Essential information and facts about Mauritius:
Capital Port Louis
Total Area Population Religion
Ethnic Groups Languages
2,040
sq.km 2,205
Hindu, Roman Catholic, Muslim, Christian
Indo-Mauritian, Creole, Sino-Mauritian
Creole, Bhojpuri, French, English Currency Mauritian Rupee
Government type Parliamentary Republic Chief of State Acting President Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory
Head of Government Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth Elections
Due in 2019/2020.
Funworld operates a casino via Ti Vegas in Grand Baie, open since 2002. Tis is part of a family leisure centre (Lucky Strike) offering arcade games, table football, billiards, bowling and café. Te casino organised the World Poker Tour and also introduced the first automatic roulette machine to the island.
Pallagames operates in three locations. Te company began in 1990 and operates a total of 26 table games and 300 slots. Tis also includes its slot hall in Praslin, Seychelles.
Te SIC also operated Sun Casino Ltd, which at the time operated casinos at St Geran Hotel and La Pirogue Hotel via its Sun Resorts group.
Te Sun Resorts group owns five luxury resorts in the Indian Ocean with four in Mauritius and one in the Maldives (Kanuhura). In 2014, Sun, also owner of Le Touessrok, signed a management contract with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts for the management of the property and after renovations it reopened under the name Shangri-La’s Le Touessrok Resort and Spa. A year later, Sun acquired a 100 per cent stake in Anahita Hotel that owns the Four Seasons Resort in Mauritius.
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Sun Resort operates Long Beach along the east coast of Mauritius. Tis is a five star resort hidden in dense tropical gardens and situated on the Belle Mare beach. Sugar Beach is another five star resort in the bay of Flic en Flac with manicured gardens and pristine beaches. La Pirogue is a boho-chic resort themed in the style of a traditional fishing village with thatched bungalows. It reopened in 2017 after renovations. Finally, Ambre is a four star all- inclusive accommodation and an adult only resort.
CHANGES AHEAD In July last year, the 2018/19 budget announced
that gaming, slot or other gambling machines could now be located in hotels in a bid to attract wealthy tourists to the island whilst creating more revenue for the state via licensing fees and gambling tax.
Te measure contained in the Finance Bill created a new licence for a Hotel Casino Operator (Category 1A) which enables a hotel to install gaming or slot machines and other gambling machines.
In October, there was a call for applicants that
ran until the end of November. Te hotel casinos are to be reserved for non-residents and foreigners. To operate an applicant would need several permits including:
1. A Hotel Casino Licence that permits a hotelier to operate a casino at the hotel. Te annual licence fee is MRs55,000 (to increase to MRs75,000 in July 2021).
2. A Hotel Casino Operator Licence (per premises) is an annual licence fee of MRs250,000 (increasing to MRs300,000 in July 2021).
3. A Hotel Casino Gaming Machine licence in a casino that allows the operation of a gaming machine in the casino. Annual licence fee is MRs50,000 (rising to MRs75,000 in July 2021) per machine per year.
Te gaming machines will also have to be connected to the Central Electronic Monitoring System of the Gaming Regulatory Authority.
An amendment was added to the GRA Act but at the moment only two operators have come forward with applications after a year of bidding
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