Santiago’s Court of Appeals ordered the case brought by Lotería de Concepción against several telecommunications companies to be archived. The lottery had sought orders requiring the companies to block unlicensed online gambling platforms; the court found the request exceeded Chile’s current legal framework.
The ruling leaves telecoms without the requested court order to block the named gambling platforms.
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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.
Chile's Subsecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel) instructed six internet providers to block 42 betting sites within 48 hours, following Supreme Court and Santiago Court of Appeals rulings. The list came from the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego, and providers must report completion to the court and Subtel.
Chile's Subtel submitted three technical options to the Santiago Court of Appeals for blocking unauthorised online betting platforms. It assessed deep packet inspection, server-name indication filtering and DNS blocking, and said DNS was the least invasive and most proportionate option; the court will decide whether to adopt a mechanism.
Chile’s Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) told internet providers to block 37 more websites linked to online betting, following rulings by the Supreme Court and Santiago Court of Appeals. Providers Entel, Movistar, Claro, GTD, WOM and VTR have 48 hours to implement the DNS blocks and report completion to the court; the domains were validated by the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego.
Chile’s Subtel has ordered internet providers to block 42 overseas gambling websites following court decisions. Providers have 48 hours to implement DNS blocking for domains identified by the Superintendency of Casinos.