Games of chance business in Colombia generates USD 1.5 billion a year, equivalent to two tax reforms. According to the Colombian Federation of Games of Chance business (Feceazar), three sectors obtain the best collection: chance, the most sold, followed by casinos, bingos, slot halls and lotteries, with sales of USD 518.5 million. However, lotteries have been losing its space lately, mainly due to the appearance of online games such as Baloto.

Poker is a game largely dependent on luck, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. Derek Kelly, the former chairman of a private poker club, had argued that it was a game of skill, meaning that he did not need a licence under the 1968 Gaming Act, which required it only for games of chance. ut a jury at London's Snaresbrook Crown Court last year found him to have breached gambling laws in a test case prosecution...