Archivos de etiqueta: Chillán

The municipal government of the Chilean city of Chillán located in the Bio Bío region, is preparing to carry out a definitive closure of the so-called ‘neighbourhood casinos’ that operate illegally and which remain open despite the repeated attempts made by the government to close them down. The slot parlours have been in operation in…

While it might have appeared that over two years of controversy and legal wrangling in the courts was finally over when it came to the granting of the licence in Chillán it would appear that Boldt Peralada still has one card left to play. The Santiago Appeals Court has declared admissible a claim put forward…

After more than two years of controversy and legal wrangling in the courts the licensing process for the casino in the city of Chillán is finally over. The Resolution Council of the Chilean Gaming Board (SJC) ruled against Spanish Argentine consortium Boldt Perlada and awarded the licence to Chilean-Canadian operator Marina del Sol. In a…

El Consejo Decididor de la Junta Controladora del Juego (SJC) de Chile tomará una decisión final el próximo lunes sobre la licencia del casino de la ciudad de Chillán. Según los informes, el panel ha sido convocado para resolver de una vez por todas la licitación por la licencia vacante cuando se reúna la próxima semana. El…

Chile’s Supreme Court has upheld the ruling made by the Concepción Court of Appeals, which in March decided to reject the appeal filed last December by the Spanish-Argentine consortium Boldt Peralada against the Regional Government of Bio Bio. In November the Regional Council of Bio Bio rejected the proposal put forward by the Boldt-Peralada group…

The President of Chilean company Marina del Sol, Nicolás Imschenetzky has denied irregularities in the bidding process for the casino licence in Chillán and has laid the blame for the delay on his competitor Boldt-Peralada. “We hope that the end of the litigation will come soon which has unfortunately taken quite some time and it…

The mayor of the Chilean city of Chillán, Sergio Zarzar, has said that the delay in awarding the license for the installation of a casino has had a deeply damaging effect on the community. “With this delay we are losing a billion pesos a year that we would gain through taxes and, therefore, there are…

The Head of the Chilean Gaming Control Board (SJC) Renato Hamel is to resign with local press stating that the reason could be down to the growing controversy over the awarding of the licence in Chillan. According to the Ministry of Finance, the request for Mr Hamel’s resignation was made by the President of Chile…

The Chilean Gaming Control Board (SCJ) has come out against reports in local media which claimed that it had failed to deliver a report to the proper authorities on time which would have ruled out Chilean-Canadian operator Marina del Sol from the bidding process for a casino in Chillan. The article in the newspaper had…