Casino Enjoy Viña del Mar recorded gross revenue 39.6% below 2019 levels in the first four months of 2026, according to figures from Chile's Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego. Visits fell 71.3% to 162,904. The regulator must relaunch the tender after receiving no operator bids, the report said.
The revenue decline and failed tender leave the casino's future operator selection unresolved.
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JHSF Península, which completed its purchase of Enjoy Punta del Este in August, announced renovations across the property through 2027, including the casino, which will remain open. Company executives estimated investment above USD 130m across the first two phases and said the casino refurbishment would proceed by area while maintaining operations.
Enjoy reported a CLP24.707 billion loss for the second quarter of 2026 and revenue of CLP11.380 billion, down 7.8% from the previous quarter. The company attributed part of the operating pressure to changing consumer behaviour and competition from online betting platforms and unregulated gambling venues in Chile.
Enjoy reported lower revenue and an operating loss for the first half of 2026, attributing competitive pressure to unregulated online betting platforms and illegal physical casinos in Chile. Gaming revenue was CLP 19,260 million, while EBITDA reached CLP 4,702 million, up from CLP 4,573 million a year earlier; the company said cost controls helped support EBITDA.
Enjoy applied to Chile’s SCJ to surrender its Los Ángeles casino operating permit with three years’ notice. Subsidiary Casino Gran Los Ángeles submitted the request following shareholder approval. The permit runs until 30 July 2038, and the SCJ’s decision-making council must assess and decide the application.
Enjoy asked Chile’s Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego to terminate its casino operating permit in Los Ángeles, which runs until 30 July 2038. The company said the request followed a shareholder resolution; the regulator’s Resolutive Council must decide, and, if approved, the change would take effect after a three-year period from publication of the authorising resolution.