Tag Archives: Coljuegos
Colombia’s Territorial Games transfer 56.1 Billion to public health sector in January
Coljuegos revealed that so-called territorial games transferred $56.117 billion pesos to the public health sector in January 2024. These include chance games (a type of lottery), lotteries, and scratch cards, which transferred $12.704 billion pesos more than the previous year. The segment that experienced the highest growth in contributions was the lottery, with an increase…
Colombia – Coljuegos signs anti illegal gaming pact in Tolima
The president of Coljuegos, Marco Emilio Hincapié, the manager of the Tolima Lottery, Alexander Castro; the manager of Gana Gana, Alejandro Tamayo; and representatives from various entities, signed the Grand Pact for Legality and Transparency in Colombia. The objective is to raise awareness about the importance of legal gaming in Tolima. “Today, at the Tolima…
Colombia – Revenue for territorial games on the rise
Revenue for so called “territorial games” (juegos territoriales) are on the rise according to the gambling board Coljuegos and the Consejo Nacional de Juegos de Suerte y Azar (National Council for Games of Chance and Gambling). Territorial games encompass provincially run landbased lotteries, instant game Raspa y Listo (available in most provinces) and the popular…
Colombia – New Resolution seeks to make Coljuegos advertising regulator
Coljuegos has published a resolution that would give it authority to supervise standards for gaming advertising effectively making it the advertising regulator over the industry. If approved Coljuegos would be able to create rules for advertising, sponsorship, promotion or any other form of commercial communication over online gambling starting at the beginning of next year. It…
Colombia – Gaming board gets new president
Marco Emilio Hincapié Ramírez has become the new president of Colombia’s gaming board Coljuegos. He was appointed after the previous head of the board left two months ago. Hincapié assumes the presidency of Coljuegos after having been manager of the Bogotá Lottery, magistrate of the National Electoral Council and deputy to the Tolima Assembly, as…
Colombia- Coljuegos president resigns
The President of Coljuegos Roger Carrillo has resigned. The position has been temporarily filled by Sammy Libos Zúñiga – who serves in the Ministry of Finance. Roger Carrillo had been appointed director of Coljuegos through Decree 0288 of 2023 issued by the Ministry of Finance on March 3 meaning that he was in the position for just over…
Colombia – Coljuegos president to be replaced
Political infighting over health reform has led the Colombian President Gustavo Petro to order the resignation of the president of Coljuegos. The information was revealed by W Radio via sources in the Department of the Presidency. The president’s request is part of a reshuffle as a number of vice ministers, affiliated with the El Partido de la Unión por la Gente…
Colombia- Gaming industry provides boost to health service
The Colombian gambling control board (Coljuegos) announced that in January, it collected $81,248 million pesos (US$16.8 million) an increase of 27.5 per cent, compared to the same period last year. Transfers to the health service amounted to $265,936 million pesos (almost US$55m), which reflected a growth of 24.3 per cent compared to 2022. In January…
Colombia – Naming of new Coljuegos President imminent
There is growing speculation that a former councillor of Bogotá Roger Carrillo has been slated to be the new president of Coljuegos. Once in office he will be responsible for managing more than $500 billion in government transfers to the health service. Although not yet official Roger Carrillo’s appointment will be controversial as he was recently…
