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In 665 Municipalities of the country Casinos could be reopened, Government delegates responsibility
Publicado: 2020-08-04

The Colombian national government issued the decree 1076 of July 28, which established, among others, the approval for pilot tests of casinos as well as bars and other businesses, as religious agglomeration activities.

This is a first step for various industries that will offer entertainment to Colombians, with strict city measures and special emphasis on gauging control.

During this new stage, pilot tests were authorized for bars, casinos, billiards, casinos and gambling terminals with the application of all biosafety protocols, in municipalities that do not have cases of COVID-19 or low numbers. of cases.

These NON-COVID-19 or low-impact municipalities, according to information from July 27, 2020, are a total of 665, representing 60% of the country's municipalities, located in 30 of the country's 32 departments.

However, for the pilot tests of casinos, a series of steps or aspects must be followed. Starting with the acceptance of the mayor of the municipality where the pilot test will take place, who will decide:

- The percentage or number of casinos that may be part of the program or test over the total that exist there.

- The number of days that the pilot test will last.

These casinos that will be part of the pilot test must send the document with the biosafety protocol that they will implement to their respective ARL. This entity will approve or deny the protocol, requesting a series of extra measures in the event that its response is the second.

Once this first approval is received from the Medical associated companies, the protocol must be presented to the mayor for a second evaluation.

The protocols must be based on Decree 666 of April 24, 2020, however, extra care measures can be added at the discretion of each operator.

All the pilot tests will be under the supervision and verification of compliance by the Ministry of the Interior and Health.

Regarding the disinfection elements, it is of utmost importance that they have the content information on their packaging, since in antibacterial gels the concentration must be between 60% and 89% alcohol.

And for elements such as quaternary ammonium used for the disinfection of machines, shoes and others, you must specify the amount of dose that must be applied to fulfill its function, since in visits to casinos previously for the verification of protocols these points have been where the government has seen failures.

Finally, to activate slot machines for the pilot tests, each operator must send to Coljuegos the request to lift the suspension of said machines.

However, the regulatory entity has not yet come forward to clarify whether operators should pay taxes for the days this activity is carried out.

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Caixa Econômica Board postpones decision on lottery transfer. 

In 665 Municipalities of the country Casinos could be reopened, Government delegates responsibility

The Board of Directors of Caixa Econômica Federal postpones the decision on the transfer of lottery service operations to its subsidiary.

The reason was the pressure exerted by employees. Employees fear that this measure will be the first step towards privatization. The sale of a subsidiary requires approval from the National Congress, but employees believe it is easier to approve the sale of part of the company than the complete privatization of Caixa.

Fabiana Uehara, director of the Brasília Bank Workers Union, elected to represent employees on the Board of Directors, expressed concern about the situation:

 

 

I think the government is not aware of what is happening. This agenda must be withdrawn”, claiming that the government may not be aware of the consequences. After an intense discussion, they postponed the decision.

Political influence

The influence of the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, was also addressed. According to ICL Notícias, Lira managed to influence the replacement of the person responsible for the electronic sports betting area at Caixa.

 

 

According to journalist Letícia Casado, from UOL, since 2023, Lira has exerted strong pressure on Haddad on issues related to the online betting sector.

To avoid friction with the federal government, the minister would have given in to pressure from Lira and replaced the person responsible for the aforementioned area.






Coljuegos wants the complaint to be expanded, but it is not investigated. 

In 665 Municipalities of the country Casinos could be reopened, Government delegates responsibility

A couple of weeks ago, the club's top leader, César Guzmán, made public several complaints about illegal bets that were affecting the team's performance and although he made it clear that the authorities were already in the process of investigating the facts, he recently confirmed that These are not progressing as expected.

 


 

 

 

 

In statements with Zona Libre de Humo, Guzmán affirmed that members of the team are still being “stalked” by criminals who seek to make a good economic profit through betting and that although they have managed to take disciplinary actions with those who are involved in these acts , the entire FPC scenario is being affected by this panorama.

 

Colombia, betting increased its level of influence in sports and match fixing.”

 

Without a doubt, betting has had an influence on the FPC. The team has been permeated by criminal gangs on the subject of betting, approaching the players. At the internal level, the due determinations were made in the disciplinary part with the people involved in this betting issue,” Guzmán assured.

 

And then what does Dimayor do?

 

 

Dimayor President Fernando Jaramillo

 

"This investigation is being carried out, it is not easy from the evidentiary point of view, it is not easy with the elements that as a disciplinary commission we have to have an investigation of these characteristics, but we have relied on the Prosecutor's Office, the Police, the judicial police and also Interpol because it is a transnational crime.”

 

The Dimayor has no interference in the world of betting, because our obligation and commitment consist solely of the development of the FPC's competencies,” stated its president.






Coljuegos, street machines, a business opportunity for Colombia. 

In 665 Municipalities of the country Casinos could be reopened, Government delegates responsibility

The company that manages the income monopoly of games of luck and chance issued a resolution through which it seeks that small merchants who have electronic slot machines (MET) operating without the respective authorization of Coljuegos can legalize their operation.

 

 

According to the president of the entity, Marco Emilio Hincapié, this strategy aims to promote legal betting and the formalization of nearly 100,000 slot machines that operate in Colombian territory without complying with the requirements of the law.

 

“In addition to the operations to seize machines and destroy them later, we are telling people that, in accordance with the 'Total Peace' program of our president Gustavo Petro, we formalize the electronic slot machines that, for the moment, may be operating without authorization,” said Hincapié.

 

On the other hand, it is important to mention that METS owners who continue operating without authorization could incur fines that amount to 80 monthly legal minimum wages (about $104 million) for each of the machines. Furthermore, this activity constitutes a crime contemplated in article 312 of the Penal Code, which refers to the illicit exercise of monopolistic activity for profit.






Online betting’s in Chile, continues to advance. 

In 665 Municipalities of the country Casinos could be reopened, Government delegates responsibility

Although the legal situation for online bookmakers and casinos in Peru and Chile has been similar for many years, the Peruvian government worked diligently to achieve the passage of online gambling legislation. Meanwhile, the Chilean government continues to evaluate this aspect in collaboration with various commissions, such as Finance, Sports and Economy.


 

Legislation in Chile continues to advance, and is expected to come to fruition in the coming months. At the moment, the sector is going through a difficult time, both for betting houses and users. Through a Court ruling, online sports betting houses in Chile were declared illegal, resulting in the blocking of multiple sites and the cancellation of sponsorship contracts.






Bingo operators will report sales and transfers in real time in Colombia. 

In 665 Municipalities of the country Casinos could be reopened, Government delegates responsibility

From this past March 1st, Coljuegos will activate a new technological tool that will allow real-time control of health sales and transfers carried out by game operators located in the bingo mode.

 

According to the president of Coljuegos, Marco Emilio Hincapié, this new system is part of the technological modernization strategies implemented by the entity, by which means it is intended to have greater surveillance of the resources coming from the games of luck and chance, as well as of the transfers that are carried out for the health of Colombians.

With this new technological tool, the 90 bingo operators in the national territory will be able to report in real time on the entire operation of their games. This way, we can always know the real value of sales and the corresponding percentage of transfers to health”, says Hincapié.

 

Accordingly, the president of the entity highlighted that this new system will represent a tax benefit for bingo operators, whenever transfers will now be carried out based on real sales.

 

Of the total collected, each operator must transfer 12% of gross income to health. This represents a tax benefit, since, until closing, the transfers were calculated on the total number of available funds, but not on sales”, added the president.

 

Ineffectiveness and politicization of Coljuegos is leading to bankruptcy of casino operators in Colombia.

 

It is worth noting that, during 2023, local games, including bingo, transferred around $343,330 million to the health of Colombians, and generated around $215,063 million per VAT concept.





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