Since 2016, Colombia has become the first country to regulate the online market, specifically the one that involves around sports betting. Before that time, this whole market was part of the game landscape in Colombia, but it operated under a completely illegal framework and without regulation or due control.
Shortly after the regulation came into force, Coljuegos began to clean up this niche so that it could act with respect to the recently approved norms, and that is why it blocked about 325 websites including sports betting and other lucky games. and chance, like online poker. Among the pages that were blocked for working illegally were big names like PokerStars.
As of 2016, the companies began to negotiate with Coljuegos the value of their corresponding licenses in order to operate legally in the country.
In the betting mode it is presented to the people, in a more friendly and close way. It offers multiple options that include all types of sports and the ability to bet on many variables, not just the scoreboard. It can be played at any time, from any mobile device and all that is needed is access to the Internet. (READ HERE: ONLINE GAMING CAN BENEFIT FROM 56 NEW FREE WIFI ZONES FOR RISARALDA)
For all the above, this sector of the industry is projected as an exponential growth business, despite what is new in the country, at the moment there are already 8 companies in Colombia that offer online services legally and are expected to be more double for half a year.
According to the numbers companies like BetPlay, which is already in that list at the beginning of 2018, around 48,000 people were registered and nowadays they have more than 140,000 users.
Next, a small list of the 8 companies that are in the ring and their respective benefits:
1. BetPlay: the Colombian betting house that is backed by the largest transaction network in the country (SURED and SuperGiros). With more than 26 thousand recharging points, it offers the possibility of recharging users from $ 2,000 COP or with a credit card from $ 40,000 COP for its offer of more than 300,000 events per year. This offer is accompanied along with different types of bonuses (for birthdays, for VIP users, for recharge, for registration, promotional, among others) with which it has delivered more than 740 million COP to more than 30,000 users.
2. Wplay: The oldest in the market with four deposit channels (Baloto, Efecty, Credit cards and own points), for the first recharge gives a bonus to the user of $ 5,000 COP to make cash in their bets. Sponsor of five soccer teams (A. Nacional, Millonarios, D. Medellín, A. de Cali and Once Caldas)
3. Codere: Spanish company and sponsor of Real Madrid, allows recharges from $ 30,000 COP by credit card or in stores with cash. With the support of physical casinos, they grant bonuses to users of $ 10,000COP in their first registration.
4. MasGol: grants virtual credits of $ 100,000 COP in the first registration, also in case of losing any combination bet the company delivers a bonus with a partial value to the lost in the combined bet.
5. My Play: By means of credit cards it promotes recharges from $ 50,000 COP
6. Zamba: like the previous one, your recharges through the use of a credit card start at $ 50,000 COP, or in Efecty or baloto points. Within your loyalty plan is to forgive one point for every $ 100 COP wagered, along with a bonus of $ 20,000 COP to register.
7. Colbet: this operator allows to make through banks such as BBVA, Bancolombia or Efecty points deposits of $ 30,000 COP and up. Use the odds system where you pay depending on the results of the bets, each match with your own dues.
8. Luckia: Lastly, there is the operator recently arrived from Spain marketing their sports bets through the own network of casinos in the country
