Chile’s Senate Economic Commission advanced two amendments seeking to prohibit online betting. The Finance Ministry regretted that the committee did not consider its licensing-based regulatory proposal, while aPAL and AGR warned about the consequences of prohibition, including risks to user protection and competition.
The amendments could shape whether Chile adopts a licensing framework or prohibits online betting.
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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.
Chilean lawmakers Marco Antonio Sulantay and Ximena Naranjo presented a bill that would require online betting platforms operating in Chile to use biometric registration to restrict access by minors. The proposal comes as a separate online gambling regulation bill remains in its second constitutional stage in the Senate; the tax authority has said its recent registration and tax rules do not determine whether platforms are legally authorised to operate.
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) and Chile’s online betting platforms association, aPAL, signed a memorandum of understanding to support development of an online gambling regulatory framework in Chile. They plan to share regulatory and market information and work together on policy approaches covering consumer protection, market sustainability and sports integrity.
The International Betting Integrity Association and the Chilean Association of Online Betting Platforms signed a memorandum of understanding to support online betting regulation in Chile. The groups said they will share regulatory information and international practices and promote approaches addressing consumer protection, market sustainability and sports integrity.
The Betting and Gaming Council and Chile’s Agrupación de Plataformas de Apuesta en Línea signed a cooperation agreement on online gambling regulation in Chile. The organisations will share international experience and data and engage with policymakers; the agreement runs for an initial year. Chile has a bill to regulate online operators under discussion, with a licensing regime potentially beginning in 2027.