GAT Expo Bogotá 2026 Delivers Strong Business Results, Showcases Innovation and Drives Industry Dialogue

With extremely favorable lead to sales, company chances, and market networking, GAT Expo Bogotá effectively concluded its occasion held last Thursday, October 15, in Colombia’s capital. GAT Expo Bogotá declared its management as an essential company platform for the video gaming market, uniting domestic and global producers and providers with operators looking for to update their video gaming floorings, integrate brand-new innovations, broaden their video gaming portfolios, and improve their operations.

The occasion invited magnate, producers, innovation providers, and video gaming operators from 19 nations: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the United States, France, Georgia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Russia, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

At the nationwide level, participation figures tape-recorded company delegates from video gaming operators representing more than 30 cities and towns throughout various areas of Colombia, consisting of Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Pereira, Manizales, Ibagué, Santa Marta, Montería, Valledupar, Villavicencio, Yopal, Neiva, Barrancabermeja, Arauca, Duitama, Sogamoso, Fusagasugá, Cajicá, Envigado, Floridablanca, San Andrés, and Túquerres. This substantial geographical representation, integrated with worldwide involvement, promoted industrial activity, assisted in direct engagement in between makers and operators, and added to closing offers and developing brand-new tactical collaborations.

Coljuegos, Colombia’s video gaming regulative authority, strengthened the occasion’s institutional existence through its stand in the exhibit location of the Sheraton Hotel, enhancing market discussion and promoting legal video gaming amongst magnate thinking about purchasing or broadening their operations within the Colombian market.

Innovation and Innovation Took Center Stage

Leading brand names showcased their most current advancements in fruit machine, next-generation video gaming cabinets, progressive prizes, electronic live roulettes, management systems, payment options, gambling establishment furnishings, specialized advertising and marketing services, digital platforms, and services for both the land-based and online video gaming sections.

This substantial innovation display offered operators the chance to check out brand-new options firsthand through live presentations, assisting them recognize methods to update their facilities, diversify their video gaming offerings, and react to emerging patterns in a quickly developing, technology-driven market.

Novomatic, Win Systems/Gold Club, Interblock, Gambee, Play Group, Pragmatic Play, Gamanza, BetConstruct, Royal Gaming, BetPlay, Oklahoma, Mobbili, JCM, Gem Solutions, Global Technology Services, Mer Design, RPCOL, UP Gaming, and BYADS benefited from the occasion to reinforce industrial relationships and broaden their existence in the Colombian market.

GAT Talks

Together with the trade exhibit, GAT Expo Bogotá included a devoted location for GAT Talks, developed as a vibrant platform for discussion, understanding sharing, and the exchange of experiences amongst market association agents and C-level executives.

Sponsored by Gamanza and YaJuego, GAT Talks Bogotá hosted 3 panel conversations resolving crucial top priorities forming today and future of the video gaming market, both in Colombia and throughout the continent.

Accountable Gaming: A Shared Commitment

The very first panel, “Responsible Gaming in South America,” was moderated by Luis Zanazzi, Training Advisor at ALEA, and included Juan Carlos Restrepo, President of Asojuegos; Elizabeth Maya, President of Cornazar; and Willington Ortiz, President of Fedelco.

The conversation taken a look at accountable video gaming from the viewpoint of market associations, highlighting efforts and accomplishments in Colombia, along with suggestions and difficulties connected to promoting much safer video gaming practices. Specific attention was provided to legal video gaming operations and informing kids and youths to avoid dangerous habits.

The exchange of point of views in between Colombian market agents and the Argentine experience highlighted the value of cumulative action, stressing the immediate requirement for dedication throughout the whole video gaming community to make sure the market’s sustainable advancement.

The session assisted recognize crucial training requirements and chances in Responsible Gaming throughout Colombia and other Latin American markets, supplying important insights for the advancement of future training efforts throughout the area.

The Current Landscape of Land-Based Casinos and Retail Gaming

The afternoon’s 2nd panel was moderated by Georges Didier, Regional Director for Latin America at Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), with the involvement of Laura Marcela Arévalo, Legal Advisor at Cornazar; José Luis Osorio, CEO of Retailsoft Solution; Laura Ruiz, Attorney at Vásquez y Asociados; and Julio Duque, Latin America Director at Golden Race.

In addition to analyzing the primary obstacles dealing with land-based gambling establishment operators concerning video game accreditation and regulative approval, the conversation highlighted the requirement for more structured treatments efficient in equaling technological development and the progressing requirements of certified operators.

Market executives and attorneys evaluated the regulative requirements associated with presenting brand-new video gaming items, highlighting the significance of developing conditions that allow operators to innovate and react without delay to advancements in the controlled market.

The Future of Gamification: Beyond Bonuses

The GAT Talks program concluded with the panel “Gamification Is Not a Bonus Engine: Why the Industry Confused the Mechanism with the Experience,” moderated by Andrés Blanco, Managing Director and Chief Product Officer at Gamanza Engage.

Signing up with the conversation were Lina Gallego, Country Manager at Luckia Colombia; Paola Gayón, Marketing Manager at BetPlay; Diego Fernando Vargas Cortés, Strategy Director at YaJuego; and Favián Granados, CRM Manager LATAM at Xpanzia.

The professionals checked out the wider capacity of gamification as a tool to essentially change the gamer experience, reinforce commitment, and construct long-lasting relationships in between operators and gamers.

Moving beyond conventional rewards and promos, the panel analyzed the significance of developing real psychological connections and individualized experiences while appreciating the borders that should direct these methods, especially gamer defense and accountable video gaming concepts.

Particular examples consisted of the suspension of marketing projects throughout public emergency situations in locations impacted by the current earthquake in Colombia, showing how accountable engagement needs to take precedence over industrial goals under remarkable scenarios.

José Aníbal Aguirre, CEO of GAT Events, commented:

The 3 conversations made it clear that market development needs a balance in between development, competitiveness, sustainability, and gamer security. This is specifically why it is so crucial to develop continuous chances for discussion in every jurisdiction where we exercise our management as organizers of video gaming market exhibition and occasions. Eventually, all of it boils down to one important concept: accountable video gaming implies sustainable advancement.

A Trade Show That Drives Business and Strengthens the Legal Gaming Industry

The success of GAT Expo Bogotá declares the worth of in-person market events as reliable platforms for closing service offers.

Beyond showcasing items, the exhibit helped with direct interaction in between innovation designers and the decision-makers accountable for financial investments, purchases, and devices upgrades in gambling establishments and other video gaming operations.

For José Aníbal Aguirre, Founder and CEO of GAT Events, the outcomes verify the significance of Bogotá and Cartagena within the company’s occasion circuit, in addition to the strong industrial capacity of Colombia’s video gaming market.

We got incredibly favorable feedback from exhibitors, especially relating to sales. Fruit machine producers and providers were regularly hectic conference with their operator customers, showing that GAT Expo Bogotá is far more than an innovation display: it is a location where service offers are made. That was specifically our goal: to provide a vibrant, short-format occasion that created concrete industrial outcomes. And we accomplished it. We will conclude the 2026 GAT Events circuit on November 18 at the Renaissance Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. We will reproduce this exact same format, integrating a trade exhibit, networking chances, and a GAT Talks conference program. We eagerly anticipate inviting everybody with numerous amazing advancements.