The National Committee for the Prevention of Manipulation of Sports Competitions resumed its periodic meetings during this month and in which the unions and representatives of Wplay, Julio Cesar Tamayo; Betplay, German Segura; Codere, Bernardo Chena, Codere and Mozzart Bet, Fernando Calderón, agreed to focus their efforts on different actions for the remainder of 2020 and early 2021 as a goal to continue working on the integrity and transparency of sports betting and Colombian football.
The committee agreed it would lobby for legislation which seeks to criminalise the manipulation of sports, as well as the creation of a protocol for the exchange of information between unions, public authorities, sports organisations and sports betting operators.
It also recommended a cooperation agreement with the public prosecutor’s office and the national police. Committee members will also continue to promote awareness, education, training and research to combat the manipulation of sports competitions. This will be supported by a public education campaign, backed by the sports governing bodies and the gaming industry.
The Colombian Football Major Division has a current contract with Genius Sports, through which a constant monitoring program was implemented that creates alerts against probable events of fixes related to betting, likewise, online betting operators in the country, have this service for monitoring and controlling the bets of their platforms with companies that provide the service.
Results published in November by Colombian regulator Coljuegos showed that the government has collected over US$724 million in gaming taxes since 2015. The revenue collected by government is used to fund the nation’s healthcare system.
Source: GMB
