Lotería del Risaralda presented progress on its programme to address illegal gambling at the III Departmental Legality Meeting in Colombia. Its activities include weekly visits to municipalities and public-awareness work on legal gambling and formalising raffles and betting, the lottery said.
The programme’s enforcement and formalisation work affects gambling activity and lottery revenues in Risaralda.
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Norte de Santander’s government said it launched a public awareness campaign with support from SuperGiros to discourage illegal gambling and promote authorised games. A campaign vehicle will visit Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario and Los Patios for 20 days; separate sessions will explain rules for raffles, including a 14% exploitation charge on prize value.
Lotería del Risaralda and La Virginia’s municipal government signed the department’s 12th pact to address illegal gambling in the municipality. The agreement focuses on education, monitoring and institutional coordination to protect gambling revenues allocated to health services. La Virginia also hosted the department’s second legality meeting of 2026, where authorities reviewed operations in five municipalities.
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.
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.