SOUTH AMERICA
El Senado brasileño ha dado luz verde a los e-Sports profesionales, lo que implica que ahora la propuesta podría pasar directamente a la Cámara de Diputados para su aprobación. En caso de que no se presente ninguna apelación para que se realicen ulteriores análisis en la sesión plenaria de la cámara, el texto llegará directamente a la Cámara de Diputados.
Un proyecto de ley presentado en la Casa de Representantes tiene como objetivo cambiar la forma en que se distribuyen los ingresos del juego en Uruguay. Según las nuevas propuestas, un 40 por ciento de lo generado se enviaría directamente mediante tasas de licencia al departamento donde se ubique cualquier casino futuro (Uruguay está dividido en 19 departamentos).
El Grupo Comar, una potencia en el sector del juego español y latinoamericano, ha designado a JCM Global como su proveedor preferente de impresoras y validadores de billetes. Este nuevo acuerdo amplía la relación ya existente entre el Grupo Comar y JCM.
Un total de 14 empresas se disputarán las siete licencias de juego online para la provincia de Buenos Aires que el Instituto Provincial de Lotería y Casinos (IPLyC) se dispone a conceder a aquellos operadores que cumplan los requisitos estableci- dos por las normas del nuevo proceso de licitación.
El gobierno neerlandés ha afirmado antes de dar por finalizadas sus leyes sobre el juego online que intentará ofrecer licencias preferentemente a aquellos operadores que no hayan tenido como objetivo el mercado gris neerlandés.
El operador de casinos francés Partouche se ha beneficiado de una serie de reformas que han impulsado un aumento del siete por ciento en sus ingresos en el segundo trimestre. Los ingresos derivados del juego alcanzaron los 168,1 millones de euros, lo que está por encima del 5,4 por ciento registrado por el sector francés de los casinos en su totalidad.
Digitain ha abierto unas nuevas oficinas regionales en Sheffield (Reino Unido) para susten- tar su plan de crecimiento internacional. La apertura de estas oficinas de Digitain viene a com- plementar el desarrollo continuado de la ciudad de Sheffield como centro de impulso de los negocios y la innovación.
Mohegan Gaming ha confirmado que colaborará con el contratista griego GEK Terna para desarrollar un casino dentro del proyecto turístico valorado en 8000 millones de euros en el recinto del antiguo aeropuerto de Hellenikon, cerca de la capital helena. El complejo también incluirá resi- dencias de lujo, hoteles, espacio de conferencias y congresos, recintos deportivos y culturales y un puerto de recreo.
William Hill ha confirmado que ha puesto en marcha un proceso de consultas con colegas del sector minorista acerca de sus planes de cerrar unos 700 establecimientos de apuestas con licen- cia.
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Te new bill will regulate the eSports sector and could be a crucial step once Brazil begins to grant licences to sports betting operators.
BRAZIL LEGISLATION Senate Gives eSports Green Light
Te Brazilian senate has given professional eSports the go ahead meaning that it could now go directly to the chamber of deputies for approval.
Te Brazilian senate has given professional eSports the go ahead meaning that it could now go directly to the chamber of deputies for approval. Te Commission of Education, Culture and Sport (CE) approved Senate Bill 383/2017, which proposes the recognition, promotion and regulation of electronic sports (eSports) in Brazil, according to the Senate's news agency (Agência Senado).
As long as an appeal is not submitted for further analyses in the plenary session of the chamber, the text will go directly to Chamber of Deputies.
Te project establishes that the professional practice of eSports must adhere to national and international standards accepted by the entities that promote the sport. For the bill's author, Senator Roberto Rocha, sports competitions in virtual environments are - like traditional sports a means of "socialization, fun and learning."
Te legislator argues that their practice can contribute to improving the intellectual capacity and strengthen the reasoning and motor skills of those who take part.
Senator Eduardo Gomes, who defended the project in the commission, recommended
approval of the text as it came from the Commission on Science, Technology, Innovation, Communication and Information Technology (CCT), which reformulated the original so that it would be in greater harmony with the provisions of Law 9.615 passed in 1998, which establishes the general rules for sport.
Gomes allowed for two improvements: he excluded the creation of Electronic Sports Day and accepted that all games with violent sexual content should be excluded from the eSports category, as well as those that disseminate messages of hatred, prejudice or discrimination or promote drug use. However, the classification of what is ultimately considered an electronic sport will be established by a presidential decree.
Late last year the National Congress of Brazil approved new gaming legislation that will allow for both online and land based sports betting. Te bill, Provisional Measure 846/18, deals mainly with how lottery funds are distributed giving more priority to National Security. Although eSports are not covered in the present draft of the bill the latest ruling could well pave the way for betting on eSports once sports betting is given the go ahead.
Ecuador Ex-casino workers want industry to return
Momentum is gaining for the government to reverse its ban on gambling. In July, workers carried out a demonstration on the outskirts of the Municipality of Guayaquil demanding that gambling be once again be allowed as they say it will increase tourism and create jobs.
Mauricio Villacís, President of the Association of Ex-Workers for the casino sector, announced that in the next 15 days that they will put forward a claim of unconstitutionality to rules which banned casinos and other types of gambling in 2010 before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador.
According to protesters, after casinos and slot parlours were closed nationwide, then President of Ecuador Rafael Correa did not offer workers in the sector any help in training or finding new work as
the government had promised at the time.
In May a new project was put forward by Villacís that would allow for the reopening of all the casinos in Ecuador.
According to Villacís the country is losing out on millions in tax revenue and “more than 20,000 jobs directly and indirectly linked to this activity, with an approximate investment of about $400m.”
Te project is already in the hands of the Ministries of Labour, Tourism and Economy, as well as the Internal Revenue Service (SRI). It is hoped that through them that the project will ultimately be put forward to President Lenín Moreno, who became Ecuador’s president in 2017 and is far more centrist than his left wing predecessor Rafael Correa.
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