Brazilian President in Favour of Legislation SOUTH AMERICA
El Director de la Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego de Chile (SCJ), Renato Hamel, se dispone a renunciar a su cargo. Según afirma la prensa local, la razón podría ser la creciente controversia en torno a la adjudicación de la licencia en Chillán. Según el Ministerio de Finan- zas, la solicitud para la dimisión del Sr. Hamel fue presentada por la propia Presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet.
Los impuestos sobre el juego están subiendo en Paraguay de la mano de unas medi- das más duras y de nuevos controles online. Los ingresos fiscales generados por la industria del juego en el año 2015 subieron más de un 7,6 por ciento en comparación con 2014, según cifras publicadas por la Comisión Nacional del Juego de Paraguay (CONAJZAR), y se situaron en 18 mil- lones de dólares al final de 2015, lo que constituye la cifra más alta de los últimos cinco años.
La reciente decisión de la empresa chilena Marina del Sol de adquirir un 50 por ciento de las participaciones de los casinos ubicados en Calama y Osorno forma parte de un plan mucho más ambicioso que tiene como objetivo operar un total de seis casinos en Chile, según declara- ciones del Presidente de la empresa, Nicolas Imschenetzky.
Gaming Laboratories International recibirá al Teniente Coronel Kevin Sweeney el 3 de marzo como ponente destacado en la Mesa Redonda de Reguladores Norteamericanos organizada por la empresa en 2016. En su 16.ª edición, este evento anual tendrá lugar los días 2 y 3 de marzo en el Planet Hollywood de Las Vegas, y Sweeney inspirará a los asistentes con su discurso motiva- cional «Confianza bajo presión: cómo afrontar el liderazgo cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles».
Everi Holdings, la entidad de juego que se formará a partir de la fusión entre Global Cash Access y Multimedia Games, ha sustituido a su Director Ejecutivo por un experimentado miem- bro de su consejo, a la espera de encontrar a un sustituto permanente.
Melco Crown está mejorando su sistema de seguridad para evitar que personas no autorizadas accedan a sus propiedades en Macau, City of Dreams y Studio City. Es la primera vez que un casino de Macau ha instalado como medida de seguridad una tecnología de reconocimiento facial tan especializada, creada por Cognitec. En 2015, los delitos relacionados con el juego se incrementaron un 38 por ciento, y en Macau se registraron más de 1500 de ellos solo el año pasado.
Los propietarios del Casino de Canberra tendrán que esforzarse al máximo para asegu- rarse las máquinas tragaperras por las que el casino ha venido luchando desde hace tanto tiempo. ClubsACT, que representa a los clubes comunitarios de Canberra, está intentando reunir apoyos para impedir que el Gobierno de ACT sucumba a la tentación que supone la última solicitud de máquinas tragaperras presentada por el casino.
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Casino industry in crisis as ninth casino closes
Another casino in Puerto Rico has been forced to close due to the deepening economic crisis. Te InterContinental San Juan Resort & Casino announced mid-February that it would be closing after being in operation for 15 years. General Manager of the hotel Michael Herrmann said that the owners had struggled for some time to keep the casino open, but had been facing an uphill battle.
“Te numerous efforts to improve the operation and performance of the casino were negatively impacted by the prevailing
In a meeting with Senators in February to discuss proposals for recreating the CPMF, a tax on financial transactions, President Dilma Rousseff stated she is in favour of new legislation which would green light gaming in Brazil
While there has been no official announcement from the President’s office, Ms. Rousseff reveals ‘pro gaming’ legislation has her approval
BRAZIL CASINO LEGISLATION
According to senators present at a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff in February, the President is in favour of new legislation which would green light gaming in Brazil. President Rousseff gave her approval during a meeting with Senators to discuss proposals for recreating the CPMF – a tax on financial transactions.
Te financial transaction tax was revoked on January 1, 2008 but the government plans on bringing it back in order to raise much needed revenue. Earlier in February President Rousseff addressed the congress to urge them to approve the new tax bill in order to balance the country’s finances and help reverse the recession.
According to the head of the Workers Party in the Senate Humberto Costa (Partido dos Trabalhadores) and Senator Hélio José from the Party of the Brazilian Woman (Partido da Mulher Brasileira) Rousseff pressed the leaders of her allied base in the Senate to approve the new tax and discussed other measures which would generate additional income including the new gaming bill, which will soon be up for debate in the Senate. While the main theme of the meeting was the CPMF, according to
Humberto Costa, the proposal to legalise gaming and create rules for the operation of gambling was also mentioned. According to Humberto Costa, the President welcomes the proposal because it would lead to an increase in revenue.
“It’s a very positive form of collection of tax revenue, and of resuming the country’s development. Terefore, the President considers it an important project, but it was not discussed in depth,” said Senator Hélio José.
While there has been no official announcement from the President’s office on the issue it is the first time that Rousseff’s opinion on pro gaming legislation has been made public. In September 2015 Rousseff and several cabinet ministers met with party leaders from the alliance to discuss the issue to see if the new proposals would have their approval. Momentum is gathering for the new act which will be discussed shortly in the Senate. New gaming legislation is being debated as part of a “Brazil Agenda” a business-friendly project that is designed to provide a much needed boost to economic growth. Te bill would allow for 35 casinos, with at least one per state, with some permitted up to three.
economic situation on the island and other factors unrelated to the hotel management. In this situation, after a rigorous assessment of the scenario in which we find ourselves, it was determined that the casino should be closed.” Mr Herrmann did not say how many jobs would be lost, but expressed his regret over the decision adding that: “Tis has been a difficult decision, but the alternatives of keeping the casino open were very limited, because for many years this area of the hotel has been operating at a loss," he said.
Tis will be the ninth casino to close in the last five years. Te industry faces an ever worsening crisis especially now that the government is in the process of legalising video lotteries (VLT’s) in order to generate more revenue to the treasury. Te Puerto Rican government currently owes around US$72bn to lenders and in February defaulted on about US$174m of debt payments.
Mexico
Mexico’s new gaming law has been earmarked as a matter of priority for the latest legislative session in the Mexican Congress which began on February 1, 2016. Te Head of Mexico’s Interior Ministry Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong urged senators from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to pass Mexico’s new gaming law quickly. Speaking at the opening of Eighth Plenary Meeting the official said that the country was in need of a new law which would more accurately reflect the reality of gaming in Mexico and which would grant the government tighter control over the industry. A number of hotel and tourist associations have joined forces to criticise current proposals in the Senate which would allow for full scale casinos in Mexico.
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