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DE ACUERDO CON LOS DATOS PROPORCIONADOS por el Instituto Provincial de Juegos de Azar del Neuquén (IJAN), los casinos de la provincia de Neuquén generan ahora más dinero que todas las agencias de lotería juntas, acaparan- do el 60% de los 17 millones de pesos (2 millones de dólares estadounidenses) generados cada semana por el juego. Los datos recopilados por el instituto muestran que los locales mueven cerca de 894 millones de pesos anuales divididos entre agencias de loterías, casinos y salas de tragaperras.
LA EMPRESA CHILENA DEL SECTOR DEL JUEGO Enjoy podría expandir próximamente sus operaciones en Latinoamérica. El Director general de Enjoy, Gerardo Cood, afirma que la empresa se ha recuperado de las dificultades sufridas en 2013, cuando Chile impuso la prohibición de fumar. En consecuencia, la empresa busca expandirse a nuevos mercados de la región como el colombiano.
LA EXPOSICIÓN LATINOAMERICANA DE JUEGOS DE Azar (ELA) se celebrará de nuevo en México, según un anuncio reciente efectuado por los organizadores, Expoazar S.A. De acuerdo con la declaración, aunque no hay todavía una fecha definitiva, «la exposición se celebrará probablemente en mayo de 2016», si bien todavía está por decidir el emplazamiento del evento.
DESPUÉS DE MUCHOS MESES DE DEBATE, SE espera que la Presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, pueda finalmente firmar la legislación que prorrogue las licencias de los casinos municipales por otros dos años. La nueva ley afec- taría a los siete casinos que operan en las municipalidades de Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Viña del Mar, Pucon, Puerto Varas y Puerto Natales.
SE HAN CERRADO DOS GRANDES SALAS DE tragaperras en lo que parece el comienzo de la aplicación de medidas enérgicas al sector de las tragaperras en Panamá. Clasificados como Tipo C en la legislación panameña sobre el juego, las salas de tragaperras han generado en el pasado cuantiosos ingresos al gobierno y proliferado rápidamente en los últimos años. Sin embargo, su expansión ha sido más pro- nunciada en áreas más pobres y cada vez hay más indicios que señalan que el gobierno está a punto de abordar el proble- ma
EL RANK GROUP HA REVISADO SU CASINO propuesto para Belfast y entregado un proyecto todavía mayor mientras discutía la introducción de una nueva legislación con los concejales de la ciudad. Aunque Rank todavía no ha encon- trado un emplazamiento para su proyecto de 18 millones de libras, confirmó tenía puestas sus miras en el centro de la ciu- dad y el barrio Titanic Quarter, subrayando que su propuesta duplicaría los puestos de trabajo previstos en un principio.
UN JUGADOR DE CASINOS ONLINE ALEMÁN HA SIDO procesado y multado por un tribunal de Múnich por jugar reit- eradamente al blackjack online en un sitio no identificado en el extranjero. Al pintor y decorador de 25 años le fue impuesto el pago de una multa de 2100 € (2489 $) y confiscados unos beneficios de 63 490 € (75 258 €), en el primer caso de este tipo en Alemania y probablemente en todo Occidente.
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NEW BILL IS CAUSING CONTROVERSY
Mexican gaming organisation, ASPJAC, expresses doubts about the efficacy of the country’s newly approved gaming act
Mexico - Legislation
President of Mexican gaming organization ASPJAC (Asociación de Permisionarios y Proveedores de Juegos y Sorteos, A.C) Alfonso Pérez Lizaur (right) has expressed his growing concerns over a num- ber of articles in the latest draft of Mexico’s new gaming laws as recently approved by the Chamber of Deputies.
According to Mr. Lizaur, the main problem is that the new legislation stipulates that companies which are licensed to operate must update their licences. “I worry about two or three things about the new legislation, as companies in the sector where rights which have already been acquired could be affected,” he said. This could be a flash- point for controversy in the future and could lead to several legal challenges whereby operators go to local court for stays of closure - something that has happened several times in the past over recent years. “We could go back to the situation we had during many years, of fighting and differ- ences," said Mr. Lizaur.
In consultation with its legal department Mr. Lizaur concluded that those casinos which had already been granted permission to operate via local courts “could easily win” if they sought legal protection of their licences which would erase the progress achieved by the new bill and would gen-
erate conflict within the industry on a large scale.
“The new gaming law is an extraordinary achieve- ment and I applaud the work of the Interior Ministry (SEGOB) and the Directorate General of Gaming (DGJS), but as in all things there is always room for improvement,” he said. However, Mr. Lizaur said that the Senate could well modify these more controversial provisions in the new bill.
The House of Representatives finally approved the new Federal Betting and Raffles Law in December last year. The new law aims to regulate the gaming industry more efficiently, safeguard the rights of players and make the licensing process more transparent. The new law has been the result of many months of work by the special committee first convened to look into the issue back in April 2013. The committee made up of 11 deputies was charged with looking into how licenses had been granted by the Interior Ministry (SEGOB) after growing reports of corruption and allegations that former members of SEGOB had trafficked licenses.
Almost two million dollars gambled a week in Neuquén
ARGENTINA According to data provided by Neuquén’s Provincial Institute of Gaming (IJAN), casinos in the province of Neuquén now gener- ate more money than all of the lottery agencies combined taking 60 per cent of the $17 million pesos (U.S$2m) generated week- ly by gambling.
Data collected by the institute found that combined, locals gam- ble around $894m pesos a year divided between lottery agencies, casinos and slot parlours. Combined money generated from casinos and slot parlours stood at more than $544m pesos in 2014 with the IJAN collecting around $98m in tax from a total of nine- teen gambling establishments in the province.
In 2014 a total of $350m was gambled in lottery agencies. With income tax set at 18 percent of total profits Antonio Reus,
Provincial Director of Lotteries and Quiniela, explained that 60 percent is returned to the cus- tomer in prizes while the remain- ing fees are destined for everyday running costs of the gaming insti- tute and the financing of social welfare projects.
“Via law 2571 which was passed
in 2010,” he said, “today the IJAN is not only an instrument of administration and gambling control in the province, but also provides and generates solutions for locals,” he said adding that since the creation of the Institute a total of $214m pesos have been transferred from gambling to social welfare programmes. This includes $114.7m pesos which has been earmarked exclusively for education.
In addition, all casinos and games rooms must pay provincial and municipal taxes according to their income. Ricardo Pullella,
Provincial Director of Slot Parlours and Casinos, said that 20 percent of their revenue in taxes are earmarked for the municipal- ities where they are located. Tax collection and efficient running of the industry, he said, has also been aided by an online system of monitoring of all gaming sys- tems which is carried out in real time.
The rise in gaming in the province has been the cause of some con- troversy of late. In May 2013 Union members and local politi- cians called for the nationalisa- tion of casinos in the province while later in the year a number of lawmakers considered restricting opening hours for bingo halls, casinos and slot par- lours. However both proposals have become stalled and gaming in the province looks likely to continue to rise in 2015.
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