved outlook has also been helped by its recent purchasing of the Conrad hotel and Casino in Punta del Este, the largest in South America. In May 2013 the Uruguayan government approved a deal where the operator of the Conrad in Uruguay switched from Baluma SA to Enjoy SA meaning that Enjoy took control over the Conrad.
against the euro in Panama. However, a decrease of €2.7m was recorded in Colombia mainly due to the devaluation of the peso against the euro (14.8 per cent).
Panama & Argentina
Latin America drives revenues for Codere
Spanish multinational Codere has reported that operating revenues in 2015 increased by 18.3 per cent to €1,639.5m mainly due to the improved results in Argentina, Italy and Panama.
In Argentina, revenue increased by 39.4 per cent compared to last year and stood at €681.8m. Improved revenues were due mainly to the appreciation of the Argentine peso when compared against the dollar and against the Euro. Codere also reported increased volumes in their gaming rooms in most markets. Operating income was also helped by the appreciation of the dollar
Te company highlighted a number of recent developments, in particular the new gaming tax imposed on operators in 2015 in Panama. Te new tax applies a tax on cash withdrawals from casinos of 5.5 per cent. However the new tax is not applicable to its largest operation in Panama – the racino located at the Presidente Remon race track in Panama City.
Te report also highlighted the fact that Colombia’s gaming control board has begun the connection of all slots in Colombia to a centrally controlled server. Te gaming board has divided the timetable into three stages with full compliance for the industry set for September 30, 2016. Te tax regime will also change with either a fixed rate per machine or 12 per cent of revenue generated per slot – whatever is the highest amount.
Mexico
A number of tourism associations and organisations in Mexico are joining forces to put pressure on the government so that casinos are not permitted in already popular tourist zones.
Manuel Paredes Mendoza, Executive Director of the Riviera Maya Hotel Association said that a total of 20 associations had agreed to lobby the government so that Mexico’s new gaming laws have safeguards in place. “We believe the law as it is currently stipulated could be counterproductive not only for the tourism sector, but because it could compromise the security of the country,” said Mr. Paredes Mendoza. A number of organisations aim to be a hindrance to both the economic and social development of Mexico.
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