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CASINO OSTEND SIGUE REAFIRMANDO SU ANTIGUO compromiso de usar aceptadores de billetes MEI SC83 de Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), una empresa de Crane Co. La dirección de este complejo recreativo situado en la costa de Bélgica empezó a especificar el MEI SC83 en todas sus nuevas adquisiciones de tragaperras en 2003.
EL CONTENIDO OMNICANAL PIONERO DE PLAYTECH se ha lanzado en toda la gama de productos de Mecca Bingo, incluidos sus nuevos dispositivos móviles Mecca Max que le permiten a esta marca líder ofrecerles a los jugadores la experi- encia de juego definitiva.
TRAS UN AJUSTE EN SU ESTRATEGIA DE DESARROLLO empresarial, el operador de juego con apuestas bajas Praesepe ha confirmado la venta del centro de juego para adultos Crystal Rooms ubicado en Leicester Square, en el centro de Londres, al vecino y galardonado Hippodrome Casino.
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EL DEPARTAMENTO DE INTERIOR DE ESTADOS Unidos (DOI) y la Comisión del Juego Nacional India (NIGC) han dado luz verde para que la tribu Alabama-Coushatta de Texas abra un establecimiento de juego de categoría II en zonas trib- ales conforme a la Ley de Regulación del Juego de los Indios.
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EL AUSTRALIANO STAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LE pagará al Gobierno de Queensland 272 millones de dólares en compensación por el derecho a desarrollar el casino y complejo recreativo Queen’s Wharf, que generará más de 1000 millones de impuestos estatales a lo largo de 10 años.
GAMING LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL HA obtenido recientemente la acreditación como establecimiento homologado de ensayos de juego online por parte de la Comisión de Supervisión del Juego de la Isla de Man.
LA ISLA TAIWANESA DE PENGHU ESTÁ TOMANDO EN consideración una vez más el desarrollo de un casino, y parece que los residentes se disponen a votar sobre el asunto después de las elecciones presidenciales en Taiwán, que se celebran el 16 de enero.
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The Minister of Tourism for Brazil has come out publicly in favour of the legalisation of casinos and bingo halls
Brazil - Government
The Minister of Tourism for Brazil, Henrique Alves, has come out publicly in favour of the legalisation of casinos and bingo halls. He confirmed that he has already submitted a bill to the head of the Secretariat of Government, Ricardo Berzoini, which will be studied by the Executive branch.
“I have delivered a proposal to minister Berzoini so that the Government can carry out a preliminary examination of this project, which I know is con- troversial,” Mr. Alves said in comments reported by news agency Agencia Brasil.
Speaking during the meeting of the Business Leaders Group (LIDE), in Sao Paulo, The Minister said that he had studied the laws currently gov- erning gambling in various countries, including Spain, Argentina and Portugal, before drafting his proposal. According to Mr. Alves, the proposal is still being discussed internally by the government of President Dilma Rousseff. As reported shortfall in taxes generated by Brazil’s struggling economy has prompted the government to cut budgets and raise taxes. Rousseff and several cabinet ministers met with party leaders from the alliance last
month to discuss the issue to see if the new pro- posals would have their approval, according to statements made later by a number of lawmakers to local media. If the government finally green lights gaming it would be one of the most momen- tous moments in Latin American gaming history and could open up a huge and as yet largely untapped market.
One of the arguments put forward by the Minister for a change in legislation is that gambling is already legal in most of the countries that are part of the United Nations.
“Of the 194 countries that make up the UN, 156 have legalised gambling, and those who do not, 70 per cent of them are Muslim countries where there is a very radical feeling when it comes to the legalisation of gambling,” he said. However any debate on the issue is bound to cause controversy in Brazil especially amongst religious groups and will meet fierce resistance from evangelical MPs, who have a strong presence in Congress.
Argentina Lottery Córdoba has now opened Ansenuza Hotel Casino and Spa in Miramar, a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. The world-class venture has opened with a modern casino, spa, golf course with nine holes, a spa and 60 rooms overlooking the lagoon Mar Chiquita. The Governor of Cordoba, Dr. Jose Manuel de la Sota, the National Senator, Adriana Nazario and the Minister of Infrastructure, Manuel Calvo shared the ribbon cutting along with executives from Córdoba Lottery. Marta Zabala, Head of the Lottery of Cordoba, said: “The hotel is one of the best in the province, meeting the objectives of the Governor, who want other private investors to follow this initiative and improve their hotels for guests.”
Legislative change inspires Cirsa to invest in Brazil market
BRAZIL Spanish gaming company Cirsa could be looking to Brazil now that gaming is once again the focus of debate in the Brazilian congress. Managing Director of the company in Brazil, Miguel Santesteban Zorrilla told local press that if gaming is not legalised by the end of this year then the company would be ready to take advantage of the market opening up next year. “Everything will depend on the law that is passed,” he said.
While the exact figures for Cirsa’s investment plan in Brazil were not revealed the executive said that he expected most of the investment would be in big cities with a lot of investment in the
area aimed at reviving old histor- ical casinos in Brazil. The state of Minas Gerais would naturally stand out due to the fact that it has a long history associated with gaming, he said.
Mr. Zorrilla said that around 70 per cent of the public in casinos in Paraguay and in Dubai are Brazilian. “There are Brazilians everywhere,” he said. “There are also direct flights from Brazil to Las Vegas. All these people are not going to stop playing, or play any more if it is legalised. Brazil has the opportunity for all the money which people spend on casinos outside to now stay in Brazil,” he said.
He also criticised the current ban
on gambling in Brazil, because he said it does not prevent illegal gambling and pointed out that players can currently play via offshore betting sites. Legalising gaming would not, he said greatly increase gaming addiction as the new law would not be about pri- marily promoting gaming in Brazil but rather legalising what already exists.
Illegal gaming remains a huge issue in Brazil. According to some estimates illegal gaming could be worth almost double of the R$ 11.1bn generated by legal gaming which is composed of R$ 10.4bn generated by Federal lotteries, R$400m generated by the state lotteries and R$300m by horse racing. Casinos were first banned in 1946 by President Eurico Gaspar Dutra. Before the ban Brazilian casinos were some of the most famous in the world and generated significant revenue.
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