Dosquebradas has joined Risaralda’s Pact for Legality in Games of Chance, becoming the department’s tenth municipality to sign, the Lotería del Risaralda said. The initiative aims to coordinate local authorities’ efforts against illegal gambling and direct resources from legal gaming towards public health.
The pact adds another municipality to a coordinated effort to combat illegal gambling and support health funding from legal gaming.
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Lotería del Risaralda approved a 2026 action plan at its first departmental meeting on gambling legality, with six strategic targets to strengthen controls on illegal betting. The lottery said it would organise enforcement operations with judicial and police authorities and take two of four annual sessions to municipalities.
It was reported that Lotería del Risaralda presented its 2025 and Q1 2026 management report. Annual sales increased 19.1%, while the entity transferred over COP8bn to public healthcare.
Lotería del Risaralda reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in second-quarter sales, exceeding its 3% growth target for 2026. The lottery said first-half sales topped COP15.367bn, online sales accounted for 11% of total sales, and prizes paid reached COP5.237bn; the jackpot was not won during the first half.
The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) joined Brazil’s National Pact to Combat Illicit Markets at a meeting at the National Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Brasília. ANJL said it would continue providing technical support to public authorities developing measures against the black market.
Spain’s Popular Parliamentary Group registered questions in Congress asking the DGOJ about progress on a declaration against illegal gambling signed with Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy and Portugal. It asked whether regulators had exchanged information on illegal operators and what action had followed, and sought details on approaches to digital platforms and content removals.