Coljuegos is preparing a successful year end and a new year full of challenges, because this 2017 and in agreement with the president of the regulatory entity, Juan B. Pérez, the year will end with a 10% growth in the collection of resources by gambling industry, went from 1.5 billion pesos COP delivered by the sector to the State in the form of transfers for exploitation rights and VAT during 2016, to approximately 1.65 billion in 2017. (READ SO: 6TH ANNIVERSARY OF COLJUEGOS)
"Last year we grew by 25%, so, if we consider two years in which we grow between 35% and 40%, we show that it is a sector that is contributing resources for health, it is being formalized and it is also generating Responsible gambling policies, "said Perez.
In this way, he also referred to the blocking of more than 350 illegal online pages that offered online bets, antecedents that arose after the regulation of this market and that allow a correct preparation for one of the greatest opportunities that will be presented in 2018 between June and July. The World Cup will generate a greater number of sports bets and we are pioneers in Latin America:
"This is the first country in the region to regulate online games. What we did was to base ourselves on nations that have been very successful in developing these, such as Great Britain, Italy and Spain "
According to Perez, the results so far have been satisfactory, having already reached nearly 50,000 registered customers for these platforms, and it is expected that, although development is still in its infancy, online games will transfer between 4,000 and 4,500 million this year. health weights. The perspective is that in 2018 that amount will at least double, this accompanied by an increase in this part of the sector knowing that currently there are 5 operators, but waiting for this number to increase to 20. (READ SO: WHY IS IT NOT ILLEGAL TO BUY AN AMERICAN LOTTERY FROM COLOMBIA?)
The President of Coljuegos announced another advance this year and was the implementation of the Baloto's new prize plan, which was based on the argument that its income matrix was exhausted and tended to decrease.
Although the departments did not agree with this change, they presaged that this would take away customers; However, six months after entering into force, Pérez assured that neither the chance nor the lotteries have lost bettors, because it is a different player profile. On the contrary, he confirmed that the revenues in both cases have increased due to the tools they have been given, such as the possibility of making sales over the internet and charging for additional prizes.
