NORTH AMERICA
Le Comité Spécial du Sénat brésilien vient d'approuver une nouvelle législation relative aux jeux d'argent. L'ébauche de loi est une version mise à jour et modifiée de manière significative de la loi rédigée par le sénateur Ciro Nogueira en 2014. D'après les informations fournies par le Sénat, elle va dorénavant être soumise au vote.
Storm International vient de vendre sa filiale mexicaine située à Monterrey, Storm International South America (SILA). Celle-ci a ouvert ses portes en 2009 et compte 2 complexes, Hollywood I et Hollywood II, avec un total de 1000 machines à sous. Ni le montant de la vente ni le nom de l'a- cheteur n'ont été divulgués.
Le président de la Cour administrative suprême de République Dominicaine vient de reporter la requête des riverains locaux qui s'op- posent à l'ouverture du Hard Rock Hotel & Casino actuellement en construction à Saint-Domingue, la capitale.
Merkur Gaming vient de confirmer la création d'une nouvelle entreprise qui cherche des locaux disponibles pour s'installer dans la ville de Buenos Aires, en Argentine. L'entreprise a déclaré vouloir ouvrir un nouveau bureau argentin début 2017 et ses initiatives innovantes ainsi que son excellence pourront bénéficier à l'un des pays les plus dynamiques d'Amérique Latine en termes de jeux.
Le gouvernement colombien s'apprête à bloquer les sites de paris sportifs internationaux qui opèrent en Colombie sans aucune autorisation officielle suite à une décision du Comité colombien de contrôle des jeux (Coljuegos).
Sun Dreams poursuit son projet d'expansion en Amérique Latine après avoir conclu un accord de prêt de 150 millions de dollars US avec la BCI, la BBVA, la Banco Estado et la Banco de Chile.
Le président du Conseil de Ténériffe Carlos Alonso a affirmé que le rapport d'évaluation sur la valeur des trois casinos existants de l'île sera bien- tôt rendu public afin de procéder à leur vente. Le représentant a déclaré que le rapport serait prêt au plus tard à la fin de cette année et que son but est de se préparer "aussi vite que possible" pour un appel d'offres.
Les propriétaires du Tigre de Cristal, le plus grand casino de la zone de loisirs intégrée située dans la région du Primorié près de Vladivostok, va investir 500 millions de dollars US dans le développement de la Phase 2 du projet.
Fininvest, le distributeur d'EGT en Slovénie, vient de terminer trois nouvelles installations avec l'opérateur local Hit Group. L'entreprise, qui gère plus de 210 tables de jeux et 3300 machines à sous, continue à faire confiance aux produits du fabricant bulgare, produits déjà approuvés avec succès sur le marché.
Le groupe SYNOT basé en République Tchèque poursuit avec succès ses opérations sur le marché asiatique après l'ouverture d'un second casino au Vietnam, dans la province de Nha Trang.
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Vote Shuts Down New NJ Casino Plans New Jersey has voted against the introduction of two new casinos in two
Northern counties, near New York City, in a move welcomed by the existing seven casinos in Atlantic City
Te Atlantic City casino industry breathes a sigh of relief over a failed attempt to open two new casinos north of the city
NEW JERSEY CASINO OPERATIONS
New Jersey has voted against the introduction of two new casinos in two Northern counties, near New York City, in a move welcomed by the existing seven casinos in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City’s struggling casinos had warned that new in-state competition would have forced three to five of the city’s casinos to close. Te two additional casinos would have been at least 72 miles north of Atlantic City.
Morris Bailey, owner of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino, commented that the vote was ‘an important step to our return to becoming a world-class resort.’
Debra DiLorenzo, Chairwoman of the No North Jersey Casinos Coalition, added: “We are grateful to the voters of New Jersey, who by soundly defeating this constitutional amendment, spoke loudly and clearly that gaming belongs in Atlantic City, period. Te coalition will remain active over the next election cycle to continue the dialogue on why the expansion of gaming to North Jersey is a bad idea for our state.”
Massachusetts wants recommendations for online by June 2017
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Te Massachusetts Legislature has launched a review into the legalisation and regulation of online gaming and daily fantasy sports (DFS). Te initiative is being led by Representative Joseph Wagner and Senator Eileen Donoghue who will analyse points such as ‘economic development, consumer protection, taxation, legal and regulatory structures, implications for existing gaming, burdens and benefits to the commonwealth and any other factors the commission deems relevant.’
Te Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming, and Daily Fantasy Sports convened for the first time on October 31 in Boston. It plans to meet every four to six weeks to research and investigate internet gambling
Reebok CEO Paul Fireman and developer Jeff Gural, who funded the campaign Our Turn NJ, said they were ‘disappointed but not surprised.’
Tey had proposed building casinos at Jersey City and the Meadowlands Racetrack.
Tey said in a statement: “We do not view the failure to pass Question No. 1 as a rejection of gaming expansion but as a rejection of our state’s current political climate and a failure to have all the facts presented to them. New Jersey has to start from the beginning on gaming expansion. What the people of this state need to see is a transparent, competitive plan that outlines in full detail how gaming expansion would work.”
However some lawmakers are already proposing that racetracks at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford and Monmouth Park in Oceanport could circumnavigate the vote by bidding to launch Video Lottery Terminals which could be classed as a product of the already-legal state lottery.
and DFS. Mr. Wagner said: “It is one of those subject matters that seems to capture the attention of the public and public policymakers, and so we’re going to give it a pretty good look.”
Steve Crosby, Chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, will also take part in the study, along with other contributors selected by officials. Mr. Crosby has previously said: “If they could craft a bill, which incorporated regulatory priorities, fundamental values, whatever, that could be applied to all of these games, e-sports, daily fantasy sports, online poker, whatever all the new ones are, maybe then they could give it to some agency to implement, and the agency does the grunt work every six months making it apply to whatever the new technology is.”
Te final report, which will include recommendations for legislation, will be submitted by July 31, 2017.
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IGT has acquired certain assets including several patents and other intellectual property from Leap Forward Gaming. Te purchase relates to LFG’s SaffariNet Patron Display Interface (PDI) picture-in- picture multimedia ecosystem technology. IGT also agreed to dismiss its litigation with LFG.
“Tis acquisition builds upon IGT’s intellectual property portfolio by enabling us to broaden the scope of our casino management systems solutions,” said Victor Duarte, IGT Global CPO, Gaming. “Te acquired system-agnostic assets include applications and technologies that are complementary to IGT’s existing solutions, and may help us to enhance our offerings to customers over time.”
SaffariNet Patron Display Interface picture-in-picture multimedia ecosystem technology works with gaming machines and systems.
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