Colombia opens consultation on online gambling regulations, standards

Colombia’s gambling regulator has opened a consultation on launching a regulated online gambling market.

This week, Colombian regulator Cojuegos published a brief note on its website indicating that it had posted three draft documents covering regulatory and technical requirements for online gambling operations. Cojuegos has invited public feedback on the documents, which can be accessed here.

The drafts would allow licensed online gambling operators to offer RNG casino games including slots, roulette, blackjack, baccarat and bingo, plus poker (cash games and tournaments).

The draft also would authorize sports betting (real and fantasy), with fixed-odds, parlay and exchange wagering all getting the green light. Live in-play betting would also be permissible. However, online horse betting appears to be forbidden, proving once and for all that the entire horseracing industry is irredeemably contrarian.