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Uruguay should get ready for Brazil's casino industry
By Lucia Mouriño -April 3, 2020
Prior to the COVID-19 global health pandemic making regulatory progress impossible and essentially paralyzing all industries and activities, Brazil was reportedly on the brink of legalizing casinos.
The bill, which already has the support of the President of the Chamber of Deputies Rodrigo Maia and the Vice President of Brazil Hamilton Mourão, could be significant for the casino sector within Uruguay given how crucial Brazilian players are in the region.
Brazilian players in Uruguayan casinos are so important for Enjoy Punta del Este that it has an office in São Paulo, where regular charter flights depart to the tourist casino. This means that Uruguayan facilities would lose a significant percentage of their visitors if Brazil decided to allow its own legal casinos.
“We must not be oblivious to the developments that are taking place in our neighboring countries, especially the gambling legalization in Brazil. We should analyze the impact that it has in Uruguay and come up with policies to retain those players,” said Luis Gama, former head of the National Directorate of Lotteries and Quinielas of Uruguay (DNLQ) to SBC Americas sister site SBC Noticias.
More:
https://www.sbcamericas.com/2020/04/03/uruguay-should-get-ready-for-brazils-casino-industry/
