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Chile collects 19% digital VAT from betting sites amid blocking orders

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Chile has required foreign digital platforms to register and pay 19% Digital VAT on local transactions since July, and 39 betting websites have registered, the report said. Subtel ordered blocks on 42 betting sites earlier in September and a further 37 on 21 September, while an online gambling bill remains before the Senate. Agrupación de iGaming Responsable president Sandra Kemp said taxation does not provide player-protection rules.

Operators face Digital VAT and website blocks while Chile’s online gambling bill remains unresolved and player-protection rules are absent.

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Chile appeals court sets DNS-blocking process for unauthorised gambling sites

The Santiago Court of Appeals has set a five-stage DNS-blocking process to enforce a Supreme Court judgment against unauthorised online gambling services. Lotería de Concepción or Polla Chilena de Beneficencia will report suspected domains to the SCJ, which validates them before SUBTEL notifies telecoms firms. Polla Chilena president Felipe Dalgalarrando welcomed the decision, while aPAL questioned the ruling's scope.

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