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 Representatives Call for More
Taxes
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (October 21, 2009) -- They said
no to the 2% general tax but green lit tax hikes on the VAT, Income, Internet,
cigarettes and lottery....................Subscribers
Mexico’s
Pronósticos Joins US Lotteries Using Smartplay’s Origin™
System
EDGEWATER PARK, New Jersey (October 8, 2009) - This
week, Smartplay International, Inc. shipped two new Origin™ Digital Draw
Systems off to sunny Mexico City in anticipation of Pronósticos’
new raffle game launch. Pronósticos para la Asistencia
Pública will take possession of their new drawing system before the end
of this week...................Subscribers
Mexico's National
Lottery Sets Second Guinness Record This Year
MEXICO CITY,
Mexico (October 1, 2009) -- Loteria Nacional Para La Assistencia Publica,
Mexico's national lottery, for the second time in less than three months, set a
Guinness record when it was recognized as the institution of its kind that
distributed the most prizes in 2008..............Subscribers
Despite the Economic
Crisis Lottery Sales Recover in Mexico
Frente a
crisis económica y de empleo, juegos de azar repuntan en
México
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (July 23, 2009) –
Despite the national economic crisis, there was a slight recovery in the demand
of games of chance and lottery this year, compared to 2008. The general
assistant director of sales of Pronósticos para la Asistencia
Pública, Manuel Flores Campos, explained that they expected a growth of
13 %, but they will reach just 8.1 %, which, according to him, is an
encouraging number considering the current financial
situation........................Subscribers
The Director of the
Mexican National Lottery Submits Resignation
MEXICO (June
1, 2009) -- Three hours after having qualified as inadmissible his
temporary dismissal to the position by the Public Function Secretariat (SFP),
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, presented his resignation as general
director of the National Lottery (Lotenal).....................Subscribers
Competition Commission to Probe Mexico’s Lottery
Market
UNITED KINGDOM (October 20, 2008) -- Mexico’s
Federal Competition Commission is reported to have launched an official
investigation into possible anti-competitive practices in the country’s
lottery market following complaints lodged...............Subscribers
National Lottery of Mexico Honors Former Diver
Capilla
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (July 15, 2008) -- Loteria
Nacional Para La Assistencia Publica, the National Lottery of Mexico, on Monday
awarded Mexican former diver Joaquin Capilla a lottery ticket with his image on
it.................Subscribers
Mexico's New Gaming Tax
Too High
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (July 24, 2007) –
Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, last month presented a long-awaited fiscal
reform plan, part of which would close off corporate tax
loopholes..............Subscribers
Biggest-Ever Lottery
Prize in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (June 4, 2007) -- The
Mexican lottery system paid out Sunday night the biggest prize in the country's
history, 406 million pesos (almost US$37 million) on a single ticket, officials
at the charitable PAP agency .................Subscribers
MEXICO CITY (July 14, 2004) -- The director of
Mexico's National Lottery, Laura Valdes, was replaced Tuesday amid accusations
that the agency may have favored some private charities, rather than passing
money through normal governmental channels.
Valdes will be replaced by
Tomas Ruiz Gonzalez, a congressman for the former ruling Institutional
Revolutionary Party who also once served as Mexico's assistant treasury
secretary.
President Vicente Fox thanked Valdes for her work at the
lottery, but did not specify why she was being replaced.
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