Source: SCJ (Chile)
Chile’s Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego set a consultation process for technical rules in the Natales casino-permit competition. Potential bidders could submit questions up to 10 days after publication of the rules, and the regulator had 15 days after that deadline to respond.
The timetable sets the period for bidders to seek clarification of Natales casino-permit requirements.
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