Enjoy and Marina del Sol Take Court Action SOUTH AMERICA
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As forecast the battle between Chilean operators and the Chilean Gaming Control Board (SJC) has worsened over the new tender process for the municipal licences
Operators in Chile, Enjoy and Marina del Sol, are claiming that the changes to licensing rules in Chile are unconstitutional
CHILE CASINO LICENSING
Chilean operator Enjoy and Chilean-Canadian Marina del Sol have both now resorted to the courts in order to challenge certain aspects of the new licensing process for the seven municipal casino licences now on offer which they argue are illegal and unfair. According to local press reports, Chilean courts have now received a total of six appeals on the grounds of unconstitutionality filed by local operators which combined could grind the licensing process to a halt.
Casinos del Sol which operates casinos in Concepción, Calama and Osorno, are seeking to halt the bidding process and has filed four appeals to local courts over the licence process over the municipal casinos in Iquique, Coquimbo, Viña del Mar and Puerto Varas. At the same time while the Court of Appeals dismissed the claims against the SJC filed by Enjoy in May, the case is still being actively pursued by the company in the courts via an appeal for reconsideration.
In May Enjoy, which currently operates the municipal casino in Coquimbo, filed an appeal on the grounds of unconstitutionality arguing that the board had acted “with arbitrariness”
Colombia
GLI renews its Colombia accreditation
In the latest sign of its commitment and dedication to the Latin American gaming industry, Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has successfully completed its application for renewal of its accreditation as an independent test lab in Colombia.
Recently, COLJUEGOS released a regulation establishing new requirements for laboratories in the jurisdiction. Te regulation strengthens requirements independent test labs must meet to clearly demonstrate their capabilities to test for Colombia.
GLI has been accredited in Colombia since 2013 when COLJUEGOS established the process for laboratories to be accredited.
GLI’s Director of Latin America and Caribbean Government Relations
and had made a number of “serious” errors. Tis was, they argued, because the SJC had acted outside its own jurisdiction as it had responded to questions concerning the technical basis of the bidding rules and on its own initiative had made a number of clarifications.
According to the brief, the invasion of powers on behalf of the SJC concerned the addition of special conditions to the granting of the tender process. Tese additional obligations are related to the eventual transfer of property in favour of the respective municipality where the casino is located. Combined this, the company argues, constituted a “gross” infringement of laws laid down not only by the constitution, but in Chile’s gaming laws as well as municipal and state laws and constituted a threat to property rights as well as the principle of equality before the law.
Lawyer acting on behalf of the company Guillermo De La Jara in the latest written appeal to the courts stated that if the municipal government is given the option over the property to do with it what it pleases “without any clear rules then it violates the guarantees provided for in Article 19 No. 24 of the Constitution.”
and Business Development Karen Marcela Sierra-Hughes said, “We are thankful to COLJUEGOS, who had a very open consultation process prior the publication of the regulations that allow for transparency and labs to prepare properly for the submission process.
“We take licensing processes seriously and consider them a top priority in our business. We understand that by doing so, we show support for our supplier clients, so they can access all the jurisdictions in their commercial plans, and we also show our strong support regulators who are able to start receiving approvals to allow for operations of new games,” she added.
With this milestone, GLI is ready to receive submissions for all games allowed in Colombia, including monitoring and control systems, tote systems, route operations, virtual sports betting and the recent authorisation of Internet gaming.
Argentina
Casinos and gambling halls will in the future be discussed in a public hearing before a call for tender, according to a new amendment passed in the province of Chaco. First put forward by Deputy Daniel Trabalon in 2014 the law amends article 2 of Chaco’s gaming law and now makes it obligatory for the State Lottery of Chaco to “convene a public hearing, so that citizens and the sectors involved in the initiative may express their opinions on the existence of the project to install a casino or gambling hall in the town concerned.” According to the new law, this step is necessary because of the impact a new casino or gambling hall may have on the community and provides a forum by which those impacted by a new establishment can have their say on “on an equal basis.”
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