Colombia has two new sports betting operators online, which raises its total number of licenses online to 14. Last Thursday, the Colombian regulatory agency gaming Coljuegos announced the issuance of their license number 13 and 14 online games to literacy SAS and Teclino SAS, who will operate online through the domains Betalfa.co and Rivalo.co, respectively. Each of the licenses is valid for an initial period of three years.
Alfabet is a national firm based in the city of Cali, which has developed technological capacities with the advice of multinational companies with national professionals.
This will allow to provide a portfolio with more than 20 sporting disciplines of real events and multiple game options.
For its part, Teclino is a subsidiary of the online gambling operator licensed by Curacao Matchserv Solutions, which also operates internationally through its Rivalo.com and Rivalo188.com sites.
The president of Coljuegos, Juan B. Perez Hidalgo, celebrated the last graduates of the regulatory body, saying that the "clear regulations and guarantees" offered by Coljuegos had made Colombia an attractive offer for gaming operators Internationals seeking to establish their operations in South America.
"More and more games operated by the Internet in Colombia are consolidated as an entertainment activity and technological referent, which has allowed national and foreign capital to have higher expectations about a market that provides a Clear rules and guarantees to those who meet the financial, technical and legal requirements to open opportunities. This expands the portfolio of games, technologies, services and increases the resources for the health of Colombians, "said Juan B.
From July onwards, official statistics from Coljuegos showed that there are more than 977,000 Colombian accounts with the different online operators betting actively, allowing the state to earn income of $16,593,000,000 pesos (US $5, 4m). In addition, Hidalgo reiterated his belief that Colombia will have 17 online sports betting licenses by the end of the year.
