Casino business” means a conditional business activity licensed by a competent state management agency to trade in prize-winning games on prize-winning electronic game machines and prize-winning game tables to serve the needs of customers. participate in entertainment for those who are allowed to play in accordance with the law. Only enterprises that have been granted the Certificate of eligibility for casino business in accordance with regulations can do casino business.
Consulting on casino business procedures
Legal grounds:
- Decree No. 03/2017/ND-CP dated 16/01/2017 of the Government on casino business
- Circular No. 102/2017/TT-BTC dated October 5, 2017 guiding a number of articles specified in Decree No. 03/2017/ND-CP dated January 16, 2017 of the Government on casino business.
- Decree 151/2018/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of decrees regulating investment and business conditions under the state management of the Ministry of Finance
1. Conditions for issuance of certificates of eligibility for casino business
- To be granted an investment registration certificate by a competent state management agency or decide on investment policies, including casino business;
- The enterprise has completed the disbursement of investment capital of at least 50% of the total investment capital of the project registered in the investment registration certificate or investment policy decision;
- There is an area to arrange a casino business point that fully meets the conditions specified in Clause 2, Article 5 of this Decree;
- Having a manager or operator of a casino with at least a university degree or higher, with at least 01 year of experience in managing casino business activities.
- There is someone to manage and operate the Point
- Have a business plan
2. Profile composition:
- An application for the Certificate of eligibility for casino business.
- A certified true copy of the investment registration certificate or the decision on investment policies, including casino business activities, and the investment registration certificate or the adjusted decision on investment policies (if any). ) issued by a competent state management agency in accordance with the law on investment or an uncertified copy and enclosed with the original for comparison.
- Dossiers and documents proving that the enterprise has completed the disbursement of investment capital of at least 50% of the total investment capital of the project registered in the investment registration certificate or investment policy decision; consists of:
+ A report of the enterprise on the disbursement of investment capital of the project of a general service, tourism and entertainment zone with a casino with the following basic contents:
Project name, project objective and scale, total investment capital of the project, investment items and progress of implementation of project items specified in the investment registration certificate or policy decision invest;
The disbursement of investment capital and implementation of project items is specified in the investment registration certificate or investment policy decision up to the time of application for the Certificate of eligibility for casino business. Investment capital must be disbursed directly to organizations and individuals that have relations with the enterprise in the purchase and sale of assets, payment of expenses for forming assets and other expenses related to the investment. The implementation of project items must be shown in the contracts for the implementation of the project's items, the acceptance minutes clearly stating the test and acceptance volume, certification by the independent unit (monitoring consultancy unit). supervision, or project management consulting). Enterprises are responsible for the accuracy and truthfulness of reported data;
+ Commitment of the investor on the disbursement of investment capital and the implementation of other commitments (if any);
+ The audit report of an independent auditing organization approved to perform the audit for the public interest unit in accordance with the law on auditing the report of the casino business enterprise specified at Point a. Clause 1 of this Article. The audit report is a report fully approved in accordance with the law on independent audit;
+ Dossiers and other documents proving that the enterprise has completed the disbursement of investment capital (if any). Location map of the casino business point.
- Draft internal management regulations, organization of Internal Control Department, internal regulations on prevention and combat of money laundering, Dispute settlement regulations and Game Rules.
- The casino business plan includes the following contents: Information about the enterprise, information on the implementation of the investment project, the time limit for applying for a license to operate the casino business, and the expected number of game machines. , game table, type of business prize-winning game, business performance assessment, forecast demand for foreign currency revenue and expenditure, solutions to ensure security, order and social safety for Business Points casino and implementation plan.
- A list, judicial record card, copies of diplomas certified by a competent state agency evidencing the professional qualifications and qualifications of the manager and operator of the casino or copy uncertified copy and present the original for comparison.
3. Sequence, thcustomary
- The enterprise submits 01 application for the Certificate of eligibility for casino business to the Ministry of Finance to check the completeness and validity of the application.
- Within 15 days from the date of receipt of the dossier, the Ministry of Finance shall notify the enterprise of the completeness and validity of the dossier and request the enterprise to supplement documents (if any) and send 06 sets of documents to the enterprise. official documents for appraisal.
- Within 15 days from the date of receipt of valid dossiers, the Ministry of Finance shall send the dossiers for comments to relevant agencies, including: Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Culture and Sports. Sports and Tourism, the State Bank of Vietnam and the People's Committee of the province where the enterprise applies for a license to organize casino business;
- Within 15 days from the date of receipt of complete dossiers for opinion collection, the agencies receiving opinions must send their opinions in writing to the Ministry of Finance and take responsibility for the opinions collected;
- After receiving opinions from relevant ministries and branches specified at Point a, Clause 3 of this Article, the Ministry of Finance shall summarize opinions and consider and decide on the grant or refusal of the Certificate of eligibility. casino business.
- Within 60 days from the date of receipt of complete and valid dossiers, the Ministry of Finance shall consider and grant the Certificate of eligibility for casino business. In case of refusal to grant the Certificate of eligibility for casino business, the Ministry of Finance shall notify in writing the enterprise and clearly state the reasons for the refusal.
