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Panama government to harden controls to betting houses due to evasion

Tuesday 10 de December 2019 / 04:04

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(Panama City).- After declaring a loss of US$ 1.5 million in tax collection, the Gambling Control Committee will harden controls in slots, using state-of-the-art technology to control its use, and prepares the regulation for Internet betting.

Panama government to harden controls to betting houses due to evasion

According to the Executive Secretary of the Gambling Control Committee, Manuel Sánchez, the missing undeclared was detected in audits and 30 inspection operations that also seized a number of illegal Type C slot machines.

Unlike the five previous years, when just two or three controls were held-the current administration fights illegal gambling and also anticipates the interconnection of slots, a project that will be treated in a tender process and will enable the Gambling Control Committee supervision in real time, each dollar that enters in casinos, TypeA Machines and gambling tables, among other operations.
Besides, a chip will be put in Type-C-slots, replsving the vulnerable plaques that now are used for identification.

According to recent data, the first eight months of 2019, there was a 50.8 million in games of chance collection, what represent a decrease of 33.2% compared to the US$ 76.1 million received in the same period 2018.

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