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SAGSE
REPORT
Latin America has continued to produce
some huge casino projects over the last
12 months and as some markets reach
their full quota of licences others emerge
to maintain the sector’s potential.
Phil Martin reports from SAGSE
2009, the leading gaming exhibition
for the region.
Brazilian
bingo bill
keeps
flag flying
at SAGSE
carnivaltime tion and size of the country,
SAGSE we would expect it to
become the biggest slot
The mood at the seventeenth market in Latin America.”
SAGSE (South American The bill to regulate bingo
Gaming Suppliers Exhibi- and slot machine gaming in
tion) held September 30 to Brazil is currently being con-
October 2 in Buenos Aires, sidered in Brazil’s full
was one of buoyancy and Chamber of Deputies. Draft
acceptance. legislation has already passed
There was acceptance that through the Chamber of
with most of the new licences Deputies’ constitutional and
in Chile now fulfilled, sales justice committee (CCJ) by a
figures from that market huge margin of 40 votes to
would never reach such seven. It will now be passed
heady heights again. This was on for a discussion in the
coupled with the acknowl- lower house of the Brazilian
edgement that the global Congress, although ulti-
recession had finally taken mately the bill’s passage will
hold in Latin America albeit rest with president Luiz
only in the last few months. Inácio Lula da Silva. It cer-
Any despondency though tainly appears to have politi-
was cast to one side, certainly cal support.
by the slot manufacturers, For Carlos Carrion, the
due to the ever growing like- current marketing manager
lihood that the Brazilian for Aristocrat in Latin
bingo sector will once again America, the timing would
be opened up, creating what be perfect.
Euro Games
each manufacturer believes “The bill has got further
Technology’s GameStar from
will be the most important than many preceding it and Classic Blend MLP GoldClub
single slot market in the has already received the
region almost overnight. approval of two sub commit-
“It’s difficult not to be tees in recent months. Brazil months, would be ideal.” are still four or five licences and Bolivia are ongoing.” tions and the second year of
excited by the opportunity has a population of 240 Carrion expects any to be developed in Chile, In terms of slot figures, a rival show running at the
that Brazil would present,” million so there really is no downturn in the market due Paraguay will have ten new Columbia has nearly 70,000, same time only affected
said Kurt Quartier, vice presi- exaggerating the potential to the global recession to venues whilst Uruguay with Argentina over 30,000, SAGSE 2009 a little. Only a
dent of international markets size of a slot market there. have recovered by the 19 new slot halls, two new Uruguay almost 5,000, Chile few international exhibitors
for IGT. “We know there’s We’re certainly hopeful that second quarter of next year. casinos and scope for inter- over 4,000 and Peru almost from the previous year chose
some way to go before new regulation will be approved He is also looking at several national investment in exist- 3,000. The disparity of the not to exhibit and all compa-
regulations are finally to open the Brazilian bingo other markets optimistically. ing venues could see plenty markets is also spread across nies reported having seen
approved but things are more market. Latin America has “With a population of over of movement next year. legalisation and quality and their key clients. Official
positive there than for many, only really been hit by the 100 million, Mexico remains Whilst Argentina has become type of machines. attendance figures weren’t
many years. It’s impossible to recession in the last few a good opportunity but is in a replacement market with The downturn in the available at International
say how many slots this may months so the timing, which real need of better regula- just a few new openings world’s economy, the emer- Casino Review’s time of
mean but given the popula- could be as soon as six tion,” he explained. “There each year, Columbia, Peru gence of more local exhbi- going to press.
30 November 2009 • sagsereport
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