SOUTH AMERICA
El Comité Especial del Senado de Brasil ha aprobado una nueva legislación sobre el juego. El proyecto de ley es una versión actualizada y modificada del borrador presentado por el senador Ciro Nogueira en 2014, pero con una serie de enmiendas significativas. Ahora se someterá a votación, según información facili- tada por el Senado.
Storm International ha vendido su empresa en México, Storm International South America (SILA) en Monterrey, que opera desde el año 2009 y engloba dos complejos, Hollywood I y Hollywood II, con un total de más de 1000 máquinas tragaperras. No se ha revelado ni el importe ni el comprador.
El Presidente del Tribunal Supremo Administrativo de la República Dominicana ha aplazado una solicitud presentada por los resi- dentes locales, que han mostrado su rechazo al Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, actualmente en fase de construcción en la capital, Santo Domingo.
Merkur Gaming ha confirmado que ha creado una nueva empresa y que está buscando dependencias para ella en Buenos Aires (Argentina). La empresa afirmó que espera inau- gurar una nueva oficina en Argentina en los primeros meses de 2017, llevando su innovación y su excelencia al que se ha mostrado una vez más como uno de los territorios más vibrantes para el juego en toda Latinoamérica.
El Gobierno de Colombia se está preparando para bloquear los sitios web de apuestas deporti- vas internacionales y evitar así su operación en Colombia sin autorización oficial, a resultas de una decisión adoptada por el Comité de Control del Juego en Colombia (Coljuegos).
Sun Dreams sigue adelante con sus planes de expandirse hacia Latinoamérica tras haber aceptado las condiciones de un nuevo crédito de 150 millones de dólares a través del BCI, el BBVA, el Banco Estado y el Banco de Chile.
El Presidente del Cabildo de Tenerife, Carlos Alonso, ha declarado que el informe de tasación sobre el valor de los tres casinos existentes en la isla se hará público próximamente para proceder a su venta. El representante público afirmó que el informe se facilitaría como muy tarde a finales de este año y que su objetivo es ofrecerlos a licitación «a la mayor brevedad posible».
Los propietarios del Tigre de Cristal, el mayor casino de la zona recreativa integrada de Rusia en la región de Primorye cerca de Vladivostok, invertirá 500 millones de dólares en el desarrollo de la fase 2 del proyecto.
El Casino 36, valorado en 7,6 millones de libras, ha abierto sus puertas en Wolverhampton, en las Midlands británicas, y se ha convertido así en el primero en comenzar realmente a operar de los ocho pequeños casinos licitados tras la Ley sobre el Juego de 2015.
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Te Special Committee in the Brazilian Senate has approved new gambling legislation.
BRAZIL LEGISLATION Brazil Senate Approves New Gaming Law
Te Special Committee in the Brazilian Senate has approved new gambling legislation. Te bill is an updated and modified version of legislation drafted by Senator Ciro Nogueira in 2014, but with a number of significant changes. It will now go forward for a vote, according to information provided by the Senate.
Gaming legislation is being debated as part of “Brazil Agenda” a set of new rules put forward by the President of the Senate, Renan Calheiros – a business-friendly agenda which is designed to provide a boost to economic growth.
Te bill proposes the legalisation of casinos, bingo halls, slot parlours and the popular “Jogo do Bicho” or “Animal Game.” Te text defines the types of gaming that can be played in Brazil, the criteria for how licences are to be granted and the rules for the distribution of prizes as well as how gaming is to be taxed in the future. Online gambling will be permitted over all platforms including mobile phones “or any other digital communication channel.”
Crucially, online gaming will be run on an exclusive basis by Caixa Econômica Federal, known locally as CAIXA. CAIXA is the biggest public bank in Latin America and is extremely well known locally. Te CAIXA lottery sales network is also extremely well developed and extensive and encompasses the entire territory. Te latest draft, which was overseen by Chairman of the Committee Senator Fernando Bezerra Coelho, also deals with federal and
Storm International sells its casino operations in Mexico
Mexico
Storm International has sold its Mexico business, Storm International South America (SILA) in Monterrey, operating since 2009, which comprises two complexes, Hollywood I and Hollywood II, with a total of over 1,000 slot machines. Both the amount and the buyer are not disclosed.
According to Storm, the properties are sold to optimise the company’s “geography of operations” and to receive additional investment to fund other projects, which are now undergoing final stages of development, to be announced
at a later date. Michael Boettcher, President of Storm, said: “Both the Monterrey and Mexican business environment have been very difficult to work with. My company invested well over $30m into Monterrey, employing over 400 staff and tried to build a future for everyone in our business. Tat business has become more and more complicated with the many changes and lack of transparency from the local authorities and SEGOB. We will now move forward and focus on other promising
opportunities and challenges in other countries that are more open to encouraging foreign investment.”
Darren Keane, CEO of Storm, added: “Our Mexican unit was profitable showing stable business indicators, however we decided to sell to concentrate on our preferable geographies – Europe and Asia. Currently, we have several new projects under development, which demand both financial investment and management to assure their success.”
state lotteries and will allow for horse racing sweepstakes. Brazil is one of the few countries among the largest economies in the world that does not have legal mechanisms in place in order to regulate gaming.
He further argued that the country loses out from large foreign investment for the tourism industry. Based on information from the World Lottery Association, Bezerra Coelho said that lotteries worldwide generated US$400bn in 2014, of which Caixa run lotteries only accounted for 1 per cent of the total.
For Bezerra Coelho, legalisation of gaming in Brazil could be a way to generate additional taxes, provide jobs and raise government income. According to forecasts a regulated Brazilian gaming industry could generate revenue of R$29bn in taxes over the next three years. In presenting the amended act, the Senator stressed that it sought to meet the recent suggestions put forward by colleagues and senators as well as representatives from a number of government agencies.
According to the report, gaming will come under the supervison of the Federal governmment and Caixa will become the regulatory body and will be responsible for monitoring the industry and granting licences. A bidding process will be initiated and gaming licences will be granted for as long as 25 years depending on the purpose of the licence and may be renewed for the same period but only once.
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