Senate Urged to Pass Online Legislation SOUTH AMERICA
La cadena británica de casinos Aspers se ha dirigido al Departamento de Justicia de Irlanda expresando su interés en que se implemente una legislación que permita a los grandes casinos operar en el país. Se espera que el interés de Aspers anime al Gobierno a implementar el proyecto de ley de control del juego, que fue pre- sentado por Alan Shatter en 2013, pero que aún está pendiente de aprobación.
El Senado de la República Checa ha aprobado una nueva ley sobre el juego para el país. La decisión fue adoptada con una amplia mayoría de los votos: 42 senadores votaron a favor, mientras que 23 se abstuvieron. No hubo ningún voto en contra del proyecto de ley. El Presidente, Milos Zeman, tendrá 30 días para considerar y aprobar la propuesta para convertirla en ley.
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El presidente catalán, Carles Puigdemont, ha descartado un plebiscito sobre el futuro del macrocomplejo recreativo y de ocio BCN World en Vila-seca y Salou. Puigdemont afirmó que el referéndum local «no sería necesario» después de «trabajar muchísimo en pos del consenso entre todas las partes» en lo referente al futuro del proyecto.
Grosvenor Casinos ha lanzado una oferta de apuestas deportivas suministrada por el Kambi Group. El servicio gestionado de apuestas deporti- vas está ahora disponible en
Grosvenorcasinos.com/sport, y les permite a los 1,7 millones de clientes británicos de Grosvenor disfrutar de una gama completa de apuestas.
MGM se dispone a invertir 450 millones de dólares en la transformación del Monte Carlo Casino en dos experiencias de hotel distintas: una versión estilo Las Vegas del aclamado NoMad Hotel de Sydell y el lanzamiento de un nuevo hotel de lujo llamado Park MGM.
MGM Resorts se dispone a adquirir Borgata de Atlantic City y, como parte del acuerdo, MGM alquilará de nuevo la propiedad a una filial de MGM Resorts. MGM Resorts pagará 600 millones de dólares por el interés del 50 por ciento de Boyd Gaming tras la consideración de la deuda pendi- ente de Borgata, que asciende aproximadamente a 600 millones de dólares y que MGM Resorts asumirá y refinanciará.
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Members of the gaming industry in Mexico have urged lawmakers to regulate online quickly due to the market being targeted by offshore operators
Lack of government control is, according to the Mexican Gaming Association (AIEJA), leading to a growth of illegal gaming especially amongst minors.
MEXICO ONLINE GAMING
“Online gaming is very worrying because it is growing exponentially and we cannot control who is playing or if it is an underage person,” says President of the Mexican Gaming Association (AIEJA) Miguel Angel Ochoa.
Mr. Ochoa said that new laws were needed to regulate the online space and that operators should only be permitted to offer their services locally via permission granted to them by the Interior Ministry (SEGOB) and via a
com.mx website. Furthermore according to the AIEJA those operators offering their services locally without a licence should be blocked. Mr Ochoa said that a number of US companies were offering their services to Mexicans “without paying tax or creating jobs in Mexico” and that the money was “going to their countries.”
New gaming legislation now being considered in the Senate should, however, bring with it regulation of the online space, he said. Although the Federal Betting and Raffles law focuses primarily on the land based industry the new law establishes that online gaming sites offering their series must be licensed in Mexico.
Te association expects the Senate to approve
the new gaming law during the next legislative session which runs from September 1st to December 15. When it comes to online gaming the new law proposes that Mexico should adopt strict player protection measures as adopted by other jurisdictions in Europe specifically in line with France and the U.K. such as verification of the identity, age and address of the user through existing third-party systems. Strict control of advertising would also be put in place along with systems which would apply automated controls on betting and gaming activity, including full self exclusion. Furthermore the website established by the licensee must be defined with domain name
com.mx.
Te online gaming industry in Mexico generates about US$300m via offshore sites a year making it the fastest-growing online gaming market in Latin America. Tis is helped by the fact that there are no restrictions in place when it comes to advertising. Online gaming has been permitted via special license in Mexico since 2000, but only land based operators have been allowed to offer their services locally. Te growth of casino-style gaming has led to an increased interest in betting online and growth is also being driven by sports betting as well.
control of gaming in the city from Te Argentine National Lottery (Lotería Nacional) and force the racino located under the racetrack to pay an estimated $4bn pesos in back taxes.
Argentina
Buenos Aires City takes control over gaming
Te long running saga over whether the federal or city government has control over gaming within the city limits is finally coming to an end after a government decree has transferred gaming to the administration of city mayor Rodriguez Larreta.
Te government of Buenos Aires city will now for the first time have total control over gaming within its territory. Te decision comes after a long struggle over the five bingo halls operating in the city limits, which are now closed, and is part of a much larger policy as the city government has tried to wrest
Gaming has long been the focal point for dispute between the federal and city government as both parties have battled it out over who should have final say. While mayor of the autonomous government of the city of Buenos Aires announced that the Institute of Games and Betting in Buenos Aires would not renew its current agreement on gambling activities with the National Lottery. Now, according to the decree, the lottery has 120 days to produce a detailed timetable as to how gaming will be transferred to the city. When the transfer is in effect, the city government will have control over the so called “floating casinos” docked permanently to the city harbour as well as the racino and major changes could be forthcoming when it comes to gaming within the city limits.
Mexico
Storm International has blamed the introduction of a smoking ban in Mexico for an eight per cent year-on-year revenue decline in 2015. Profits fell by 11.9 per cent, however, it saw 25 per cent revenue growth in Georgia with its Shangri La Casino in Tbilisi and 12 per cent growth in Germany. Te group owns and manages Hollywood Entertainment with about 1,000 slot machines in two large complexes in Monterrey, Mexico. Darren Keane, CEO of Storm International, said: “Te Mexican smoking law which was brought into law in September 2015 made a big impact on our revenues and was the single largest reason for the company drop in profitability.” Storm has several new projects at various stages of development in European and Asian markets.
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