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Colombia – Nueva Resolución busca convertir a Coljuegos en regulador de publicidad
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 – La junta del juego tiene nuevo presidente
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- Renuncia presidente de Coljuegos
Renunció el presidente de Coljuegos Roger Carrillo. El puesto ha sido ocupado temporalmente por Sammy Libos Zúñiga –quien se desempeña en el Ministerio de Hacienda. Roger Carrillo había sido designado director de Coljuegos mediante Decreto 0288 de 2023 emitido por el Ministerio de Hacienda el 3 de marzo, por lo que estuvo en el cargo por poco más…
Colombia – Presidente de Coljuegos será reemplazado
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- Industria del juego da impulso al servicio de salud
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 – Nombramiento inminente del nuevo presidente de Coljuegos
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…
Colombia – Congress approves tax reform bill
Congress has approved a new tax on prizes. The increased taxes are based on taxes on occasional taxable profit —which includes inheritances, life insurance indemnities, lotteries and raffles. The changes would come into force next year. The taxes were part of a much tax reform bill that aimed to raise an additional 20tn pesos (US$4bn)…
Colombia – Government continues crackdown on illegal gambling
Coljuegos, reported that it carried out 41 inspections in the department of Córdoba and that it removed 544 gaming machines that were operating illegally. They also announced the signing of a Pact for Legality in the Gambling Sector with the department. In a statement, Coljuegos added that if the machines had been operating legally, then…
Colombia – Presentan cargos en caso de fraude en apuestas deportivas
La Fiscalía ha presentado auto de procesamiento contra cuatro personas que han sido acusadas de formar parte de una red criminal dedicada a la realización de fraudes a través de apuestas deportivas online. Entre los acusados se encuentra un ciudadano ruso que también ha sido acusado de ser espía. Un juez envió a la cárcel al ciudadano ruso Sergei Vagin...