{"id":18126,"date":"2026-08-17T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=gambling&#038;p=18126"},"modified":"2026-08-17T08:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:23:58","slug":"jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos","status":"publish","type":"gambling","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaime Vives Pinedo takes the helm at Coljuegos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa Marta businessman <strong>Jaime Vives Pinedo<\/strong> was appointed on <strong>August 14, 2026<\/strong>, as the new President of <strong>Coljuegos<\/strong>, the state entity responsible for administering Colombia\u2019s national revenue-generating monopoly on games of chance. His appointment comes during the opening days of the new government and under the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, now headed by <strong>Miguel G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, who took office on <strong>August 7, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vives arrives at the regulator with a career focused primarily on <strong>business management, agribusiness and energy<\/strong>, with no significant publicly documented background in casinos, sports betting, lotteries or iGaming. He is a <strong>Business Administration professional<\/strong> and has been associated with <strong>BGreen<\/strong>, a biofuels company with operations in Santa Marta. His corporate career includes serving as manager of <strong>C.I. El Roble<\/strong>, a company linked to the palm oil industry, as well as serving as a <strong>member of the Board of Directors of Fedepalma<\/strong>. He has also held leadership positions within <strong>Grupo Biocosta<\/strong>, where he has been publicly identified as an executive and president of the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18128\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos2.png 728w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos2-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Miguel G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vives also maintains strong ties with the business community of Magdalena. The <strong>Santa Marta Chamber of Commerce for Magdalena<\/strong> lists him as a representative of <strong>Biocosta Green Energy S.A.S.<\/strong> on its Board of Directors for the <strong>2023-2026<\/strong> term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos3-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, as President of BGreen, Vives advocated for greater state participation to accelerate Colombia\u2019s energy transition and strengthen the competitiveness of domestic biodiesel. The company works with palm-derived feedstocks and participates in the renewable fuels industry on Colombia\u2019s Caribbean coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18130\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos4.png 713w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/jaime-vives-pinedo-takes-the-helm-at-coljuegos4-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His appointment places an executive with a profile strongly linked to <strong>private enterprise, palm oil, foreign trade and biofuels<\/strong> at the head of Coljuegos. The entity he will now lead regulates and administers segments including <strong>casinos and bingo halls, online sports betting, Baloto-Revancha, S\u00faper Astro, nationwide raffles and promotional draws<\/strong>, while also carrying out oversight and enforcement against illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16352\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Institutionally, Vives will operate under new Finance Minister <strong>Miguel G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, a <strong>65-year-old economist<\/strong>, former Deputy Comptroller General, former President of <strong>Banc\u00f3ldex<\/strong> and <strong>Fasecolda<\/strong>, former congressman and former Colombian Ambassador to France, who entered the new government with a mandate centered on restoring public finances and institutional confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Marta businessman Jaime Vives Pinedo was appointed on August 14, 2026, as the new President of Coljuegos, the state entity responsible for administering Colombia\u2019s national revenue-generating monopoly on games of chance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18127,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,3,9,15,31,1426,102,585,5012,105],"class_list":["post-18126","gambling","type-gambling","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-casinos","tag-coljuegos","tag-colombia","tag-gambling","tag-lotteries","tag-lottery","tag-online-betting","tag-online-gambling","tag-south-america","tag-sports-betting","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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