It is evident for Coljuegos and the police the enormous danger posed by the machines located in stores and peripheral neighborhoods of Colombia.

Last week at a press conference, Juan B Perez (president of Coljuegos) and the commander of the Metropolitan Police of Medellín presented results of the first quarter's balance sheet and gave part of 361 confiscated machines, many of them taken from the common crimes bands that has found a financial source there and that If authorities don’t get strict or strong enough will swell the ranks of illicit activities such as the theft of hydrocarbons or illegal mining. These modalities are very much desired (after drug trafficking) by illegal armed groups.

It is imperative that the state act strongly on this issue before it becomes a national security issue and harms the gambling industry that works hard to get past the bad reputation.

With the issuance of resolution 20164000006944 Coljuegos opened the opportunity in 2016 so that anyone can access this market and start the operation of street slot machines, but the project is not yet viable, as evidenced by the absence of any operator. The POT (Planation of the public territory) is the biggest obstacle to its execution because the classification of activities does not fit into those where it is intended to operate; also, that in the big capital cities (according to the resolution itself) could only operate on surfaces of more than 2000 square meters.

The street market has been fueled by Chinese cards and clones assembled in the furniture of a disused machine with the complicity of the so-called technicians who are responsible for selling and reconfiguring the equipment so that they have a payment below 65% for the player what becomes an electronic assault for the unsuspecting player who, in the absence of presence of the state on the street, bets where he believes or is often obliged.

If government pretends to ban illegal gambling in the neighborhoods, it must create an elite commando to attack together with the police and security agencies those criminals who profit in this way.

But first of all, it must be reviewed the resolution 20164000006944 to encourage someone to enter this business. I propose to give incentives such as those granted to Online operators to exclude them from VAT payment, and specifically for street slot machines to collect the tax on what is collected not with a fixed rate, because as they see it above, they will have to face the mafias of the street and there the state and Coljuegos have to be next, supporting, acting