Coljuegos. After Mundo Video published the plan with which Coljuegos expects to grow 30% in 2020, where one of the points is "Issue the reliability conditions of Electronic Slot Machines (MET)", the Cornazar, Fecoljuegos and Asojuegos associations were joined together to send a letter to the new president of Coljuegos, Juan Carlos Valencia in favor of finding solutions that especially help the localized gambling operator, who have been the most affected by the lack of presence when playing in casinos.
The main argument is the current situation of selective isolation measures that in effect have helped to have greater flexibility in the economy but have not managed to solve the blow received by businessmen in recent months, especially casino operators. Well, the capacity limit requires that there be 50% less of the full capacity, which it must be added that the health emergence very possibly continues for the rest of the year, gives the presence of strict quarantines on weekends in the majority of municipalities in our country decreasing the possibility of generating income during the days with the highest player traffic for the sector.
With this understanding, the unions asked Coljuegos to analyze the following proposals to help solve the impact of the pandemic:
1. The extension of the reduction of game elements in the concession contracts during the rest of 2021, specifically for localized gambling establishments, Casinos.
2. Reduction of the fixed rate for the operation of Game Tables and bingo halls for the rest of the year.
3. The game elements that declare a fixed rate, do so only for the times that the elements are operating. That is, they will only declare for the time that the game element was providing the service.
4. Payment facilities for exploitation rights caused during the year 2021.
5. Ease financial indicators provided for in article 10 of Resolution 20182300011754 of 2018
In addition, they request a review of the terms in which the sanctioning processes are carried out for “alleged inaccuracies” in which the evidence is denied and technical evidence is not provided by COLJUEGOS. Together with an immediate application of Paragraph 2 of Article 59 of the Development Plan, which establishes that VAT will NOT form part of the basis for the calculation of exploitation rights.
On the other hand, the unions seek to make the new president of Coljuegos aware, clarifying that it is not a propitious time to regulate the reliability process of the slot machines, since the conditions to carry it out from different edges are not given, since the operators localized games are in the daily struggle of keeping their casinos overboard, paying their legal responsibilities which includes payroll, taxes, prizes and as if that were not enough, the constant investment in elements for compliance of biosafety protocol, so which argues that it is a year in which this project cannot be considered since a regularization in terms of reliability translates into a new investment of slots machines to which the operators are not in the slightest possibility of doing. Asking then to move the dates and work on new proposals that support the sector in these critical moments.
Such as those proposed below, a management of tax relief, soft loans and support from the financial sector and public banking to sustain entrepreneurs in the sector. Coljuegos
