Slots Law Matter of Urgency in Chile SOUTH AMERICA
La ciudad de Waukegan (EE. UU.) designará pronto el operador de casinos elegido para uno de los seis nuevos casinos que se van a lanzar en el estado de Illinois como parte de una amplia expan- sión del juego. La ciudad ya ha invitado oficialmente a equipos de proyecto cualificados a que presenten propuestas para el desarrollo de un casino y los correspondientes servicios asociados de conformi- dad con la Ley del Juego de Illinois.
SIS ha alcanzado un acuerdo con el hipódromo estadounidense PARX para convertirse en el dis- tribuidor en exclusiva de imágenes en directo y datos de las carreras. Como parte de este nuevo acuerdo por varios años, SIS retransmitirá al menos 1530 carreras al año desde uno de los hipódromos líderes de Estados Unidos.
Twin River se dispone a adquirir dos casinos de Eldorado Resorts, concretamente el Isle of Capri Casino Kansas City de Kansas City (Missouri) y el Lady Luck Casino Vicksburg de Vicksburg (Misisipi), por un total de 230 millones de dólares.
Según datos de la Comisión del Juego de Massachusetts, el complejo Encore Boston Harbor de Wynn en Everett se embolsó 16,8 millones de dólares en ingresos derivados del juego durante su primera semana de actividad. El complejo, valorado en 2600 millones de dólares y situado en las inmediaciones de Boston, género casi tantos ingre- sos en una semana como los que consiguió en todo un mes el MGM Springfield, es decir, el otro casino del estado que ofrece servicio completo.
Wynn Macau ha dado a conocer sus planes para una expansión de 2000 millones de dólares en su casino Wynn Palace situado en la península de Cotai, en Macau. Las obras de construcción del complejo Crystal Pavilion empezarán en el año 2021, y la inauguración está prevista para 2024.
D’ Heights Resort and Casino ha abierto sus puertas en Clark (Pampanga), con lo que se con- vierte en el sexto casino que opera en la Zona Económica Especial y Puerto Libre de Clark en Fil- ipinas.
Casinos Austria International ha declarado que se sumará a la carrera en pos de una licencia de casino en Japón si Nagasaki se convierte en uno de los puntos destinados para resorts integrados, y ha añadido que su proyecto podría incluir una Orquesta Filarmónica de Viena con presencia con- tinua. El casino-spa pondría un énfasis especial en tratamientos médicos vanguardistas.
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment ha declarado que invertirá entre 3500 y 4500 mil- lones de dólares en un casino en un bosque de Tomakomai, en la isla japonesa de Hokkaido, desde donde los clientes podrían disfrutar de rutas a caballo, del esquí campo a través y de la vida rural.
El Gobierno de Nepal está facilitando la apertura de casinos y establecimientos de juego electrónico cerca de las fronteras internacionales al suavizar las leyes que imponen que deben man- tenerse a 5 kilómetros de distancia de las fronteras internacionales. El Gobierno ha decidido rebajar dicha cifra a 3 kilómetros.
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President Sebastián Piñera’s administration has announced that the draft law on slot machines will now become a matter of extreme urgency
According to government spokeswoman, Cecilia Perez, it should be regulated above all by "those communes where there are more vulnerable sectors
CHILE LEGISLATION
Te Chilean administration has announced that the draft law on slot machines, which is currently underway in the National Congress, will now become a matter of extreme urgency. According to government spokeswoman, Cecilia Perez, it should be regulated above all by ‘those communes where there are more vulnerable sectors that are impoverished day by day because they have access to an illegal offer such as slot machines.’ Sanctions and inspections will be established for the use of these machines she said. Te decision was taken as a result of a report published by the investigative team of Radio Bío Bío, which revealed that slot machines operating outside of casinos in Chile are illegal since none have the required certification issued by those companies authorized by the Chilean Gaming Board (SJC).
Teir illegality has already been established by the board but because it lacks oversight powers, none are certified allowing dozens of mayors to authorize them through commercial patents, as a way to obtain greater economic resources.
In January 2017 the Office of the Comptroller General of Chile issued a statement clarifying the procedure for the municipal governments when it comes to defining when machines should be classed as gambling machines. Te new guidelines indicate that the municipalities
should ask those interested in obtaining permission to operate electronic gaming machines to obtain a report from the SJC stating that prizes are not handed out randomly by the electronic machines on their premises.
Te rules give the SJC the right to determine what constitutes random and what constitutes entertainment machines and state that only certifications issued by gaming laboratories approved by the SJC have the capacity to verify conclusively if a machine is either a gambling machine or if the result depends on an element of skill. Te Office of the Comptroller General now considers that municipal governments must follow the new guidelines as the only guide when it comes to how they define gambling and non-gambling machines in their respective jurisdictions. According to estimates the industry is worth around US$494m - a similar amount to the regulated industry.
At the end of September, the executive indicated that it aimed to prohibit slots outside of casinos. In October the senate decided to advance with its plans to prohibit and eliminate slot machines that are located outside of casinos. Alejandro Navarro, parliamentary forerunner of the project, welcomed the news now coming out of the President’s office saying that the new law meant the end for illegal slots in Chile.
Argentina Zitro participates in Maverick Casino opening
Zitro’s Video Slots Bryke have been sited in the recently opened Hotel Casino Maverick in Argentina.
Te president of the Casino Maverick Hotel, Fabio Torres, commented: “We are proud to inaugurate this project, in which we have worked with so much effort and symbolises for us the professional growth of so many years in the industry.
“Today, we can not only satisfy our clients with games on offers, but our complex has also a four star hotel, spa, gastronomic offer divided into a restaurant located on the first floor and three bars in the gaming rooms occupying a total space of 3,084sq.m to offer for the first time in the city of Plaza Huincul, a full experience, endowed with the quality of the
service that represent us from our beginnings.”
Mariana Salazar, General Manager of Maverick, says: “We thank our customers who have given us their unconditional support for so many years to keep growing and suppliers like Zitro that accompany us with their sensational products”.
Alejandra Burato, Regional Manager of Zitro for Latam, highlights the spectacular Casino Maverick offer: “Our fabulous progressive multi-game banks, Link King and Link Me, are part of the assured success for our customers in Argentina and throughout the region. In addition, the new launch of the standalone Smart Spins games that we know are a safe bet for fun.”
Uruguay
A bill presented in the House of Representatives aims to change the way gambling revenue is distributed in Uruguay. New proposals would send 40 per cent generated by licence fees directly to the department where any future casino is located (Uruguay consists of 19 departments). Te initiative proposes that 40 per cent will go directly to infrastructure projects in each department, while the remaining 60 per cent will be set aside for general government revenues. Originally, the departmental governments received 40 per cent of the licence fees from private casinos or from the profits of the state casinos, but in the five year budget plan of 2005, the destination of resources was changed to a fixed percentage.
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