The President of Coljuegos, Juan B. Pérez Hidalgo, said: “On the doorstep of starting one of the most important sporting events, the Russia 2018 World Cup, together with the authorities, we managed to execute the most important operation against the illegal operation of online games.”
“In Barranquilla we removed 27 game modules that operated from illegal pages, which evaded the annual payment for exploitation rights of an estimated value of more than US$3.5 million,” he added.
To date Coljuegos has eradicated a total of 158 illegal game modules worth more than US$19 million, alongside 1,427 unregulated slot machines and four roulettes.
The president added: “Only the legal pages guarantee users the payment of prizes, the proper and safe handling of their personal and financial information and the control of the game habit with the implementation of individual limits. That is why, taking into account Colombia is a country highly demanding sports, mainly football, during the Football World Cup Russia 2018, we call on citizens to avoid being cheated and go if they want to place bets, to the legal pages.”
Finally Hidalgo asked Colombians to denounce illegal gaming operations in order to guarantee greater revenues for the country’s health sector. “The resources collected by Coljuegos, for exploitation rights of the monopoly of games of chance, are transferred to the health system, allowing the subsidised service to be used by close to one million two hundred thousand people,” he noted.
Source: GMB / SBC Americas
