Representative Jose Gonzales Sanchez has announced that he will present to the El Salvador Congress a project to change some aspects of the legislation on operation of casinos and sports betting salons, in order to exclude slot machine operation from the latter. The representative's proposal also includes a fixed levy on each slot machine installed in a casino operation, according to its location.

According to Gonzales Sanchez's proposal, tax on slot machines installed in casinos located in the capital city Santo Domingo and the province of the same name would pay the equivalent in local currency of US$133 each. Slots in the cities of Santiago, La Altegracia and La Romana would pay US$103 each. The changes proposed also include distance exclusion zones for sports betting salons or 'books', as they are quaintly called in this Spanish speaking country, with a minimum 4,200 feet distance for new books from other existing businesses.

The changes to legislation proposed by the representative have a provision for existing 'books', which operate too close to each other but must move to a distance of no more than 150 feet from the current location. One suspects that where there are three books next to each other, this provision may just work, but it somehow lacks relevance where there are more than 3 books closely together. (E-02.05.08)

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