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LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DE LA COMMISSION péruvienne de contrôle des jeux de hasard, Manuel San Román Benavente, a annoncé que le Pérou pourrait bientôt donner son feu vert aux jeux en ligne et que la Commission de travaillait sur une proposition de loi qui autoriseraient les jeux en ligne au Pérou.
LE DÉPARTEMENT DU TRÉSOR DE PORTO RICO N’A pas écarté la possibilité d’autoriser les loteries vidéo bien que cette question ait rencontré une résistance acharnée de la part des opérateurs locaux de jeux avançant la mise en péril 5 000 emplois sur l’île par l’autorisation des loteries vidéo.
L’OPÉRATEUR CHILIEN DE CASINOS ENJOY A CHARGÉ la division Banque d’affaire et d’investissement de la Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, de la tâche d’identifier un partenaire pour s’associer à son projet de détenir 100 % du casino Conrad à Punta del Este en Uruguay, en acquérant les 55 % qu’il détient actuellement dans Caesars Entertainment.
LE PRÉSIDENT DE L’ASSOCIATION MEXICAINE DES Jeux de Hasard (AIEJA), Miguel Angel Ochoa, a exhorté le légis- lateur d’adopter de nouvelles lois pour réguler le secteur des jeux en ligne au Mexique.
SELON LE SITE WEB DE LA CHAMBRE DES DÉPUTÉS, une commission spéciale du Congrès brésilien a été chargée de la révision de la proposition de loi qui légaliserait le jeu popu- laire 'jogo do bicho', appelé aussi le jeu de l’animal.
LES 16 CASINOS EN EXPLOITATION AU CHILI FONT état d’une augmentation de leurs recettes selon les statis- tiques publiées par la Commission chilienne de contrôle des jeux de hasard. En avril, le revenu brut lié aux jeux s’établissait à 38,7 millions de dollars US, soit une augmentation de 2,2 % comparé à mars, et une augmentation de 19,9 % comparé à la même période l’année passée.
UNE LOI HONGROISE INTERDISANT LES MACHINES À sous partout sauf dans les casinos pourrait être déclarée anti- constitutionnelle par la Cour de justice européenne.
COMTRADE GAMING, LE PREMIER FOURNISSEUR DE technologies à l’industrie des jeux, a annoncé le succès de la mise à jour, par le moteur sCore G2S, des appareils de jeu de WINWIN, fonctionnant en direct en Autriche depuis le 1er jan- vier déjà.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES ET LE GROUPE ASPERS SE SONT associés dans un partenariat stratégique pour déployer les produits pour tables de Scientific Games dans ses casinos au Royaume-Uni afin d’augmenter la performance et le suspense dans la fosse.
L’AUTORITÉ MALTAISE DE RÉGULATION DES JEUX DE hasard (MGA) a approuvé la première candidature d’un paque- bot-casino soumise par Crystal Cruises, représenté à Malta par le groupe Gollcher, pour son paquebot « Crystal Serenity » primé qui fera escale et ouvrira ses portes à Malte le 5 et 6 juin 2015.
LA DIRECTION DE L’APPLICATION DE LA LOI SUR LES jeux de hasard (DGE) du New Jersey a récemment décidé de assouplir ses règles sur les sociétés affiliées de jeux en ligne faisant la promotion de marques non régulées, accordant ainsi dans les faits une amnistie de 150 jours aux sociétés affiliées qui jusqu’à maintenant opéraient dans l’illégalité.
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AGS REVEAL CADILLAC JACK PLANS
AGS has announced its plans for Cadillac Jack to effectively grow both businesses thanks to substantial financial backing
Nevada - Acquisitions
AGS, a leading supplier of Class II and Class III slot machines as well as live table games, has announced its plans for Cadillac Jack, a provider of Class II gaming machines for the North American tribal gaming market, with key regions of opera- tion including Alabama, Mexico, and Wisconsin.
As previously announced on March 30, 2015, the deal to buy Cadillac Jack is valued at $370m in cash plus a promissory note of $12m. The acquisi- tion was financed in part with the net proceeds of $265m of incremental term loans incurred by AP Gaming I, LLC under its First Lien Credit Agreement and $115 million principal amount of 11.25 per cent senior secured PIK notes due 2021 issued by AP Gaming Holdco, Inc.
“I am excited to start a new chapter in the AGS growth story,” said David Lopez, Chief Executive Officer for AGS. “Adding Cadillac Jack to the AGS family creates a bigger, broader, and more power- ful gaming solutions provider. This is a significant milestone for our company and – in combination with our recent entry into table games and the acquisition of Colossal – further solidifies AGS as a serious player in the gaming space. Each organi- zation’s respective strengths create excellent growth opportunities in the Class II and Class III
markets, as well as an increased geographic foot- print.”
“We are committed to our customers, employees, and stakeholders to complete this integration as efficiently as possible,” stated Mr. Lopez. “Our two businesses are highly complementary and very familiar with one another. The wealth of experi- ence possessed by the combined team, along with the financial backing from our sponsors at Apollo, will allow us to effectively grow and improve our business.”
“I would like to thank everyone involved in leading to this successful and accelerated close,” added Lopez. “I am especially grateful to each and every team member from both organizations for staying focused on their business objectives throughout this transaction. The team is very excited for the prospects of our newly combined company and looks forward to our many future opportunities together.”
US Aristocrat has premiered its new Carded Mystery progressive jackpot solution at Maryland Live! Casino. Carded Mystery is the latest in a series of new system solutions that help operators generate carded slot play and increase loyalty. Just days after it launched, a Jessup, Maryland woman won $97,797 on her 60-cent bet. Aristocrat custom-designed the solution. The Carded Mystery solution creates excitement and heightens anticipation by adding the chance for carded players to win life-changing jackpots. Carded Mystery is a customisable program that enables marketing departments to target all or specific loyalty players to increase bonus play and enhance value to rewards programs while creating opportunity to drive higher slot revenue. The solution is fully integrated into media systems to create visual appeal and leverages the bonusing pool to change player behavior while expanding progressive link capability across the enterprise.
New Jersey’s DGE offers amnesty to illegal affiliates
US The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has recently decided to liberalise its rules on iGaming affiliates pro- moting unregulated brands, effectively giving an 150 day amnesty to affilitates that have been operating illegally.
In a DGE judgement voted upon last month, concerns any iGaming affiliate that is either currently licensed, currently reg- istered or is planning a future applicantion for registration or licensure, which has:either pro-
moted or marketed iGaming sites to US players post-UIGEA (2006) or promoted or marketed illegal gaming sites to NJ or US players since November 26, 2013 (NJ iGaming market launch)
The ruling states that the afore- mentioned will not be subjected to enforcement action by the DGE for its past conduct if the affiliate, within 150 days of the bulletin posting (June 4th 2015): ceases to promote any illegal online gambling site to any NJ or US players where such conduct is illegal and submits a notarised
certification attesting to this fact.
Companies that continue to oper- ate illegally risk prosecution and will not be approved for legal Internet gambling in New Jersey should they apply in the future.
nternet gambling is off to a slow start in New Jersey, one of three states that allow it, along with Nevada and Delaware. New Jersey won $122 million from Internet customers in 2014, its first full year of operation, and state officials are trying to increase that figure through a number of means, including seeking compacts with other states to increase betting pools and trying to deter illegal betting sites and their facilitators.
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