Chile’s Superintendency of Gaming Casinos (SCJ) reported that 25 land-based casinos generated CLP 145.19 billion in Q1 2025. Revenue fell 3.7% in real terms year on year, while visits declined 3.7% to 1,788,327; average spending per visit rose 0.7% to CLP 80,079.
The figures show lower real casino revenue and visits alongside higher average spend, with implications for operators’ market performance.
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Chile's telecoms subsecretary Romina Garrido told a congressional economy committee that Subtel has received three protection appeals, one lawsuit and six administrative challenges against blocks on online betting sites. The SCJ said 174 illegal sites have been blocked since 19 August, while Garrido said platforms rapidly switch to new domains to evade the order.
Chile's telecoms subsecretary Romina Garrido told a congressional economy committee that Subtel has received three protection appeals, one lawsuit and six administrative challenges against blocks on online betting sites. The committee called the authorities to establish how far a Supreme Court ruling has been complied with. The Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) said 174 illegal sites have been blocked since 19 August. The SCJ said it sent the list to Subtel and to Wom, Entel, Claro, Movistar, VTR and GTD, the country's six largest internet providers.
Chile’s Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego defended court-ordered blocks on online betting sites in submissions to the courts. Latamwin challenged the measures, while Epicbet disputed the scope of the blocking orders and asked the Supreme Court to review the admissibility of its appeal after a first-instance rejection. Subtel said it carries out court orders and does not decide which internet content should be blocked.
Chile's Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) defended court-ordered blocks on online betting sites in submissions to the courts. The blocks were ordered against dozens of domains linked to platforms operating without authorisation in Chile, with internet providers instructed to apply DNS blocking. Latamwin, owned by W&C N.V., filed a recurso de protección against the SCJ and the Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel). Epicbet, operated by Overcooked Limitada, challenged the scope of the blocking orders and asked the Supreme Court to review the admissibility of its appeal after the Corte de Apelaciones rejected its first-instance filing.
The Talca Court of Appeals rejected a protection appeal seeking to halt construction of the new Casino Dreams in Chile’s Maule region, ruling that the municipal building permit was not illegal. The court said the regional environmental authority had found the project did not require assessment under the environmental review system and would not affect the wetland; Dreams plans to submit final documents to the Superintendence of Casinos of Gaming in November before the review required to open.
Chile's Supreme Court upheld the rejection of Comercial Cofan's action against the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego over the classification of machines operated in Puerto Montt. The court's ruling, issued on 25 September, left in place the regulator's classification of the equipment as games of chance and the lower court's rejection of the company's challenge.
Chile’s Supreme Court upheld the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego’s authority to classify gaming machines, confirming the rejection of a challenge by Comercial Cofan E.I.R.L. The court left in place the SCJ’s recommendation that Castro municipality should not renew the company’s commercial licence for operating the machines.