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EL MES PASADO, EL GOBIERNO RUMANO SIGUIÓ adelante con la legalización sobre el juego online con dinero real. Rumanía lleva ofreciendo servicios de juego online desde 2010, pero con las normativas modificadas, los operadores de juego pueden ahora ofrecer sus servicios de juego a jugadores, siem- pre que se cumplan ciertos requisitos.
EL CONSEJO DE MINISTROS CHIPRIOTA HA presentado en el Parlamento un proyecto de ley para regular la creación, operación y monitorización del primer casino de Chipre. El proyecto ya ha sido revisado por la oficina del Fiscal General, junto con los reglamentos derivados que pronto lle- garán a la Cámara. El Ministerio de Energía, Comercio, Industria y Turismo está invitando ahora a las partes interesadas a pre- sentar sus observaciones sobre las normas del borrador, que se han publicado en el sitio web del ministerio.
JENS HALLE HA ASUMIDO LA RESPONSABILIDAD sobre las actividades de ventas y distribución internacionales en calidad de Director general de Merkur Gaming, filial del Grupo Gauselmann.
EL COMITÉ LEGISLATIVO DE ANDORRA ACABA DE completar el borrador de un proyecto de ley que allanará el camino a la presencia de un casino local y al juego online en el pequeño país pirenaico, situado en la frontera entre Francia y España.
EL CONGRESO DE LAS BERMUDAS HA APROBADO nuevas leyes que suponen la apertura de la isla a la introducción de tres casinos. La ley establece que no habrá más de tres casi- nos operando a la vez, pero que la Comisión del Juego en Casinos podrá elegir más de tres emplazamientos como ide- ales para un casino.
BAHA MAR, EL NUEVO COMPLEJO DE 3500 MILLONES de dólares, abrirá una nueva era de lujo, glamour, juego y emo- ción a las Bahamas cuando el 27 de marzo de 2015 abran sus puertas a los clientes el Baha Mar Casino & Hotel, Rosewood at Baha Mar y SLS LUX at Baha Mar. Grand Hyatt at Baha Mar abrirá poco después.
LA ELECCIÓN DEL NUEVO PRESIDENTE DE SRI LANKA podría poner punto final a los intentos del operador australiano Crown de poner en marcha un casino de 400 millones de dólares en la capital, Colombo. El presidente electo, Maithripala Sirisena, ha prometido rechazar las licencias para casinos pre- sentadas por Crown Resorts, presidida por James Packer, y el promotor local John Keells Holdings.
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP HA SIDO exculpada de haber realizado presuntos pagos ilegales al organismo regulador filipino PAGCOR para facilitar el desarrollo de sus complejos Manila Bay, de 2000 millones de dólares.
LAS VEGAS SANDS HA ANUNCIADO QUE LA FILIAL con participación mayoritaria de la empresa, Sands China, ha recibido las autorizaciones del gobierno de Macao necesarias para completar la construcción de su complejo integrado de temática parisiense de 2700 millones de dólares.
1 2 ENJOY TARGETS COLOMBIA AND PERU
Chilean gaming operator, Enjoy, has unveiled ambitious plans to expand its operational reach into new markets
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Chilean gaming company Enjoy could soon be expanding its operations in Latin America. General Manger of Enjoy, Gerardo Cood (right) says that the company has recovered from the dif- ficulties of 2013 when Chile imposed its smoking ban. The smoking ban, which went into effect on March 1 2013, banned smoking in closed areas such as pubs, nightclubs restaurants and casinos. With a smoking rate of 40 per cent Chile has the highest percentage of smokers in Latin America. Enjoy was the first in Chile to open specially designed outdoor smoking space on its premises.
According to Cood the company has also, after major restructuring of its executive staff and a focus on customers with a higher spend, is now in a position to look into other markets in Latin America. Average expenditure rose 20 per cent in its facilities in Enjoy in Santiago while revenue at the end of 2014 increased 17 per cent and its EBIT- DA 168 percent compared to 2013.
As a result the company is looking to possibly expand in the region into new markets for the company such as Colombia.
“I do not see a future with much growth in Chile because it is already a mature market,” Cood said
“and for that reason the company could benefit from the expansion into other well regulated mar- kets such as Colombia and Peru.
“We are exploring options in 2015. We have noth- ing signed nor are we in talks with anyone. It’s an alternative that is based on the knowledge that I have of these markets and what I’ve seen looks very attractive,” he said. “To achieve higher occu- pancy in my current hotels and casinos we could generate sales offices in Peru, Colombia and even in Ecuador. So we are leveraging the infrastruc- ture but without over investing, to fill up places more with the best customers who spend more,” he said.
Enjoy is the leader of the Chilean casino industry with around 37 per cent of the market and record- ed sales of US$325m in 2012. The company oper- ates over 6,000 slot machines, 274 tables and 860 bingo seats in Chile. In Chile the company oper- ates seven casinos. It also operates two other casi- nos in Argentina and Uruguay.
The company’s improved outlook has also helped by its recent purchasing of the Conrad hotel and Casino in Punta del Este, the largest in South America. In May 2013 the Uruguayan government approved a deal where the operator of the Conrad hotel and casino in Uruguay switched from Baluma SA to Enjoy SA meaning that Enjoy took control over the Conrad.
ELA to be held in Mexico again due to new gaming reforms
MEXICO The Latin American Gaming Exhibition “Exposición Latinoamericana de Juegos de Azar” (ELA) will once again be held in Mexico, according to a recent announcement by organ- isers Expoazar SA.
According to the statement, although there is no definite date yet, “the expo will probably be held in May 2016,” although the venue of the meeting has yet to be decided.
However, it is believed that the event could be held either in Mexico City, or in tourist hotspot Cancun.
The expo will, according to the statement, be viable once again due to Mexico’s new gaming act which will, “completely change
the prospects of the industry for the better,” as it gives the “green light for live play and is a perfect location for big business.” Earlier in 2014 the organisers of the event launched an online survey to probe views on the feasibility of staging the fair for 2014 or postpone it until 2015.
The last event was held in May in 2012, but the conference has not been held since due to low num- ber of exhibitors and visitors as many operators began to leave the Mexican market due to lack of a clear legal framework in which to operate, amidst con- cerns of growing corruption and lack of transparency in the industry.
It is believed that Mexico’s new Gaming Act, which was approved recently by Mexico’s Chamber of
Deputies, will usher in a new era in the gaming market and open the market up to foreign invest- ment.
Although reform is a step in the right direction for the industry the new act was repeatedly delayed due to more pressing matters such as electoral and anti corruption reforms.
The new act enforces a number of player protection measures including the obligation on oper- ators to report all bets which exceed 30,000 pesos (around US$ 2,000) to the Treasury, a measure which is designed to curb gambling addiction.
The new law also puts an end to the “umbrella” licences whereby operators have been able to oper- ate a number of slot parlours and sports betting shops under a sin- gle licence. Instead, each casino or gaming establishment will be issued a single licence per gaming establishment.
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