SOUTH AMERICA
La Comisión Asesora Presidencial en Descentralización y Desarrollo Regional del Senado de Chile, tras escuchar a las partes interesadas, ha decidido seguir adelante con sus planes de prohibir y eliminar las máquinas tragaperras ubicadas fuera de los casinos.
El gobernador del estado mexicano de Veracruz, Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, ha regulado en contra de la construcción de un casino TV Azteca en el municipio de Yanga, una de las áreas más pobres de la región.
El Instituto Provincial de Lotería y Casinos (IPLyC) de Argentina ha publicado los resultados de la primera fase de la licitación para los siete casinos de Buenos Aires. El experimentado oper- ador local Boldt se ha impuesto hasta el momento tras la primera fase, que incluyó la evaluación de la licitación técnica y las comprobaciones de los antecedentes financieros, entre otros aspectos, para una puntuación máxima posible de 55 pun- tos.
La Asociación Peruana de Entretenimiento y Juegos de Azar (APEJA) tiene previsto presentar batalla judicial contra la imposición de un nuevo impuesto que, según argumentan, perjudicará el creciente sector del juego en Perú. El Impuesto Selectivo al Consumo (ISC) es un impuesto indi- recto que se ha aplicado hasta a la fecha a la venta y la importación de ciertas mercancías, como combustibles, cigarrillos, cerveza, licores o refres- cos, pero que a partir de ahora también estará vigente por primera vez para los casinos y las máquinas tragaperras.
El último de los círculos de juego a la antigua usanza en París ha dejado de existir tras el cierre del Circle Clichy-Montmartre por parte del Servicio Central de Carreras y Juegos (SCCJ) el 26 de sep- tiembre.
Los tres casinos de Tenerife se han puesto a la venta y serán privatizados en el marco de una nueva licitación pública. Tal como se anuncia en el boletín oficial de las islas, los tres casinos están ahora a la venta por un total de 24,9 millones de euros.
El Ministro de Finanzas de Irlanda, Paschal Donohoe, se dispone a incrementar a partir del próximo año el impuesto sobre las ventas irlandés pasando del 1 al 2 por ciento para las apuestas tanto en establecimientos físicos como online. Los impuestos aplicados a los intercambios de juego — es decir, cuando las casas cubren apuestas entre clientes— se incrementarán desde el 15 hasta el 25 por ciento.
El gobierno autonómico de Galicia ha anunciado que ha dado luz verde para un nuevo casino en la ciudad de Vigo. En su declaración, el gobierno ha anunciado que la autorización para el casino se ha otorgado en el centro comercial A Laxe, el último construido en Vigo y ubicado en un emplazamiento céntrico de la zona portuaria de la ciudad.
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Plans are being advanced in Chile to prohibit and eliminate slot machines that are located outside of casinos
CHILE LEGISLATION Slots Outside of Casinos Will be Banned
Te Senate's Advisory Commission for Decentralisation and Regional Development has decided, after listening to the stakeholders involved, to advance with its plans to prohibit and eliminate slot machines that are located outside of casinos. A new report had been requested to help draft a new law that will regulate the operation of gaming machines for fun and recreation purposes.
Senator Pedro Araya, President of the Commission, explained that the commission will enact legislation that will back up the executive’s decision to finally enforce a ban : “Te executive formally indicated that it will send a substitute indication that will prohibit gambling machines that are outside casinos, and in that line, what the commission is going to do in the next session is to consolidate a series of bills that deal with the matter, receive the indication of the executive and vote it in the sense of establishing a total ban on these machines that are mainly located at fairs, in neighbourhoods and in city centres."
In this regard, the Senate will be asked to authorise the merger of the various motions and deal with them in general and individually, "in order to advance the process much faster," the
legislator said. Alejandro Navarro, parliamentary forerunner of the project, welcomed the news saying that he was “optimistic” that the bill will “eliminate slots once and for all.” He pointed out that they were responsible for increased gambling addiction and operators are being investigated due “to crimes associated with illegal gambling, money laundering, organized crime and tax fraud."
Te battle against the growing number of illegal slots has been running for many years and there have been several attempts from both the gaming board and local state and municipal governments to close illegal slot parlours down. Increasing pressure comes from the executive now that the sector is now being investigated by the Public Prosecutor for possible money laundering, tax fraud and corruption.
At the end of September, the executive indicated that it aimed to prohibit slots outside of casinos. Te Minister for the Presidency, Gonzalo Blumel, informed lawmakers that a proposal or initiative along these lines to eliminate this activity was imminent. Te government could, however, seek to improve laws, in order to specify that the skill with prizes machines will be come under the same regulations that apply to casinos.
Puerto Rico Opposition to sports betting gathers momentum
Te Association of Hotels and Tourism of Puerto Rico (PRHTA) has expressed its strong opposition to a new bill that would legalise sports betting on professional and amateur leagues that take place both locally and internationally.
Te President of the organisation Pablo Torres made the PRHTA's position clear via a written presentation delivered to the Tourism and Social Welfare Committee of the House of Representatives, where he stated that law 1612, which would allow for the sports betting expansion, should not be considered without an economic impact study first.
Te measure, authored by representative Nelson Alonso Vega, establishes that the Tourism Company of Puerto Rico "will have autonomy to develop, through regulation, all the processes and procedures of betting on sporting events, including all regulatory decisions and licenses.” Te new measures are being considered in the Committees of Tourism and
Social Welfare and Treasury and Budget as it seeks to amend the Law on Games of Chance in order to authorise casinos certified by the Tourism Company to place bets on sporting events. Vega argues that the taxes generated from bets would be directed to the retirement system of public servants and to help pay off the island’s debts.
Mr. Torres states that the expanded offer could dilute the market and effect casino operations when bets are distributed amongst a number of different events. He also stressed that "as a general rule" the money that is generated from betting goes mostly to the sports leagues, which are mostly not Puerto Rican, so the winnings would not remain on the island. Tis aspect, he added, could affect the income projections that the initiative intends to produce.
Te author of the new bill claims that new ways to generate tax income are vital. “Increasing revenues in the industry is critical for the growth of the tourism sector of our Island," he said.
Mexico
Te governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz, Miguel Angel Yunes Linares, has ruled against the construction of a TV Azteca casino in the municipality of Yanga, one of the poorest areas in the region. Local government bodies together with the Veracruz Coordination Group, a task force including state and federal law enforcement agencies, have together analysed the possibility of a casino in the area and decided jointly that, "Tis casino should not be installed in Yanga.”
Earlier in October it was revealed that Mexico’s Interior Ministry (SEGOB) had granted the second-largest mass media company TV Azteca a 25-year licence that grants the company permission to operate a land based casino as well as offer online gambling. According to official documents, the casino will be located in an area of land in the downtown area of Veracruz, which currently operates as an auto parts shop.
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