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Chile comptroller finds 910 public employees gambled CLP11.49bn at casinos

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Chile’s Comptroller General identified 910 public and municipal employees who made casino transactions exceeding CLP11.49bn between January 2024 and June 2025, despite a legal prohibition on their betting. The finding followed a comparison of public fund custodians’ records with casino customer information supplied by the Superintendence of Casinos; the report says the employees came from 371 state entities.

The findings may prompt administrative measures and legal accountability for employees subject to the betting prohibition.

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Chile’s SCJ reports CLP141.329m in casino taxes through September

Chile’s Superintendence of Casinos (SCJ) reported CLP141.329m (US$143.35m) in taxes accrued by 22 casinos authorised under Law No. 19.995 from January to September 2026. The total fell 8.46% in real terms year on year, while gross gaming revenue declined 7.9% to CLP372.774m and visits fell 11.25% to 4,067,872.

Chile's Superintendence of Casinos (SCJ) reported that taxes accrued by casinos authorised under Law No. 19.995 reached CLP141,329m (US$143.35m) at the end of September 2026. The amount is an 8.46% fall in real terms compared with the same period a year earlier.

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