Chile’s Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego presented its 2025 public account, reporting more than CH$194bn in taxes from regulated casinos. The sector contributed a further CH$69bn in economic payments to municipalities, while the SCJ outlined risk-based supervision, anti-money-laundering controls and self-exclusion measures.
The figures show the tax and municipal revenue exposure attached to Chile’s regulated casino sector.
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A bill presented to Chile’s Chamber of Deputies would let authorised casinos and other legally permitted entities offer online betting and games. The proposal would place casino offerings under the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego and require identity checks, user limits and self-exclusion; it also proposes prison terms of 541 days to five years and fines of 100 to 1,000 UTM for unauthorised operators, as reported.
Chilean deputies Sergio Bobadilla, Eduardo Cretton and Cristóbal Martínez have proposed allowing authorised casinos and other legally permitted entities to offer online betting and games of chance. The proposal would apply the oversight and tax conditions governing in-person gambling to online operations.
Chile's Responsible iGaming Association (AGR) urged legislators to speed up the online-gambling bill, saying it should protect vulnerable groups and set operator requirements. A legal analysis by Estudio Fermandois argued that lawmakers had a constitutional duty to legislate and said Subtel and the casino regulator lacked authority for blocking actions. AGR called for common licensing, identity checks, underage-exclusion and advertising rules for public and private operators.
Chile’s Responsible iGaming Association (AGR) urged legislators to accelerate the online gambling bill to protect vulnerable groups and set requirements for operators. AGR executive director Sandra Kemp said each month without a law left minors and other vulnerable groups without appropriate protection.
An interview with consultant Carlos Silva Alliende examines Brazil’s reversal on regulated online betting after 21 months and the lessons for Chile as it considers rules for online gambling. Silva argues that regulatory stability supports investment and proposes international cooperation, information-sharing and recognition of foreign certification laboratories in Chile’s future law.
Deputy Alejandro Riquelme proposed blocking card payments and bank transfers to unauthorised online betting platforms in Chile, reportedly. He called for the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego to coordinate with the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero and banks; the proposal comes as an online betting bill remains in its second constitutional stage in the Senate.
Alejandro Riquelme, a deputy and member of the Economy Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, proposed blocking credit card payments and bank transfers to online betting platforms in Chile. The report states that this is a proposal made in the legislative debate and not a measure whose implementation has been announced.
Marina del Sol president Paula Rojas Puga said weaker activity at Chilean casinos has reduced employment and municipal contributions. She said direct employment at the company’s Talcahuano casino fell 30%; visits across the country’s 22 casinos were down 12.1% year on year from January to August 2026, according to figures she cited from the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego.
Direct employment at Marina del Sol's casino in Talcahuano fell 30% as the operator adjusted to lower activity across Chile's casino sector, the company's board chair, Paula Rojas Puga, said. The effect on indirect employment was even larger, she said. The decline reaches all four of Marina del Sol's casinos — in Talcahuano, Calama, Chillán and Osorno — with differing effects according to each venue's size.