Puerto Rico Senate rejects new regulation for slot route machines

The Senate of Puerto Rico rejected a new proposed regulation for slot route gaming machines, which had been presented on March 1 by the Gaming Commission.

This week it was announced that the Senate of the Commonwealth of the United States approved Concurrent Resolution 57 to express the Legislative Assembly's rejection of the Regulation for the Issuance, Management and Control of Licenses for Slot Route Gaming Machines.

The proposed regulation "incorporates the amendments outlined in Law 42-2024 regarding the regulation of the cost per license and the distribution of its income, among other provisions". Said regulation is the one that contains the most recent amendments integrated into Law 11 of 1933, known as the Gaming Machine Law.

The proposed regulation establishes the administrative processes, criteria, rules, requirements, functions, obligations, and rights by which all persons interested in requesting or renewing their licenses for route gaming machines must abide. It also applies to those interested in obtaining or renewing the Licenses for Wholesale Owners, Business Owners, Manufacturers, Distributors, and Suppliers of Goods and Services of Slot Route Gaming Machines, according to the local media Microjuris.

In addition, it determines the operational and oversight procedures to be followed by the Gaming Commission or, if created, by the corresponding Bureau when awarding such licenses.

Likewise, the purpose of these regulations is to regulate the handling of said licenses and to establish the penalties that may be imposed on any person who fails to comply with the provisions of the law and the regulations.

A provision related to the payment of at least 50% of the income from the games to the retirees of the Puerto Rico Police Force was also included.