Rancagua’s municipality closed eight venues operating slot machines without authorisation in the city centre, following an inspection operation with Carabineros. Mayor Raimundo Agliati said municipal teams and police acted simultaneously and that inspections would continue.
The closures remove eight unauthorised gambling venues from Rancagua’s city centre.
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Peru’s Mincetur closed four illegal gambling venues in Sayán, in Huaura province, and seized 26 computer devices used for unauthorised online sports betting and 11 slot machines. In Huaura district, inspectors also confiscated 18 machines intended for minors; Mincetur said 12 illegal sports betting venues and five clandestine slot-machine halls had been closed nationwide so far in 2026.
Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office-led authorities seized eight unauthorised slot machines and detained nine people during an operation in Guadalajara on 4 May. The machines remain in custody as part of an investigation into suspected illegal gambling and other offences; the detainees were referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Puebla’s Public Security Secretariat said it will review reports of illegal slot machines across the state and consider coordinated operations. Department head Francisco Sánchez González said authorities may impose sanctions where operators lack the required permits; municipalities oversee authorisations and rules.
Costa Rica’s Junta de Protección Social (JPS) and the Municipality of Cartago inspected businesses selling unauthorised lottery products and issued notices and indefinite closures. The JPS said illegal sales divert resources from social programmes funded by official lottery products.
San Antonio District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo proposed a ban on eight-liner machines in a request dated 4 September. The request next goes before the city council’s Governance Committee, which has not announced a discussion date.