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turismo puedan participar de la licitación para la apertura de allowed in each province, there will be no more licences once
una casa de juegos de lujo dedicada a los visitantes a la zona. all the licences have been granted.
There will be three categories of licence according to the
number of machines and the type of gaming establishment.
The first category will be exclusive luxury properties with
more than 160 gaming devices. The second category is for
operations with more than 100 gaming machines and the
third category licence will allow between 60 or less machines.
There is a provision for tourist destinations to participate in
the luxury end of the gaming licensing process to attract
foreign visitors.
The Monticello Grand Casino opens
south of Santiago
Chile’s largest casino opened its doors to the public early in
David Orrick, Novomatic Director of Communications receives Best
October. The Monticello Grand Casino has a licence to
Gaming Development Award at SAGSE Buenos Aires 2008.
operate for fifteen years and is in a prime position, being the
Se inauguró el Grand Casino Monticello en casino closest to Chile’s capital city Santiago. The consortium
Chile that owns the entertainment complex is the French company
A principios de octubre abrió el casino de juegos más grande International Group of Gaming & Resorts (IGGR), and the
de Sudamérica, en la comuna de Mostazal en Chile, company NovoSun which is a 50-50 joint venture of Austrian
prosiguiendo con el proceso de licitación de casinos que Novomatic and South African Sun International, under the
empezó hacen casi dos años. El casino cuenta con diversos name of San Francisco Investment S.A.
bares y restaurantes, y uno de ellos cuenta con un escenario Whilst the casino is now in operation, construction
para constantes conciertos y espectáculos de todo tipo. continues on other parts of the development, and by the end
El proyecto integral de San Francisco Investment S.A., es of 2009 the full complex must be finished with a 5-star 155-
propiedad de las empresas Sun International de Sudáfrica, room hotel with spa and gymnasium, a convention centre and
Novomatic de Austria y IGGR de Francia, contará con un two business centres, a theatre, restaurants and bars, craft
Centro de Convenciones de magnitud con capacidad para más centre, children’s park, sports facilities and more. Monticello
de 1.800 personas, un hotel 5 estrellas con 155 habitaciones, Grand Casino has 80 gaming tables and 770 slot machines, a
dos business center; spa y gimnasio; sala de espectáculos y club number that will rise by 1,500, with a minimum 85% payout.
de baile; restaurantes, bares y cafeterías; centro comercial, entre There is also a 300-seat bingo.
muchas ofertas estará listo para el 29 de diciembre del 2009.
International companies sign up to
Líderes del sector organizan AGS 2009 organize AGS 2009
Patricia Alarcón y Elizabeth Leiva, organizadoras del Aruba The dynamic duo organizing the Aruba Gaming Show has
Gaming Show 2009, han declarado estar “orgullosas de anunciar reported that twenty-five international companies have
luego de un mes de lanzar nuestro evento AGS 2009, que hemos already signed up to exhibit 12 & 13 March 2009, just one
cerrado trato con 25 empresas internacionales, las mismas que month since the event was launched. Elizabeth Leiva and
están altamente motivadas con su participación en nuestro trade Patricia Alarcon
show, a realizarse el próximo 12 y 13 de Marzo del 2009”. have offered a warm
Entre las importantes empresas se encuentran: Bally Gaming, welcome or Bon
Casino Technology, Eurogames Technology, Sielcon, Abaco, Bini, in the local
Gemaco, Imagination South America, Secure Mobile, Osi Creole language of
Entertainment, APG, Bet Stone, Cupralsa, etc, están haciendo the Netherlands
arreglos para tener una presentación destacada en Aruba. Antilles, to
Aruba Gaming Show organizers Patricia
companies such as
Alarcon and Elizabeth Leiva.
Casino Technology,
Eurogames and not
forgetting show sponsor Bally Gaming and the industry
media.
According to the organizers, Aruba was chosen because of
its strategic position between South and North America and
Europe and has direct air and shipping routes. The island is
also outside the hurricane belt that plagues much of the
Caribbean and has a pleasant year-round climate. Aruba is no
stranger to the gaming industry, with 12 casinos and some
3,500 slot machines. It boasts a modern infrastructure and is
easily accessible to global commerce.
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