SOUTH AMERICA
El Presidente en funciones de Brasil, Michel Temer, está buscando formas de legalizar las apuestas online y las apuestas instantáneas, así como permitir a las empresas extranjeras traba- jar en colaboración con CAIXA para operar apuestas deportivas. La privatización de las apuestas instantáneas sería un paso lógico, ya que el Gobierno está adoptando una posición cada vez más liberal sobre el juego.
La Cámara de Diputados de la provincia de Jujuy, al noroeste de Argentina, ha aprobado una nueva ley que dispone una revisión en profundi- dad de los contratos del sector del juego licitados bajo la administración anterior.
El Gobierno de Mendoza, en Argentina, ha decidido no ampliar la concesión de al menos tres casinos en la provincia, ya que no cumplen los objetivos del comité de control del juego en cuanto a atracción de turismo y generación de ingresos.
Se podría permitir a los estadios brasileños que alberguen salas de bingo y casinos conforme al borrador más reciente de la ley del juego de Brasil que se está debatiendo en la Cámara Baja del país. Las nuevas reglas permitirían el juego en estadios con capacidad para 15 000 personas.
Sun Dreams ha anunciado que invertirá 250 millones de dólares en el mercado peruano. El dinero se utilizará para mejorar sus operaciones en Perú y para invertir en un nuevo casino al estilo Las Vegas en la capital del país, Lima. El Director General de Dreams Perú, Martín Dávila, afirmó que el nuevo casino ofrecerá novedades al mercado local.
En Colombia, el Director Ejecutivo de la Fed- eración Nacional de Departamentos (FND), Amylkar Acosta, ha confirmado un acuerdo con el Comité de Control del Juego del país (Coljue- gos) acerca de una nueva lotería instantánea que se utilizará para contribuir a financiar los servicios sanitarios en los 32 departamentos de Colombia.
El Vicepresidente de Cataluña, Oriol Junqueras, ha afirmado en el Parlamento que los ingresos generados por casinos se duplicarán una vez que esté en funcionamiento la nueva versión de BCN World. Los ingresos fiscales gen- erados por el juego subirán de 22,5 millones de euros a 45 millones de euros a pesar del hecho de que BNC World solo tendrá permitido albergar uno o dos casinos.
Tras dos años de debates, la Cámara Baja neerlandesa ha aprobado el proyecto de ley de juego remoto del país, que podría dar lugar a un mercado del juego online regulado en el tercer trimestre de 2017.
IGT ha conseguido un acuerdo para sustituir un sistema de la competencia por una instalación del sistema de gestión de casinos SYSTEM2go de IGT en el Westin Dawn Beach Resort & Spa, St. Maarten.
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Policy decisions are coming thick and fast from the Brazil government, with the latest proposal to site bingo and casino facilities in soccer stadiums
BRAZIL CASINO LICENSING Football Stadiums Could House Casinos
Brazilian stadiums could be permitted to house bingo halls and casinos according to the latest draft of Brazil's gaming law being debated in the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house). New rules would permit gaming in stadiums with a capacity of 15 thousand people.
If approved the new measures would provide an economic boost to stadiums which are currently facing financial difficulties such as the Mané Garrincha in Brasilia, the Arena das Dunas (Dunes Arena) in Natal, the Arena Pantanal in Cuiabá, and the Amazonia Arena (Amazon Arena) in Manaus, all of which hosted matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
According to local daily Folha de
S.Paulo, the Mané Garrincha stadium in Brasilia costs around R$700 thousand per month to maintain. However, local matches are only providing around 20 per cent occupancy rates while other stadiums which were built for the purposes of hosting the World Cup are also reporting poor attendance.
If adopted casinos and bingo halls could also be
set up in privately owned football stadiums owned by clubs such as the Corinthians and Palmeiras footballs clubs in São Paulo which are currently reporting high attendance rates. Casinos and bingo halls could be an added to draw to a large array of other events which stadiums offer such as live concerts and add to other revenue streams such as corporate hospitality and advertising. Te new law is being viewed positively by owners and boards according to local press.
Crucially casinos and bingo halls could also be permitted at racetracks according to the latest draft of the new law. Like many jurisdictions in Latin America the Brazilian horse racing is currently in decline. Under current rules Jockey Clubs own racing tacks and are responsible for running them and each track is granted a licence to offer horse race betting in betting shops in the area in which they are licensed. Te committee has been analysing the new law since November last year and is set to approve the new law in the near future. If approved by the committee the new bill will go before the full house for debate.
Sun Dreams Plan Las Vegas Style Casino for Peru capital, Lima
Peru
Sun Dreams has announced that it will invest US$250m in the Peruvian market. Te money will be used to improve its operations in Peru and be used to invest in a new Las Vegas style casino in capital Lima. General Manager of Dreams Peru Martín Dávila, said that the new casino will offer something new to the local market.
“We are being inspired by the experience that Las Vegas casinos deliver and that we already offer in Chile,” he said. Te decision to invest in Peru was made, he said, due to the
clear regulatory framework already in place in Peru and the fact that Peru is one of the best performing economies in Latin America. According to the regulatory body, which is part of the Department of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR), the draft project of the new proposal includes a casino, a hotel and an arena entertainment complex.
Head of MINCETUR Manuel San Román, said that the new casino could have around 1,000 slot machines, a 250 room capacity hotel and a car park with space for up 1,500 cars.
Peru has seen one of the most remarkable success stories in the Latin American gaming market in the last ten years. Tanks to the efforts of the
gaming board the gaming landscape in Peru has changed from a situation where less than four per cent of gaming operations were regulated by the government to a situation where illegal gaming has all been eradicated and where all slot machine transactions are monitored and in real time by a central government- controlled server. Today Peru has 718 slot parlours and 17 casinos.
Te company has already seen good results from its operations in Peru. Sun Dreams already operates two casinos and two slot parlours in Peru. Before the merger in March Dreams recorded a net profit of $10.4bn (Chilean pesos) an increase of 15 per cent compared to 2015 due in part to the launch of new casinos in the region.
Dreams and Sun International finalised the merger between both companies creating Latin America’s largest gaming operator in September 2015. Te merger will create a group valued at around US$400m.
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