On Thursday, Colombian gambling regulator Coljuegos reported the sector had transferred over COP4 trillion ($1.07 billion) in funding to the nation’s healthcare system since 2022.
Since Gustavo Petro’s election as Colombia’s president in 2022, COP4.01 trillion has been collected in taxes and forwarded to the healthcare sector, more than during any other administration.
The figure makes up 44.46% of the COP9.2 trillion total that has been transferred to Colombian healthcare by the gambling sector since Coljuegos’ formation in 2012.
Coljuegos President Marco Emilio Hincapié said Petro’s government had “made history in the industry”, while voicing his confidence that 2026 would prove to be a record-breaking year in terms of supporting healthcare in Colombia.
