{"id":889351,"date":"2026-02-01T02:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/colombia-land-based-gambling-increases-healthcare-funding-to-104-8-million\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T02:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:13:52","slug":"colombia-land-based-gambling-increases-healthcare-funding-to-104-8-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/colombia-land-based-gambling-increases-healthcare-funding-to-104-8-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia land-based gambling increases healthcare funding to $104.8 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funding from land-based gambling to the healthcare sector was 9.3% more than in the previous year. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Licensed land-based casino and bingo operators in Colombia increased the amount sent to the country\u2019s healthcare system to COP378.3 billion ($104.8 million) during 2025, with physical gambling the highest contributor to the sector.<\/p>\n

The figure for monopoly revenue, bingo and casinos was 9.3% higher than the previous year. It also represented 39% of total revenue collected in the gambling industry, Colombia regulator Coljuegos said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coljuegos President Marco Emilio Hincapi\u00e9 welcomed the increase. He said it was evidence that the regulator\u2019s crackdown on illegal gambling was working, with licensed operators generating higher revenue and diverting a higher portion of this to subsidised healthcare.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2024, land-based gambling contributed $345.875 billion, almost $33 billion less than last year. This 9.3% increase in transfers to healthcare demonstrates that the industry continues to experience an excellent period under the current administration,\u201d said Hincapi\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Over 3,000 illegal gambling devices seized<\/h2>\n

At present, approximately 109,000 legal electronic slot machines are operated under licence in the country. These devices, Coljuegos said, are active across more than 3,700 authorised establishments.<\/p>\n

During 2025, Coljuegos seized 3,047 illegal gambling devices in 95 enforcement operations carried out across 15 departments. This, Hincapi\u00e9 claimed, was at a level \u201cnever seen before\u201d at the regulator.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis increase in revenue would not have been possible without our relentless strategy against illegal gambling.\u201d Hincapi\u00e9 stated. \u201cWe hope that this year, with strategies like the Machines for Peace programme, local gambling operations will continue to increase their contributions to the healthcare of Colombians most in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Online gambling VAT shifts to GGR<\/h2>\n

Away from the land-based sector, changes were confirmed earlier in January over taxation within the online gambling market in Colombia.<\/p>\n

The government said licensed operators will continue to face a 19% value-added tax, but this will be moved to gross gaming revenue as opposed to deposits<\/a>. Local industry stakeholders welcomed the decision.<\/p>\n

The Colombian Federation of Gambling Entrepreneurs described it as a \u201csignificant step forward\u201d. This came after the same organisation warned last April VAT on deposits had pushed online gambling GGR\u00a0down 30%<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Robert Fletcher
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Funding from land-based gambling to the healthcare sector was 9.3% more than in the previous year. Licensed land-based casino and bingo operators in Colombia increased the amount sent to the country\u2019s healthcare system to COP378.3 billion ($104.8 million) during 2025, with physical gambling the highest contributor to the sector. The figure for monopoly revenue, bingo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":889352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26522,100470],"tags":[48966,100469],"class_list":{"0":"post-889351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colombia","8":"category-land-based","9":"tag-colombia","10":"tag-land-based"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}