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Cyprus – Five operators named so far in Cyprus tender
By Phil - 7 ta’ Ottubru 2015
Six major firms from the US, Malaysia, South Africa, Cambodia and France have officially lodged their interest in bidding for the licence to build and operate a casino resort in Cyprus.
Government sources in Cyprus have confirmed that five of the six operators include Genting, Hard Rock, Sun International, NagaCorp and Bouygues from France.
Each of these operators have paid €10,000 in order to bid for the casino licence. The expression of interest period began on September 18 and runs until December 18, 2015. More operators are expected to place their submission with Caesars and MGM resorts both reportedly interested in the multi-site opportunity.
The winning bidder will be announced in 2016 with a two year time scale given to open the resort casino. They will though have the option of opening a temporary casino construction within the year.
The government has instructed that the casino must be developed on privately owned land.
Genting, a Malaysian-born operator with casinos in Malaysia, Singapore, Macau and United Kingdom, is believed to have visited Cyprus to carry out initial due diligence and to establish a local presence. It is soon to open one of the largest casinos in the UK in Birmingham with a project that fits Cyprus’ resort definition. It faces competition from South African operator Sun International which operates Sun City, and Hard Rock which has a recognised international brand already in operation in Hollywood, Tampa Florida, Biloxi, Las Vegas and Punta Cana in the Caribbean. Cambodian operator NagaCorp is the largest hotel, gaming and leisure operator in Cambodia, and has already committed to a large scale project in Russia’s Far East. Bouygues is the lesser known of the bidders so far. It has interests in online operations in France.
Il-leġiżlazzjoni l-ġdida se tippermetti għal każinò resort wieħed bi slots u logħob tal-mejda, każinò iżgħar b’sa ħames tabelli u tliet postijiet tas-satelliti slots biss. Se jkun hemm projbizzjoni li jingħata kreditu lil plejers b'restrizzjonijiet ta' dħul għal plejers Ċiprijotti li jkollhom bżonn jiksbu permess speċjali wara li l-fajl tat-taxxa tagħhom jiġi ċċekkjat, li jikkonferma prova tad-dħul. L-età minima għall-plejers se tkun stabbilita għal 21 sena.
Il-gvern żied jgħid: “Il-każinò ta’ klassi dinjija għandu jinkludi mill-inqas 100 mejda tal-logħob u 1,000 magna tal-logħob. Jekk l-operatur jixtieq jinstalla aktar minn 200 mejda tal-logħob u/jew 2,000 magna tal-logħob, għandha tkun meħtieġa l-approvazzjoni tas-CGC. L-operatur se jkollu l-għażla li jiżviluppa, minbarra l-ICR, sa erba’ postijiet tal-każinò bis-satellita, f’distretti oħra għajr dak fejn se jkun jinsab l-ICR. Kull wieħed ikun liċenzjat għat-tħaddim ta' sa 50 magna tal-logħob għal kull post. Wieħed minn dawn il-postijiet jista' jeżerċita għażla addizzjonali biex jopera sa ħames imwejjed tal-logħob. Għall-finijiet tal-limitazzjonijiet fuq l-imwejjed tal-logħob u l-magni tal-logħob, il-logħob elettroniku tal-mejda għandu jiġi kklassifikat bħala l-imwejjed tal-logħob. Attivitajiet u faċilitajiet oħra mhumiex preskritti iżda għandhom jimmiraw li jiżviluppaw il-proposta tal-ICR b'mod li jappoġġa bl-aħjar mod l-għanijiet strateġiċi tal-Gvern. Eżempji ta’ faċilitajiet oħra bħal dawn jinkludu, iżda mhumiex limitati għal, faċilitajiet ta’ konferenzi u laqgħat, faċilitajiet ta’ konvenzjoni, imħallsa għal attrazzjonijiet, attrazzjonijiet komplementari, faċilitajiet sportivi, postijiet sportivi, postijiet ta’ divertiment, faċilitajiet turistiċi, faċilitajiet tal-bejgħ bl-imnut u tal-ikel u faċilitajiet ta’ rikreazzjoni. Il-Kandidati interessati jitħallew liberi li jipproponu tali taħlita ta’ faċilitajiet u attrazzjonijiet skont il-mudell tan-negozju tagħhom u dak li jqisu l-aktar adattat għall-iskopijiet taċ-Cyprus Integrated Casino Resort.”
