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Aguascalientes lawmakers prepare bill targeting slot machines

Regulation

Lawmakers in Mexico’s Aguascalientes state are preparing a proposal to treat slot machines as instruments used to commit crimes, state legal adviser Eduardo Aguilar Sierra said. The proposed framework would address offences including fraud, money laundering and corruption of minors; the executive is supporting the parliamentary groups drafting it.

The proposal could create state-level criminal provisions affecting slot-machine operations in Aguascalientes.

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FGR seizes more than 50 slot machines in Querétaro operation

Mexico's Fiscalía General de la República seized more than 50 slot machines at a property in Santa Rosa Jáuregui, Querétaro, with support from the Army, National Guard and state police. Authorities forced open the access gate because the premises were closed and moved the equipment by crane to the federal prosecutor's office. A simultaneous operation in Mexico City's historic centre seized at least 12 machines.

Mexico's Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) seized more than 50 slot machines at a property in the centre of Santa Rosa Jáuregui, Querétaro, according to an account. The operation was carried out with support from the Ejército, the Guardia Nacional and the Policía Estatal (POES), and the seized equipment was placed at the disposal of the Ministerio Público Federal for the investigation.

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