In a press conference Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Jose Luis Silva has said that gambling tax revenue for 2012 would hit US$112 million, after changes to the regulations on real time online slots control, known by the local anagram SUCTR. Silva said that for 2013, gambling tax would increase to US$150 million.
SUCTR is the new administration system that will connect slot machines to a data centre run and controlled by Peru’s regulators at the Ministry MINCETUR and the local tax revenue collection agency SUNAT. The system will enable Peruvian regulators Dirección General de Juegos de Casino y Máquinas Tragamonedas at MINCETUR control, supervise and audit each slot machine and revenue generated from all licensed casinos and slot halls in the country.
At the time of going to press, SUCRT needed the country’s president’s signature to become law, after the Congress had approved legislation to implement the latest changes to SUCTR.
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Once the law becomes effective, Peru’s gambling operators will have six months to set up online control systems to process the information according to the law, which states that SUCTR related hardware and software should be updated every three years.
Furthermore, Congress confirmed legislation relating to implementation and connection costs for operators to bear the full brunt of the new changes to have slots connected 24/7. There are in excess of 70,000 slot machines in Peru in 688 slot halls and 12 full casinos. (E-01.12.12)
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