Since the beginning of 2017 Coljuegos made a commitment to the country and the gambling industry, in order to procreate a transparent and honest industry, this is why the entity took aim to open the field to the online market especially to Sports betting.
As a result of the same search of legalization of the game in Colombia and also facilitate the entry to the industry to legal operators both national and foreign, Coljuegos has been making a total of 10 agreements for legality in different departments which have already begun to bear fruit.
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With the support of the Police Department of Bolivar, a successful operation was carried out against the illegal operation of elements of games of chance that resulted in five establishments intervened and the confiscation of 53 slot machines and Three elements of sports betting, which evaded the payment of operating rights for an estimated annual value of 1,177 million pesos.
This operation is the result of the signing of the Pact for Legality signed with Dumek Turbay, Governor of the department of Bolivar last May 8 under the strategy of Playing Legal is to Bet on Health.
"OUR COMMITMENT TO BOLIVAR IS FIRM IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGALITY AND FOR THAT WE ARE ARTICULATING THROUGH A PERMANENT TABLE WITH ALL THE AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT," said Juan B. Pérez Hidalgo, president of Coljuegos.
