The commitment to ensure that the gambling industry can gets developed in the territory as an entertainment option, under the framework of legality and responsible gaming has been a challenge in which Coljuegos seeks to involve as much authorities as possible in the country. and direct or indirect actors. (READ SO: EXPOBARES 2017: GAMBLING INDUSTRY OPENING UP BETWEEN OTHERS ECONOMIC SECTORS)
For this reason, the president of Coljuegos Juan B. Perez Hidalgo yesterday at the Convention Center of Neiva, Salon “los Potros”, along with the Governor of the Department of Huila, Carlos Julio González Villa and the major of Neiva, Rodrigo Armando Lara Sánchez, signed the 12th Pact for Legality in front of operators, guilds and different players in the lucky gambling sector in Colombia.
"The objective of the signing of these pacts is to institutionalize cooperation agreements between territorial actors and the legality of the gambling sector, through cooperation agreements with governors, mayors and unions, generating agreements of wills to develop the strategy of "Playing Legal is Betting on Health"
Coljuegos has already signed 12 pacts of legality with this one in Huila, those pacts sought to reach the main gambling points of the country as: Valle del Cauca, Boyacá, Bolivar, Caldas, Guajira, Atlántico, Cundinamarca, Quindío, Risaralda, Antioquia and with the Medellin city. (READ SO: COLOMBIAN GAMBLING OPERATORS SUM EFFORTS TO MAKE A CLEAR INDUSTRY)
To this process, the president of Coljuegos said that "by promoting a culture of legitimacy of gambling throughout the national territory, we seek to promote the protection of State resources destined for health and promote a sense of belonging with the legal activities in the country.
Playing legal is betting on the health of Colombians, that is why the pact will seek to improve efficiency and effectiveness in control actions, increase knowledge of crime processes with the support of the National Police and the Attorney General's Office and the realization of a campaign of sensitization to the citizenship so that the citizens bet only on legal sites ".
Coljuegos, sought to awaken the commitment and interest of the department of Huila in participating in the games of luck and chance in the framework of legality and responsible gambling, because they understand that this part of the country has a 52% population over 18 years, whom are classified as players. And the illegal operation there (in Huila) in the last year was estimated at a loss of $ 6,136 million for the health of Colombians. (READ SO: GAMBLING IN COLOMBIA: JUST GETTING BETTER AND BETTER)
