🇨🇴 Colombia gambling license check

Licensed market   Last verified 2026-10-24

Colombia licenses online gambling through Coljuegos, and every real Coljuegos licence can be confirmed in the authority's public register. If a casino claims a Colombia permit, type its name or web address below and the search checks it against the Coljuegos register.

How to verify a Colombia license

1. Open the Coljuegos table of authorised online gambling operators on coljuegos.gov.co
2. Find the website among the listed companies and check that its address ends in .co
3. Open the contract linked in the table and check the company name and the games it covers
4. Check that the site itself shows the number and date of its concession contract, the contract end date and the Autoriza Coljuegos seal
5. Search the domain in the Coljuegos list of illegal websites

License types in Colombia

A company may run online gambling in Colombia only under a concession contract with Coljuegos, the state company that administers the gambling monopoly. Each contract names the games it covers, chosen among sports betting, betting on non-sports events, slot machines, roulette, blackjack, baccarat, poker, bingo, live casino, virtual games and instant win games, and the website it may use.

• Concession contract with Coljuegos for games of chance operated over the internet

Key facts about the Coljuegos regime

• Colombian law classes every game of chance operated over the internet as a novel game, which only Coljuegos may authorise, under article 38 of Law 643 of 2001 as amended by article 93 of Law 1753 of 2015
• A concession contract runs five years from the date Coljuegos approves the operator's performance guarantee
• The operator must run its games on a website whose domain ends in .co, assigned to the operator and checked by Coljuegos
• Operators pay Coljuegos exploitation rights of 15 percent of gross gaming income minus prizes paid, plus an administration fee of 1 percent of the rights
• Every operator must return at least 83 percent of gross gaming income to players as prizes
• On 24 October 2026 the Coljuegos table listed 14 companies with concession contracts, among them Wplay, Betplay, Rushbet, Betsson, Codere, Bwin, Stake and Betano
• The Coljuegos list of illegal websites published on 30 September 2026 held 65,440 domains

What the license means for players

Online gambling in Colombia is open only to adults who live in Colombia, and the address on the player's account must be in Colombian territory. Players must prove their identity, update their personal data every year, and an account with no play for six months is suspended. Operators must offer self-exclusion and run customer service around the clock. A player whose complaint gets no answer from the operator can write to Coljuegos at contactenos@coljuegos.gov.co. Illegal sites can be reported to denunciealilegal@coljuegos.gov.co or on the free line 01 8000 180 417.

Red flags and fake Coljuegos claims

• The website address does not end in .co
• The site is missing from the Coljuegos table of authorised operators
• The site does not show a Coljuegos concession contract number and its end date
• The site accepts players who do not live in Colombia or never asks for proof of identity
• The domain appears on the Coljuegos list of illegal websites

Legal status and tax

Coljuegos is the state industrial and commercial company that administers the monopoly on games of chance in Colombia. Article 38 of Law 643 of 2001, as amended by article 93 of Law 1753 of 2015, classes games operated over the internet as novel games and lets Coljuegos regulate them. A game counts as operated over the internet when both the bet and the payment of prizes happen only online, after the player registers on the authorised site. The rules for these games are set in Coljuegos Agreement 8 of 2020, amended by Agreements 2 of 2021 and 6 of 2023, and in Agreement 1 of 2026, and the requirements and guarantees for a concession in Resolution 20161200025334 of 2016.

The exploitation rights an operator pays Coljuegos are 15 percent of gross gaming income minus prizes paid, for each type of game, declared and paid within the first ten working days of the following month. An operator that falls short of the 83 percent return to players must settle the difference at a rate of 17 percent of gross income for that game and period. An administration fee adds 1 percent of the exploitation rights. Coljuegos tells players that this money goes to the subsidised health system.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Coljuegos, online gambling operators authorised by Coljuegos verified 2026-10-24
• Coljuegos, list of illegal websites published 30 September 2026, ZIP verified 2026-10-24
• Coljuegos, concession contract C2182 of 2025 with Aquila Global Group, PDF verified 2026-10-24
• Coljuegos, what novel games are verified 2026-10-24
• Coljuegos, how to become an operator of games over the internet verified 2026-10-24

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