Cartagena. According to Juan Pérez Hidalgo, president of Coljuegos, "for the illegal operation of these elements of play, evaded the payment of operating rights for an estimated annual value of $ 246 million pesos that should have been earmarked for the health of Colombians ", Words that made reference to the work of Coljuegos accompanied by the police in a control operation to the illegal operation of games of luck and chance in Cartagena where they were able to intervene 4 establishments in the Bomba El Amparo sector, and seizing a total of 87 electronic slot machines, even in the 3 months of the year a total of 545 METS have been seized.
The president of the regulatory body also took the opportunity to invite citizens and owners of commercial premises, join the legality of the industry each actor from different functions, that is, citizens were asked to "play only in establishments that have With the authorization of Coljuegos "while the operators were asked to refrain from having slot machines that do not pay exploitation rights, since" This crime can generate penalties of up to 8 years in prison and fines of up to 55 million pesos ".
The seriousness of the matter came to the council, where the Cartagena councilors Edgar Mendoza and Rodrigo Reyes, presented a proposal to the Council itself, to conduct a debate and know the District what controls and how much money is collected and destined for public health.
Reyes stated by both affirming the following; "We want to know how many favorable prior concepts the entity has issued for the opening and operation of these gambling businesses" this includes applications from January 1 of last year to date, to open gambling establishments, be bingos, videobingos , Spheres, slot machines, and those operated in casinos and the like in the city.
"The Chamber of Commerce has said that it does not have any type of obligation to make control and demand with the use of the ground. District Planning has the obligation to sit down to review with the Chamber and provide the pertinent information to be able to make the necessary controls, to make the respective operations, "Reyes said.
"Another concern is the number of operations carried out by the Secretary of the Interior and we want to know in detail the results of each operation and send back to this corporation a copy of the documents that contain those results," Mendoza said.
The councilors ask the District the amount of the resources obtained by Cartagena during the last annuity derived from the operation of establishments of gambling destined to the health.
