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Dominikanska Republika – Wynn u razgovorima o ulaganju 6 milijardi USD u Dominikansku Republiku
By Phil - 1. ožujka 2020. godine
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.
Igre na sreću reguliraju tri glavna zakona o igrama na sreću. Zakon br. 351 koji je donesen 1964., zakon br. 96-88 koji je donesen 1988. i zakon br. 29-06 koji je donesen 2006. Općenito govoreći, zakon br. 315 dopuštao je kockarnice u Dominikanskoj Republici. Zakon br. 96-88 dopustio je kockarnicama postavljanje automata za igre na sreću kako bi se dodatno povećali prihodi države, a Zakon br. 29-06 značajno je povećao porezno opterećenje za kockarnice i industriju igara na sreću. Također je dopustio automate u sportskim kladionicama. Zakoni o igrama na sreću također se često mijenjaju prvenstveno kako bi se povećali porezi na industriju.
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.
