{"id":777016012,"date":"2024-05-31T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016012"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:39:57","slug":"ccc-proposes-amendment-to-casino-law-to-allow-multiple-licences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ccc-proposes-amendment-to-casino-law-to-allow-multiple-licences","title":{"rendered":"CCC proposes amendment to casino law to allow multiple licences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The regulator proposes to end IPI’s exclusive licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Northern Mariana Islands.- The Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC) <\/strong>has recommended an amendment to the current casino law to allow for the entry of new operators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its monthly meeting, board chair\u00a0Edward C. DeLeon Guerrero <\/strong>told vice chair\u00a0Rafael S. Demapan<\/strong>\u00a0and commissioner\u00a0Mariano Taitano <\/strong>he had held discussions with speaker Edmund S. Villagomez and senate president Edith Deleon Guerrero regarding that legislators should consider removing the exclusivity held by Imperial Pacific International<\/a> (IPI) and consider granting three or more casino licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initiative follows earlier legislative proposals, such as Senate Local Bill 23-5<\/a>, which seeks to permit internet gaming on Tinian. Authored by Senator Jude U. Hofschneider, it would grant the Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission (TCGCC) the authority to issue 20-year internet gaming licences to investors interested in developing online gaming. The bill does not set a limit on the number of licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Ways and Means Committee chair Ralph N. Yumul <\/strong>has expressed intent to deliberate on potential amendments in collaboration with the CCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deleon Guerrero suggested that since the community benefit fund is not mandated by the casino law, a gaming tax should be imposed on casino operations. P.L. 18-56 does not impose a gaming tax on IPI, the sole casino operator on the island, which owes the CNMI over US$62m in licence fees and more than US$17.6m in regulatory fees for the years 2020 through 2023: US$79.6m in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deleon Guerrero also proposed removing non-gaming responsibilities, such as hotel and resort operations from the CCC’s list of duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The regulator proposes to end IPI’s exclusive licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Commonwealth Casino Commission in the Northern Mariana Islands proposes a significant amendment to casino law, aiming to terminate Imperial Pacific International's exclusive license and enable the entry of multiple new operators. Concurrently, legislative initiatives are advancing to introduce internet gaming licenses on Tinian and implement a gaming tax, against the backdrop of IPI's substantial outstanding regulatory and license fee obligations.","focusai_entities":"Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC), Edward C. DeLeon Guerrero, Rafael S. Demapan, Mariano Taitano, Edmund S. Villagomez, Edith Deleon Guerrero, Imperial Pacific International (IPI), Senator Jude U. Hofschneider, Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission (TCGCC), Ralph N. Yumul","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, Tinian, CNMI","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IPI Debt Recovery Plan?","query":"What specific mechanisms and timelines are being considered by the CNMI government to recover the US$79.6 million owed by Imperial Pacific International, and how might this impact future licensing terms for new entrants?"},{"label":"New Licensee Criteria?","query":"Beyond removing exclusivity, what specific financial, operational, and governance criteria will the Commonwealth Casino Commission establish for prospective casino and internet gaming licensees to ensure market integrity and sustainable growth?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[21613,23911],"class_list":["post-777016012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-commonwealth-casino-commission","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777016012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016019,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016012\/revisions\/777016019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}