The Peruvian Gaming Commission, which is a dependency of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, has announced record revenues of gaming tax for 2007 collected from slots and casinos in the country. Gaming Commission Chief Manuel San Roman explained that up to last year monthly revenues were about a million dollars, but now gambling tax collections are in excess of US $4 million per month.

San Roman said that the reason for the increase in tax collection is close scrutiny of control, licensing and auditing of slot businesses, which has been recognized as the most efficient in Latin America. He added, "The monies we collect are for the Peruvian Sports Institution, centres for technological advance in local arts and crafts, and district and provincial governments”.

According to the Gaming Commission Chief, one of the goals for this year is to finish the licensing process for all slots operations in the country. This was in complete chaos up to last year, with over 50% illegal operations that paid no tax. San Roman concluded: "We are going to install an online system to connect all licensed slot machines in the country to a central computer to register revenue in real time. This will enable us to control the gaming operations better." (E-02.08.08)

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