SEPTEMBER 30 2017
The slot machines are equipped with a computer system to calculate the amount wagered and the amount paid as winnings after a certain number of operations. However, some gambling dens are trading them according to a survey by the financial authorities. The financial authorities have completed their investigations into the suspicions of money laundering in certain gaming houses. They suspect that they have manipulated the computer system of their slot machines in order to make the state believe that they are operating at a loss . Each machine is supposed to have been programmed to calculate the amount of money wagered and the amount offered as winnings to the players. In the case of Senator and Monte Games, who were visited by investigators from the drug investigation commission, the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) and the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), a few months ago , it is implied that the machines are “manipulated”.
In the case of Monte Games, its management model should raise more than one eyebrow, the money it gives to the winners, being inversely proportional to the money wagered. Its ratio is the strongest in the country. Better: the Senator does not keep any data on the identity of the lucky ones. It only registers pseudonyms, as is the case with residential schools. While this information must be registered and handed over to the taxpayer at any time under the law, gambling houses work as they see fit. At Senator, data are retained for only three days.