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New online betting operator authorized in Colombia

The President of Coljuegos, Juan B. Pérez Hidalgo, reported that in the middle of the qualification of the Colombian football team to the second stage of the Football World Cup Russia 2018, the twelfth concession contract was signed to operate online gaming to Royal Betting Solutions SAS, which it will work under the domain www.apuestalo.co.

Pérez Hidalgo highlighted that with the option of Colombia to continue advancing in the maximum sporting event, the players of online bets, with the entrance of www.apuestalo.co already have 12 authorized websites that guarantee the payment of prizes and a secure handling of personal and financial information.

"There are already twelve (12) web pages that offer online bets in a legal way: wplay.co, betplay.com.co, colbet.co, zamba.co, codere.com.co, mijugada.co, masgol.co , luckia.co, sportium.com.co, rushbet.co, aquijuego.co and apuestalo.co. About 870,000 (May) are the players who are betting and who have registered in some of the authorized pages, which represented an increase of 35% from one month to another, prior to the start of the World Cup Russia 2018," said the official.

Royal Betting Solutions S.A.S. is a Colombian company, which brings together a group of entrepreneurs from activities such as Construction, Commerce and Services, with a relationship of over 15 years, who saw in the development of the sports betting business on the Internet an opportunity for business development in the one who seeks to perform because of the knowledge they have in the field.

The President of the Colombian regulator also explained that like the World Cup Russia 2018, which has been full of surprises, bets have also had unpredictable results.

"We are identifying the profile of the players of the online bets, which are going to complete a year of having been regulated. According to the analysis we have made it has been shown that 85% of the players are men, the remaining women (15%), that their main way of purchase is cash (97%) and that their age is between 18 and 40 years old. By the end of 2018 we hope to have authorized 17 online operators in the country," the President of Coljuegos also revealed.

Finally the President of Coljuegos emphasized the importance of playing through the authorized pages and avoid being cheated or linked to a judicial or sanctioning process.

Source: GMB