The Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s Gambling Division is revisiting casino regulations in response to hoteliers who have spent the better part of the last year lobbying for amendments to temper the rules to current economic conditions and provide more flexibility they say would prevent a wave of casino closings.
The Financial Institutions Commissioner (known as OCIF for its initials in Spanish) announced Thursday it issued a “Cease and Desist” order against Hotel Campomar and Restaurant in Toa Baja, and its president Carlos Fuentes, for operating an unlicensed gambling hall.
The proliferation of illegal slot machines affects more than 2,800 casino employees, who are at risk of losing their jobs over the closure of casinos operating in Puerto Rico, Eric Rodríguez, vice president of the casinos division of Empresas Santana warned Wednesday.
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