In 2016 the sector's sales were $ 13 billion, about 30% more than in 2015, which allowed health to reach $ 475,222 million. If we include what has to do with chance, lotteries and VAT, revenues for the sector were about $ 1.5 trillion, for state finances.
So, we must constantly think about how to accommodate the continued growth of a sector that contributes large sums of money to the country's finances, and that is why market diversification is now so important.
The machines on the convenient stores are intended to give players a new entertainment option, limiting access to minors and with different characteristics to a casino. In this program, the machines have no sound, no lights, people cannot sit.
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This is a program for compliance with technical, financial and legal requirements with which it is expected to be able to offer the licenses to the different operators concerned since this year, taking advantage of the fact that around 59% of the adult population bets on games of chance In Colombia.
As for sports betting, Coljuegos began a crusade this year to legalize them, as at the moment there are more than 320 pages declared illegal in Colombia, for not complying with the practices established by the regulation.


