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LA PRESIDENTA DE CHILE, MICHELLE BACHELET, HA aprobado una nueva normativa para extender las licencias de siete casinos municipales en Chile. Estas nuevas reglas amplían las licencias hasta diciembre de 2017 en los distritos de Viña del Mar, Arica, Iquique, Puerto Varas, Coquimbo, Pucón y Puerto Natales, que expiraban todas ellas de 31 de diciembre 2015.
EL SECTOR DE LOS CASINOS EN MÉXICO PODRÍA atraer inversiones de hasta 600 millones de dólares si el Senado aprueba las disposiciones necesarias para la nueva ley sobre el juego de México, que se podría debatir durante la próx- ima legislatura. Según los planes actuales, los denominados «complejos preferenciales» se asignarían a los puntos turísti- cos más destacados, que se encuentran en la Riviera Maya.
EL OPERADOR ESPAÑOL CIRSA SE DISPONE A incrementar su presencia en la República Dominicana con la adquisición del Grand Victoria Casino en la ciudad de Santiago. Según ejecutivos de la empresa, Cirsa está trabajando actual- mente en varios ámbitos de remodelación, expansión, cambio y preparación para un programa integral diseñado para mejo- rar la oferta de juego y entretenimiento del establecimiento.
LOS CASINOS CHILENOS REGISTRARON EN JUNIO unos ingresos de 38,2 millones de dólares, lo que supone un incremento del 23,4 por ciento en comparación con el mismo mes del año 2014. No obstante, los ingresos han bajado un 8,5 por ciento si se comparan con el mes de mayo, según datos publicados por la Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego de Chile (SCJ).
CROWN GAMING MEXICO, LA FILIAL LOCAL DEL Novomatic Group, marcó un nuevo hito en la demanda de excelencia en el juego que se registra en el país mediante la presentación de la incomparable Panther Roulette II en el Casino Abu Dhabi de Apodaca, cerca de Monterrey, en el esta- do de Nuevo León.
EN EL CONTEXTO DE LAS MEDIDAS DESTINADAS A seguir poniendo freno al mercado, el Gobierno de la República Checa ha propuesto una nueva ley sobre el juego que se está revisando actualmente en Bruselas y que podría aprobarse y entrar en vigor a partir de enero de 2017. Los cambios, que aún deben ser aprobados por el Parlamento tras la decisión de la Comisión Europea, supondrían la introducción de un nuevo régimen impositivo a partir de enero de 2016.
JACKPOT GAME, UNA EMPRESA DEL OLYMPIC Entertainment Group, ha comprado dos casinos de tragaper- ras con terminales de videolotería (VLT) de manos del oper- ador italiano de casinos con VLT Pasquale Di Gaetano - Judica Concetta & Figli Sas.
SG GAMING, DE SCIENTIFIC GAMES, HASUSCRITOUN importante acuerdo para cuatro años con el operador de cen- tros de juegos para adultos Talarius. En virtud de dicho acuer- do, SG Gaming suministrará su plataforma de juegos basados en servidor (SBG) completamente integrada a través de un contingente adicional de 92 centros de juegos para adultos (AGC) de Talarius, con lo que el número total de terminales basadas en servidor de SG Gaming ascendería a unas 500 contando todas sus propiedades.
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CHILE EXTENDS MUNICIPAL LICENSES
The President of Chile has signed into law new regulations that extend the licenses of the seven municipal casinos Chile - Legislation
The President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has signed into law new regulations, which extend the licenses of the seven municipal casinos in Chile.
The new rules extend the licenses until December 2017 in the districts of Vina del Mar, Arica, Iquique, Puerto Varas, Coquimbo, Pucon and Puerto Natales, which all expire on December 31, 2015.
President Bachelet justified the new law by saying that the casinos in the municipalities already play a significant role in the communities where they are based. "In these communities the casino plays an important role in enriching tourism and culture and have become a very important source of income," she said.
In addition, the statute provides that from that date onwards, those municipalities will continue to be a home to a casino for a total of three periods of fifteen years each. Once the last period expires, a license may be renewed for successive periods of fifteen, years unless it is opposed by the Resolution Council of Chile, which is a committee made up of members of the lower and upper house. The new law comes as part of a wider package, which seeks to regulate the industry more closely, and the municipal casinos will eventually come under the supervision of the Gaming Control Board (SJC).
"This law does not only extend the presence of casinos in the local communities, alongside it are a
The President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet
number of modifications which have been made to the status of the operation of casinos which from 2018 will come under a single set of regula- tions," the President said.
In this regard she went onto to say that all com- munities where they are located or will be located will receive an additional amount of revenue for their local budget.
Furthermore, the supervisory powers of the Chilean Gaming Control Board (SJC) will be increased and fines will be raised for those found to be operating outside the terms of their licenses.
In May 2015 the Chilean Chamber of Deputies approved a number of significant amendments to Chile’s gaming laws including the extension of municipal licenses for a further two years. The new act was an initiative of President Bachelet.
The issue of the municipal casinos has become increasingly urgent of late with local lawmakers concerned that they would soon lose out on mil- lions of dollars of tax revenue from casinos locat- ed within their jurisdictions. The law also ensures the operational continuity of the municipal casi- nos and oversee the transitional phase while con- trol is handed over to the Chilean Gaming Control Board (SJC).
Casinos in tourist hotspots gaining ground in Senate
MEXICO The casino sector in Mexico could attract investments of up to US$600m if the Senate approves provisions to Mexico’s new gam- ing law, which could be discussed during the next legislative ses- sion.
According to current plans, so called “Preferred Complexes” would be allotted in tourist hotspots that are on the Riviera Maya. These would be in the state of Quintana Roo, the town of Los Cabos in Baja California Sur, the Riviera Nayarit, on the border of Jalisco and Nayarit, and Puerto Penasco in the state of Sonora – zones which have already been agreed upon by the Ministry of Tourism.
Changes to Mexico’s gaming law may seek to replicate the
Iberostar hotel in Mexico in that casinos would be part of much larger complexes which would offer casinos with approximately 150 gaming machines, shopping malls, restaurants, cinemas, the- atres and shops in luxury desti- nations which are already popu- lar and where tourist infrastruc- ture is already well developed.
In April it was revealed that Iberostar would open a new Las Vegas casino in Mexico. Iberostar Hotels & Resorts reported that the casino would be located in the Iberostar Playa Paraiso hotel. Located on the beach between Cancun and Playa del Carmen, on the Riviera Maya, the Iberostar Paraiso Maya hotel is a 5-star all- inclusive accommodation.
Proposals which seek to set up casinos in special tourist zones
already have the support of the Ministries of Finance and Administration and investors could open up as many as six to ten large scale casinos during the remainder of the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto which ends in around two years time. This could see a number of the biggest operators in the industry becom- ing involved in the market.
Former Secretary of Tourism, Oscar Espinoza Villarreal pro- posed allowing casinos as a way to promote tourism – a move which has been opposed by the local business community of Quintan Roo.
However, proposals are being met with some resistance. Pablo Azcarraga, Chairman of the National Tourist Business Council (CNET), has said that the initia- tive to reform Mexico’s gaming act should be rejected and has called on local business leaders to put pressure on lawmakers so that new measures are not passed.
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