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Lopesan invests over €300m in three new Punta Cana resorts in Dominican Republic

Lawmaker files sweeping overhaul to criminalise illegal gambling in Costa Rica Lopesan Hotel Group has strengthened its footprint in the Caribbean with the opening of three new resorts in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, following an investment of more than €300 million. The development adds over 1,000 rooms and represents the company’s largest expansion in the region since the launch of the Lopesan Costa Bávaro Resort ...

Dominican Republic announces higher taxation of casinos and gambling

The Dominican Ministry of Finance and Economy has presented an anti-crisis fiscal package centred on a three-percentage-point surcharge on corporate income tax for large taxpayers, raising the rate from 27 to 30 per cent for three years, and an ...

Puerto Rico Senate stages casino floor visit as it weighs landmark gambling expansion bill

Puerto Rico’s Senate has intensified scrutiny of a key funding mechanism for police pensions, holding a public hearing to investigate delays in implementing the island’s police retirement trust and gambling machine law. The Committee on ...

Dominican Republic casino operators face strict new rules under new anti-money-laundering regime

Casino and slot-hall operators in the Dominican Republic faced a 14 May 2026 deadline to file their first sworn ...

Hotel chain Lopesan announces four new casinos in the Dominican Republic  

Hotel chain Lopesan has announced the opening of four new casinos in Punta Cana in the Dominican ...

Senator puts forward gambling expansion bill in Puerto Rico

Senator Roxanna Soto Aguilú has submitted Senate Bill 960 (PS 960) to the Legislative Assembly which would expand ...

Judge accepts plea bargain from ex head of Dominican Republic gambling board in massive corruption case

A judge has accepted a plea bargain from Oscar Arturo Chalas Guerrero, the former Director of Casinos and Games of ...

Puerto Rico’s Gaming Commission announces interconnection period for route gambling machines

The director of the Gaming Commission of the Government of Puerto Rico, Juan Carlos Santaella Marchán, has ...

Former head of gambling board in Dominican Republic pleads guilty and taken to hospital

The former director of Casinos and Games of Chance, Oscar Chalas Guerrero, was admitted to a medical centre after ...

Puerto Rico route gambling operators provide boost to police pensions

The Business Group of Gaming Machines (GEMA), which brings together licensed operators in the route gaming sector, ...