From the Puerto Rico Police Members Association, the intervention of the Federal Control Board was requested.
Puerto Rico.- José J. Taboada de Jesús, president of the Puerto Rico Police Members Association, requested the urgent intervention of the Federal Control Board and its executive director, Robert F. Mujica, to stop the request from Camarero Racetrack to increase to 15 the number of slot machine terminals at each of its horse betting agencies.
Taboada de Jesús expressed his strong opposition to this measure, arguing that it would benefit the company Light & Wonder and the Racetrack without contributing to the Department of Treasury.
“We totally disagree with the request to increase the number of terminals at each horse betting agency. This action not only affects the Police Retirement System Fund, but also allows for legalized tax evasion by the racetrack owners,” stated Taboada de Jesús as reported by the local media El Sol de Puerto Rico.
In an extensive “Explanatory Memorial,” the police leader pointed out that the owners of Camarero Racetrack have “pressured legislators to achieve legislation favorable to their interests,” allowing them to operate up to 5,000 slot machines, of which currently about 3,500 are operational.
He also criticized the intention to expand to 50 mini-casinos and to request more machines, which according to him, creates a “massive leakage of contributions not allocated to the police retirement system”.
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Taboada de Jesús also warned that the Racetrack is planning to increase the prizes in its slot machines exempt from duties, which he considers an act not regulated by the Gaming Commission.
The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs attributed the decline to the government’s efforts.
Indonesia.- The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has reported a decline in illegal online gambling detected in the country. In a meeting with Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR), Alexander Sabar, the ministry’s director general of digital space supervision, said online gambling transactions amounted to Rp4tn in the third quarter of 2024, down from Rp21tn (US$1.29bn) in the first quarter and Rp16tn in the second. However, numbers are likely to be very rough estimates.
From 2017 to January 21, 2025, the ministry has acted against 5,707,952 pieces of digital content related to online gambling. Earlier this month, Molly Prabawaty, acting general director of Public Communication and Media at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Technology (Komdigi), said that between January 1 and January 6, her ministry acted against 43,063 pieces of digital content related to online gambling.
Gambling in Indonesia is illegal for both citizens and foreigners. The government has also implemented a monitoring system using artificial intelligence to detect websites associated with online gambling.
