Senate Deals Huge Blow to Gaming Bill SOUTH AMERICA
La empresa Trans World Corporation (TWC) que es propietaria de los casinos American Chance y también posee hoteles en Alemania y Austria, ha sido adquirida por el consorcio con sede en Hong Kong Far East Consortium International (FECI).
La licencia de casino para Granada (España) será concedida en abril o a principios de mayo según Jesús Montero, Consejero de Hacienda y Administración Pública de la Junta de Andalucía. El Consejero afirmó que era una «buena noticia» el hecho de que una serie de prestigiosas empresas del sector hayan presentado sus ofertas en el marco de una licitación pública para dicho casino en la capital de esta provincia.
El operador de casinos sudafricano Sun International ha cerrado algunas de sus operaciones con pérdidas en el mercado nacional e internacional a fin de aliviar sus deudas con la perspectiva de más cierres si no mejora el rendimiento. Cerrará el Fish River Sun Resort en la provincia sudafricana de Cabo Oriental, Sun Nao Casino en Colombia, en la imagen, y los International VIP Businesses tanto en Sudáfrica como en Panamá.
Harrah’s Cherokee acaba de presentar el iDROPe en sus mesas de juego en vivo, un proyecto que ha estado en elaboración durante dos años, de la mano de Ron Hager, Director de Juegos de Mesa del Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.
Quizant presentará pronto sus nuevas platafor- mas de juego de vanguardia QMax-2 y QXi-7000, las cuales hacen uso de los muy esperados proce- sadores AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 que se presentarán en la feria NIGA de este año en Las Vegas a celebrarse del 17 al 20 de abril.
Golden Entertainment ha elegido Konami Gaming para sustituir los sistemas ya existentes en el hotel, casino y torre The Stratosphere, así como en Arizona Charlie’s Decatur, Arizona Charlie’s Boul- der y en el Aquarius Casino Resort de la localidad de Laughlin.
NagaCorp ha desvelado la noticia de que sus últimos resultados positivos se deben al sólido incremento de su volumen de negocios en todos los segmentos, especialmente en el segmento VIP en el que el activo circulante aumentó un 142%. Actualmente opera 384 mesas de juego y 2.250 máquinas electrónicas de juego.
El multimillonario australiano James Packer ha dejado su puesto en la junta directiva del oper- ador de casinos Crown Resorts por motivos de salud mental, según ha informado la empresa. Crown informó de que su accionista principal ha dejado la junta por «razones personales» solo ocho meses después de su reincorporación tras una ausencia de dos años para dedicarse a negocios en el extranjero en 2015.
Interblock se ha asegurado la instalación de un Estadio Diamond con una capacidad de 50 espec- tadores dentro del Hollywood One Club, nuevo club de juegos VIP del hotel Thanh Ha Long.
Te Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (CCJ) has rejected gaming bill PLS 186/2016, which had sought to green light gaming in Brazil
Senator Roberto Requião evaluated casinos as "money laundering instruments for arms trafficking, drug trafficking and widespread corruption”
BRAZIL LEGISLATION
During the session on Wednesday (March 7th) Senators criticised the report presented by Benedito de Lira (PP-AL), which suggested that the creation of specific laws for the sector could reduce the problems caused by illegal gaming. Tirteen senators voted against the proposal, while only two voted in favour: the rapporteur of the bill, Benedito de Lira, and Senator Ivo Cassol. Instead, the CCJ approved a separate symbolic vote put forward by Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, which asks that the proposal be overturned under the argument that the bill, if approved, could encourage criminal practices such as money laundering, in addition to increasing cases of gambling addiction.
“I think the National Congress, today, has buried this absurdity definitively. At a time when Brazil is debating the problem of public safety, approving a bill that facilitates drug trafficking and arms trafficking actions that undermines citizens' health would be a shot in the head for Congress. Tankfully, this absurdity did not prosper," Rodrigues said.
Tis is a huge blow to gaming legislation, which has already been held up in committee stage for
Senate rejection could open up legislation in Lower House
Brazil
Despite the rejection of the proposed gaming bill in Brazil, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, has agreed with parts of the bill, namely giving casinos in hotels the green light and has pledged to reach consensus on that one point. Te new bill would, however, be restricted in scope.
“We believe that we have the possibility to build 32 (casinos) in Brazil, increase tax collection by R$20bn, and generate 200,000 jobs. I think this is what we should approve first,” Maia argued saying that that it would be better to focus on one aspect of the market “instead of getting into the conflict and not approving anything.”
Prior legislation, which is ready to go before the Lower House, is
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over a year in the Senate. In December 2017 Benedito de Lira, the rapporteur of the latest version of the gaming bill, presented a new report based on a series of proposed amendments and asked for a new collective hearing for the bill due to their scope. Te bill proposed a significant number of changes when it comes to anti money laundering measures, player protection measures and taxation. Under the terms of the latest draft, gaming companies would have been obliged to adhere to the Money Laundering Act, obliging them to register clients and report operations to the Council for Financial Activities Control in the Ministry of Finance (COAFI). Te new amendments also determined the adoption of measures by the Central Bank, which would have prohibited the use of payment methods, such as credit cards administered by an unaccredited company when it comes to online gaming.
Player protection measures, not included in the original 2014 draft of the bill, would have also obligated operators to warn players of the risks of gambling addiction throughout their premises. However, this was clearly not nearly enough for members of the committee.
much wider in scope as it would allow for the legalisation of different types of gaming, including casinos, bingo halls, online gaming and sports betting, as well as the popular “Jogo do Bicho” (a street lottery).
Te process of opening up the Brazilian gaming market already took an unexpected turn in the Lower House at the end of February as it was revealed that a new proposal would only allow for casinos in integrated resorts in two Brazilian states: São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
According to the new proposal from the Ministry of Tourism, up to 10 casinos could be built in just two Brazilian states: São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Te gaming facilities would be part of larger complexes. Te new proposal quickly drew fire as they would only create 20,000 jobs, while the legalisation of a much wider offer such as betting and bingo would generate more than 700,000 jobs throughout Brazil.
Argentina
Te government has announced that the date for the opening of bids for the public tender for seven casinos in the province of Buenos has been extended until June 27th. Te additional 90 day will allow operators time to come forward with their proposals, according to the government’s Official Gazette, which was signed by Matías Lanusse the head of the Provincial Institute of Lotteries and Casinos (IPLyC). Te extension covers the 3,860 slot machines operating in the Casino Central in Mar del Plata, as well as the casinos in the cities of Monte Hermoso, Pinamar, the Trilenium casino in Tigre (one of the largest casinos in the region), as well as the state owned casinos in the cities of Miramar, Tandil and the Hermitage casino, also located in Mar del Plata. Te opening of bids will be held between 11th and 27th June in the Office of Provincial Administration and Finance.
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