I have already 3 months with my casinos closed and I am no stranger to the whole situation we are going through, the hardest I have ever had, my father affirms the same; He is no longer in charge of the business and I am the one who runs it.

He has always been my inspiration and guides me with his wisdom and advice, moreover I am writing this column because I see it and I cannot stop thinking that he could die because of an irresponsible Casino owner.

Just as they have been stingy and miserable when it comes to repowering an old drawer that has already been in production for more than 20 or 25 years, to which they have put all the Chinese paula megagame cards or whatever the owner has come up with. So they are doing it now with the minimum protocol they must have for us to open. It is not fair that because of people like these we are closed, it pains me to say it but it is correct that the Ministry of Health does not want to let it open because it knows the kind of risks to which it exposes older adults who are in many cases the largest clients of our casinos.

When they want to buy a second farm or a third car they do not skimp but now they do not understand the gravity that the COVID-19 KILLS and they are preparing as if it were a provisional Christmas decoration: the divisions between machines have turned them into a plastic curtain or what "is even worse lined cardboard that can be cleaned with chlorine" My God! ... if you do not believe it, you can see this type of premises in any neighborhood, I do not give you the address because then they do not let me publish this column but go and ask, I am very angry about that.

I do not know where Colombian gambling association comes out to say that the industry has spent 500 thousand million COP on these products and I am not going to enter into controversy, but with those kinds of statements already there if they do not believe us and we will continue to be closed not because of that but because the mentality Wealthy poor that some operators have do not make us trustworthy, and we pay fair for sinners.

Here is another pearl: we have always been told that fever is the greatest symptom of COVID-19 and several smart men and women have bought an 80 thousand thermometer ... tremendous business "is that I have to take care of the talk" they say.

They do not think about the well-being of the employees or the players, that is why you buy that the important thing is to have it! I feel that is what they say, if they have a poor quality device that is the fundamental basis of this campaign and one of the supports of the entire protocol, then what to expect from compliance?

A thermometer that is not endorsed by the invima, that when used shows in several consecutive measurements a different temperature is the gateway to the epidemic, but the owner of the casino - in many cases, not in all, but they are many - no is aware that THE COVID-19 KILLS and as it got cheap ... as well as paula cards ...

The United States has been the first to fully open infrared cameras, monitoring, its own medical equipment in each casino, COVID-19 tests on-site for anyone, particle detectors in the environment, continuous temperature scanning through the surveillance systems and there are already 6 dead employees and dozens of infected, and do these types of people here in our country intend with this mentality of the hornet to pass immunity and not infect everyone? What will happen when they infect an employee, they already have the insurance against the lawsuit that will come upon them?

We are eager to open and say that we are spending a lot of money, and we do not see that it is a long-term investment, since when we open we are going to save that from all cocktails, raffles, snacks that we are not going to give away because for now they are prohibited at least on paper.

Because of thoughts like this and that of "is that I have to take care of the talk" and people who are only in this business to get out and not invest, is that those of us who live and have a business vocation cannot open, in addition to makes us wait forever.

It affects me a lot but when I see my father entering a place like this the title of this column is correct