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República Dominicana – Wynn em discussões para investir US$ 6 bilhões na República Dominicana
By Phil - 1 de março de 2020
Wynn Hotels & Resort could be on the verge of making a major investment in the Dominican Republic.
According to a press release the company is in talks with business leaders to acquire 12 hectares in order to build a 9,000-room hotel in three stage process. The project will have 16 casinos.
According to Dominican Today the company’s lawyers in New York and representatives in the Dominican Republic said they will focus its investments in Punta Cana, where they plan to invest more than US$6bn in six years, starting at the end of this year.
The Dominican Republic is currently experiencing a tourist boom. In the last eight years it posted an average annual growth of five per cent in tourist arrivals, adding 45.2 million visitors between 2012 and 2019. Income from the industry stood at more than US$50.6bn between 2012 and 2019. Last year was the highest with an estimated US$7.7 billion according to figures released by the Tourism Ministry.
The country already has around 50 casinos, more than any other country in the Caribbean, with the existing Hard Rock casino in Punta Cana offering more than 40 table games and over 450 slot machines.
Os jogos são regulamentados por três leis principais de jogos. A Lei nº 351, aprovada em 1964, a Lei nº 96-88, aprovada em 1988, e a Lei nº 29-06, aprovada em 2006. Em termos gerais, a Lei nº 315 permitiu jogos de cassino na República Dominicana. A Lei n.º 96-88 permitiu que os casinos alojassem máquinas caça-níqueis, a fim de aumentar ainda mais as receitas do estado e a Lei n.º 29-06 aumentou significativamente a carga fiscal sobre os casinos e a indústria do jogo. Também permitiu máquinas caça-níqueis em lojas de apostas esportivas. As leis de jogos também são frequentemente alteradas, principalmente para aumentar os impostos sobre a indústria.
Law No. 351, which was the first bill to regulate gaming in the Dominican Republic, states that casinos are primarily a way to attract tourists to the country. As a result casinos may only be present in what it terms “first class” hotels.
