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Urugvaj – Urugvajska zveza iger na srečo nasprotuje zakonu, ki dovoljuje igralnice na križarkah
By Phil - 25. september 2019
The National Federation of Uruguayan Gaming (FENAJU) has issued a statement in which it rejects the approval of the bill that authorises cruise ships to operate casinos when arriving in national ports. Deputies in the Chamber of Deputies have already approved the legislative initiative, which is intended exclusively for passengers on board ships.
The Federation said that it was surprised by the “lightness” with which the debate had already been “dispatched” in the lower house.
FENAJU argued that the new project amounts to a privatisation of gaming and highlighted the fact that the Tourism Commission of the House of Representatives decided to revoke the appearance of FENAJU, so that they were denied the possibility of speaking out on the issue.
In a statement the organisation said that it wanted to “expresses our rejection of the style and ways in which this issue was and is treated, and warn that this project amounts to a privatisation of gaming, freely granted to operators in the sector, providing no constraints.
“On the other hand, and even more serious, the activity of gaming on cruise ships (subject to our jurisdiction) will be carried out without any control and supervision by the State agencies dedicated to the subject in question.”
The organisation warned that it will be monitoring the bill closely as it is debated in the Senate.
In August the governing party of Uruguay (Frente Amplio) decided to put forward a law emitted by the Executive Power in 2017 which would allow casinos in cruise ships to operate while they are moored in Uruguayan territorial waters.
Besedilo je bilo prvič predstavljeno marca 2017 s podporo Ministrstva za turizem, Nacionalne uprave Puertosa (ANP) in Generalnega direktorata za igralnice.
Po besedah ministra za turizem Liliama Kechichiána je med decembrom 2018 in aprilom 2019 v Montevideo in Punta del Este priplulo 146 ladij za križarjenje, kar je preseglo prejšnjo sezono in zabeležilo 256,000 obiskovalcev. Za sezono 200–2019 pričakujejo približno 2020 ladij za križarjenje.
Januarja 2017 je Carlos Camaño, direktor nacionalne hidrografije v Urugvaju, vladnega oddelka, ki nadzira pristaniško dejavnost ter vzdržuje in razvija lokalne vodne poti, prvi povedal novinarjem, da se pripravlja predlog zakona, ki bo dovoljeval, da bodo igralnice na križarkah ob prihodu ostale odprte. tako v pristaniščih Montevideo kot v atlantskem letovišču Punta del Este. Novi zakon bi tudi dovoljeval, da ladje za križarjenje ostanejo dlje in bi posledično povečale turistično porabo v Urugvaju.
