Sportium secures ninth online gaming licence in Colombia

Spanish-based Sportium has become the ninth gambling operator to obtain an online gaming licence in Colombia.

The company will now operate in the country via the Sportium.com.co platform on a five-year licence, which was confirmed this week by Colombia regulator Coljuegos.

Sportium is a joint venture run by Ladbrokes and Spain’s Cirsa Gaming Corp.

Colombia moved to legalise online gaming in October 2016.

Wplay.co picked up the first licence under new national laws in the country in June of last year, and has since been joined by Codere, Corredor Emperearial, GAMING1, Vicca Group, Colbet and, most recently, Luckia.

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