Arxiu de l'etiqueta: Colòmbia
Colòmbia – Nova Resolució pretén fer de Coljuegos regulador de la publicitat
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…
Colòmbia - La junta de joc té nou 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…
Colòmbia- Dimiteix el president de Coljuegos
El president de Coljuegos Roger Carrillo ha dimitit. La plaça ha estat ocupada temporalment per Sammy Libos Zúñiga, que treballa al Ministeri d'Hisenda. Roger Carrillo havia estat nomenat director de Coljuegos a través del Decret 0288 de 2023 del Ministeri d'Hisenda el 3 de març que significava que va estar en el càrrec durant poc més de...
Colòmbia – El president de Coljuegos serà substituït
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…
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…
Colòmbia: càrrecs presentats en un cas de frau d'apostes esportives
La Fiscalia ha presentat un escrit d'acusació contra quatre persones que han estat acusades de formar part d'una xarxa criminal dedicada a la realització de frau mitjançant apostes esportives en línia. Entre els acusats hi ha un ciutadà rus que també ha estat acusat de ser espia. Un jutge va enviar el ciutadà rus Sergei Vagin a la presó...
