{"id":1641,"date":"2016-01-27T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:29:11","slug":"denuncian-casinos-ilegales-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/denuncian-casinos-ilegales-mexico","title":{"rendered":"Denuncian casinos ilegales en M\u00e9xico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Se suma al anuncio de los diputados del partido PRI que buscar\u00e1n aumentar los impuestos a los casinos en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9xico.- Jorge Hank Rhon, expresidente municipal de Tijuana, denunci\u00f3 que en Baja California operan ocho casinos ilegales. El ingeniero hab\u00eda sido acusado por Carlos Bustamante, exalcalde, de haber presionado para clausurar el Casino Grand Arenia a principios de este mes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abYo lo que ped\u00ed, he pedido y seguir\u00e9 pidiendo siempre es que se act\u00fae en contra de los ilegales, porque s\u00ed hay. S\u00ed hay muchos en Tijuana, hay muchos m\u00e1s en Mexicali, en Ensenada y en Rosarito, el \u00fanico que se escapa es Tecate, pero fuera de ah\u00ed hay muchos, y no nada m\u00e1s tragamonedas, sino casinos ilegales\u00bb, sentenci\u00f3 Hank, que adem\u00e1s es el presidente del Grupo Caliente -cadena de hoteles, casinos, y galg\u00f3dromo con centros de apuestas repartidas por 19 estados del pa\u00eds-.<\/p>\n<p>La denuncia surge luego de que Hank y su \u00abmonopolio\u00bb sean acusados de causar la quita de licencia para que opere el Casino Arenia. El exalcalde asegur\u00f3 que el gobierno municipal de Tijuana tiene un arreglo para favorecer los intereses privados del Grupo Caliente. La respuesta del gobierno fue que el casino seguir\u00eda abierto si hubiese cumplido con la ley al cien por ciento.<\/p>\n<p>Hank se deslig\u00f3 del tema y se ampar\u00f3 en la amistad que mantiene con los Bustamante. Sin embargo, su preocupaci\u00f3n actual es la competencia desleal que significan estos casinos ilegales. El magnate sostuvo: \u00abDesafortunadamente nos preocupa\u00a0la irregularidad,\u00a0ellos\u00a0no est\u00e1n dentro de los par\u00e1metros de la ley. No solamente nos afecta econ\u00f3micamente como empresa, sino que nos quita credibilidad. T\u00fa vas a cualquier lugar a jugar maquinitas y de repente te corren o no te paga la m\u00e1quina, u ocurre cualquier problema y el p\u00fablico comienza a creer que todos los casinos son iguales, entonces dejan de venir\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Se suma al anuncio de los diputados del partido PRI que buscar\u00e1n aumentar los impuestos a los casinos en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Jorge Hank Rhon, president of Grupo Caliente, has publicly denounced the widespread operation of eight illegal casinos in Baja California, Mexico, citing severe economic detriment and reputational damage to the legitimate iGaming sector. This denunciation emerges amidst accusations of Grupo Caliente's influence in the closure of Casino Grand Arenia and legislative proposals by the PRI party to increase casino taxes. Hank emphasizes the critical need for regulatory action against these unregulated entities to ensure fair competition and market integrity.","focusai_entities":"Jorge Hank Rhon, Carlos Bustamante, Grupo Caliente, Casino Grand Arenia, PRI","focusai_location":"Mexico, Baja California, Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, Rosarito, Tecate","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Strategy","query":"Given the widespread denunciation of illegal casino operations, what specific enforcement strategies and inter-agency collaborations are being considered by Mexican regulators to safeguard the integrity of the licensed iGaming market?"},{"label":"Economic Impact","query":"How do the proposed tax increases by the PRI party, coupled with the unchecked proliferation of illegal operators, impact the projected GGR and NGR for licensed operators in Mexico, and what policy adjustments are anticipated to mitigate these pressures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,22,5],"tags":[49,787,788,104,790,791,89],"class_list":["post-1641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casinos","category-norte-america","category-noticias-diarias","tag-casinos","tag-grupo-caliente","tag-impuestos-a-casinos","tag-mexico","tag-pri","tag-tijuana","tag-tragamonedas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777088866,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions\/777088866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/latinoamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}