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SCJ opens four casino permit tenders in Chile

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Chile’s SCJ opened processes for casino operating permits in Iquique, Coquimbo, Viña del Mar and Pucón. Interested parties can submit technical and financial offers at a hearing scheduled for 24 July 2026, after a consultation period ending on 13 February.

Chile’s casino regulator, SCJ, has opened tenders for four casino operating permits in Iquique, Coquimbo, Viña del Mar and Pucón. The processes were authorised by resolutions 112 to 115, dated 23 January 2026.

Bidders have 120 working days to prepare and submit proposals. A hearing for technical and financial offers is scheduled for 24 July 2026 at 10am at the SCJ’s offices on the fourth floor of Morandé 360, Santiago.

The technical terms were approved in resolutions 108 to 111 on 23 January 2026. They were published for download on 30 January and are available until 23 July 2026. The documents, application system and instructions are available on the SCJ website.

Questions and clarification requests were to be emailed to the address in the terms within a ten-working-day window ending on 13 February 2026, according to the SCJ. The regulator has 15 working days to reply, no later than 6 March 2026. Following the presentation hearing, technical offers will be assessed under the method in the technical terms, with a maximum of 120 working days allowed for the evaluation.

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Chile’s Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego received one bid each for casino permits in Coquimbo and Pucón, while Iquique and Viña del Mar received none. The SCJ said it will assess the two proposals within a maximum of 120 days and prepare new processes for the other communes.

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