In Colombia, according to the president of Coljuegos, Juan B. Perez Hidalgo, there are expectations of an approximate $ 8,000 million in rights for exploitation in the first year, a figure that will increase as the market responds.
"With this initiative, we seek greater resources for the health of Colombians, expanding the portfolio of games through innovative tools and tuning with the trend towards greater use of new technologies in the world,"
Pérez Hidalgo underlined that Colombia is the first country in Latin America to regulate games operated by Internet, which has aroused an interest to invest in this sector. With the regulation of online games, users are the most benefited considering that having the authorization of Coljuegos (READ SO Coljuegos gives his blessing to Online games) ensures the seriousness of the operator, compliance with its plan awards and transparency in the processes of the platform.
Wplay.co of the company Aquila Global Group, is the first applicant in obtaining the authorization of Coljuegos for the operation of games "on line" in Colombia.
It is a technological platform of Colombian origin, certified by BMM Testlabs, owned by the Aquila Global Group, with data centers located in Datacenter Level III. The company expects to generate, in its first years of operation, around 3,000 jobs between direct and indirect. The platform estimates an investment of about 15,000 million pesos in the next three years of operation and expects to reach 1,000,000 registered users during the term of the contract.
