Responsible gaming aim of promoting the debate about the importance of carrying out educational campaigns regarding prevention, controlling and avoiding pathological gambling.

This is a relevant factor for the Casinos industry, mainly because of its influence on the game. A problem that increasingly affects young people from vulnerable sectors, who from an early age are exposed to uncontrolled, clandestine slot machines and unsafe and unregulated gambling environments.

In countries, such as Chile, and despite dissemination efforts with limited results, the Responsible Gambling Corporation, which was born in 2014, has had the objective of promoting good practices for a healthy and responsible game in the country. It is an integrated among others by Sun Dreams Enjoy and casinos, Polla Chilena de Beneficencia, the Players Association Therapy (Ajuter), the Chilean Association of Casinos (ACCJ) and the Institute of Welfare Corporation.

In Spain, The General Directorate for Game Management (GGOJ) has an obligation to protect participants, particularly minors and vulnerable groups, by promoting responsible gambling policies that allow the dissemination of good gaming practices and prevent and repair the negative effects of gambling. same.

There are many writings on this subject and in Colombia knowledge is scarce and foundations that specialize and are interested in this subject do not have the support of regulators of the game. Coljuegos must create and be the developer of a program responsible gaming and self-exclusion because not only issue a resolution which requires "putting notices on responsible gambling sites where you bet" is sufficient to control a condition that stigmatizes the gaming industry in Colombia.

Coljuegos in the company of all these organizations (many of them non-profit) can deal with this problem now that we are on time and will not cost more, entities such as Cirsa, Codere, Future without game, Players Anonymous Colombia, Cia fiesta, to name a few, already have prevention programs that only need dissemination.

In addition to the above must continue to combat illegal gambling and facilitating the development of the industry and its operators because illegal gambling has no different pathology, the only difference is that it does not discriminate ... to minors.