News INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Potential licence in Santiago
The Mayor of Chilean capital Santiago is hoping a new casino will revive economic fortunes
Chile could soon welcome its 25th casino licence with politicians in Santiago wanting to launch a tender for a new casino to kick-start the commune’s economy following the destruction caused by the by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27, 2010.
Mayor Carlos Valenzuela revealed that the new initiative will be evaluated by the Superintendent of Casinos and that his administration is already making all the necessary arrangements for the adjudication process to begin.
Mr. Valenzuela revealed that the plan was to increase tourism in the capital. “This is a tourist town with much to offer its visitors,” he said. “It is already making every effort to overcome the disaster by increasing its trade and labour. All proposals are welcome. What we care and hope for is that the casino attracts a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.”
He added that he had already participated in several meetings with parliamentarians and politicians in Santiago, who wish to support the project, as well as interested investors have from Korea and Japan. He said he hoped the major players in the Chile industry, such as Enjoy and Monticello, would join the bidding process.
The process will last until July 31 this year, ending with the date authorised by the Resolution Council, of a new casino in any of the regions currently have a space available basis.
Chile’s gaming laws state that the potential site must be chosen by private investors although casinos aren’t allowed in the metropolitan area and have to be at least 70 km away from each other.
With a maximum of three casinos allowed in each area, Valparaiso, Bío Bío and Los Lagos, are all now off limits because they all have the maximum of three already. Chile currently has a total of 24 casinos, 17 of them authorised by the Resolution Council of the Superintendent of Casinos under the Grant Process Operating Permits between 2006 and 2008, while the remaining seven are from municipal concessions authorised by special laws between 1928 and 1990.
February 2013 PAGE 18 The Monticello
Grand Casino, the largest casino in Chile.
The Monticello Grand Casino, the largest casino in the country, is located 50 miles outside of the metropolitan centre. It was one of eight properties affected by the earthquake that were forced to shut down. It suffered $10m worth of damage.
Southampton to launch its ‘large’ licence tender
Southampton City Council is starting the first process towards awarding the ‘large’ licence set for the city with casino bosses set to meet civic bosses to discuss what the project could achieve.
The council will then begin the process of inviting bids from gaming operators in an open tender which will aim to bring the ‘greatest benefit’ to Southampton. It is thought the process will take up to a year- and-a-half to complete. The council has already said that its preferred location would be at the waterfront at Royal Pier, a redevelopment project pitched at £450m.
The preferred development site is also expected to include a significantly expanded Mayflower Park and offer a permanent home for the renowned Southampton International Boat Show, the largest waterborne show in Europe and a key contributor to the local economy.
City council leader Cllr Richard Williams said: “It is an opportunity and something that the administration wishes to explore, but we need to ensure that this process is water- tight.”
A dozen operators are believed to be interested in the project, though Southampton already has Grosvenor and Genting run casinos. Just as with the Aspers casino in the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, the large licence would be allowed to run 150 slots with jackpots of up to £4,000 and up to 30 gaming tables.
Aspers, the operator behind the UK’s first new style licence in Stratford, has confirmed its interest in Southampton although Finance Director Martyn Kennedy said whilst the group were ‘experts at managing staff to meet demand, ‘onerous ratios would significantly affect the viability of our business and the benefits to the council.’
NRW.BANK, LA SOCIÉTÉ SŒUR DE l’opérateur de jeux allemand WestSpiel Gruppe, est sur le point de céder son casino de Berlin à Novomatic. Ce casino est situé dans le centre-ville, au sein de la tour de télévision qui donne sur la place Alexanderplatz. WestSpiel prévoit de se concentrer davantage sur ses casi- nos situés dans sa propre région de la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie. Une nou- velle licence de casino permettra à WestSpiel de gérer un nouveau casino dans la région la plus peuplée d'Allemagne. Cologne semble être la ville de prédilection suivie par Düsseldorf pour l’implantation du nouveau casino.
INTERBLOCK ET SPIRIT GAMING SE sont unis pour la réalisation d’un projet au sein du Casino Baden qui est devenu le premier casino en Suisse à proposer à ses joueurs le jeu G4 Organic Island d’Interblock. Le Grand Casino Baden a été entièrement rénové grâce à des investissements dans les toutes dernières technologies pour que celui-ci soit à l’a- vant-garde de l'industrie du jeu en Suisse.
SPIELO G2 VIENT DE SIGNER UN contrat de partenariat avec le géant de la loterie Norsk Tipping pour lancer la pre- mière gamme de produits de loterie iGaming réservée exclusivement au marché norvégien. Ce partenariat s’é- tend sur cinq ans avec la possibilité d’une année supplémentaire à la discré- tion de Norsk Tipping.
SIX LICENCES DE CASINOS britanniques devraient être mises en vente pour assurer la continuité du rachat de Gala par Rank. Rank, qui gère déjà 35 casinos via les marques Grosvenor et G Casino, pourrait se voir contraint de céder jusqu’à six des licences qu’il possède ou de détourner six licences de Gala pour que l’accord de 205 millions de livres sterling soit validé par la Commission de la concurrence.
NET ENTERTAINMENT S’ALLIE À Paddy Power Group pour fournir au bookmaker irlandais une gamme de jeux pour navigateurs Internet et appareils mobiles de haute qualité à partir de fin 2012. Cet accord vient enrichir le catalogue de jeux de Paddy Power avec des jeux qui comptent parmi les plus avancés du marché.
LE CASINO SKYCITY D’ADÉLAÏDE vient d’obtenir le feu vert pour doubler son quota de tables de jeux et lancer 505 machines à sous supplémentaires dans le cadre d’une extension d’envergure qui comprend le développement d’un bou- tique-hôtel 6 étoiles. Le casino sera con- traint de payer davantage de taxes suite à cet accord et sera le casino le plus moderne du pays en termes de préven- tion des risques liés à l’addiction au jeu.
L’ARROYO GRANDE RESORT AND SPA comprendra un casino de 500 machines à sous lors de son ouverture en 2014 sur la pointe Sud de la péninsule de Basse- Californie, au cœur de Los Cabos. Le complexe hôtel et spa cinq étoiles dis- posera de 200 somptueuses suites et chambres avec vue spectaculaire sur l'océan là ou l'Arroyo et la mer de Cortés ne font plus qu’un.
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