Coljuegos also revealed that during the half-year, it carried out 188 instances of enforcement action against illegal gambling establishments, removing 1,441 pieces of gaming equipment.
The statistic came as part of the operator’s half-year Public Accountability Hearing, where it also revealed how much money it had collected through gambling taxes and fees.
The total amount collected by Coljuegos was US$ 84m, which was up by 22.1% year-on-year.
Most of this money – US$ 52.5m – went to the Colombian social security system, while US$ 16,400 went to local or departmental health funds. Close to US$ 8,000 went to the national pension fund and US$ 4,900 to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
“The gambling industry continues to go through a historic moment in our country. Within the framework of economic reactivation and sustainability, Coljuegos promoted an action plan using the commitment and creativity of collaborators, unions, businessmen and operators,” Coljuegos president César Augusto Valencia Galiano said.
“Based on the processes of innovation and digitization, we managed to open new markets, new scenarios that have generated optimal conditions to report record figures like the ones we are mentioning today,” he added.
Land-based gaming contributed 42% of the total collected, at US$ 35,300. This was up by 33% year-on-year. This came as land-based gaming operators took in US$ 374m in revenue for the six months.
Online gaming made up 32%. The Super Astro lottery contributed a further 16%, while the Balota Revancha Lottery made up 8% of the total.
Source: iGB
