In its latest black market crackdown, Coljuegos, the gambling regulator in Colombia, has blocked 10,000 websites and social media profiles that were offering illegal betting.
In a release dated 3 February, Coljuegos said it had blocked these sites for offering gambling activities without maintaining a local license and therefore not having paid the yearly license fee.
Just 16 sites are currently licensed to offer legal online betting in Colombia. Those companies paid approximately COP435.2 billion ($104.5 million) in license fees over 2024. Coljuegos transferred all of that money to Colombia’s subsidized health system.
This authorization fee for licensees is considered relatively steep at 811x the Colombian minimum wage.
