Is online gambling legal in Chile?

The criminal law punishes people who play at gambling houses, but it speaks of premises and we found no case applying it to online play. Polla sports-betting prizes are not taxed as income; lottery prizes are taxed at 15%.

1. 1SCJ: Juego ilegal (page 'Cuál es el juego ilegal')
2. 2Subtel: ordena bloqueo de 42 sitios de apuestas online (1 Sep 2026)
3. 3Lotería de Concepción: loteria.cl (operator's own site)
4. 4SCJ: SCJ advierte sobre uso no autorizado de su imagen institucional para promover plataformas ilegales de juego en linea (8 May 2025)

You must be 18 to gamble online in Chile, for online casino, sports betting and lottery alike.

A lottery prize is taxed at 15% as a single tax, withheld by the company that pays it. Prizes from Polla’s sports forecasts and betting are not income. The tax law names no tax on winnings from foreign online sites. The pending online betting bill creates no tax on players’ winnings; it would only make licensed sites report each player’s yearly prizes minus bets to the tax office.

Rate: 15% on lottery prizes; Polla sports prizes 0%

0 online / 25 land-based casinos in Chile, as of 23 Oct 2026.

No national licence for online gambling exists here, so a site taking deposits from players in Chile is not licensed locally, whatever licence it shows from elsewhere.

The official register of licensed sitesSuperintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ)'s website

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  Only two lawful online sellers

  Polla Chilena de Beneficencia and Lotería de Concepción are the only sites that sell gambling online lawfully in Chile. Any other site is foreign and holds no Chilean licence.

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  A tax registration is not a licence

  Foreign sites may be registered with the tax office for IVA. That is tax only; it does not make them legal or supervised.

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  A site that loads may still be on a block list

  Blocking is done by internet providers from lists of domains, and blocked sites reopen on new addresses. Reaching a site is not a sign that it is allowed.

What you can expect from a licensed site's offers in Chile. The rules operators must follow are on the operator page.

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   1. Complain to the casino

   For a land-based casino, raise the complaint with the casino first.

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   2. Take it to the SCJ

   The Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego resolves complaints against a land-based casino or its operator. It has no power over online sites: it passes reports about them to the public prosecutor (Ministerio Público).

   SCJ
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   3. Polla and Lotería de Concepción

   For the two lawful online sellers, contact the operator. No Chilean body resolves disputes with foreign sites.

• Myth

  A foreign site that takes Chilean pesos is legal here.
  Reality

  No. Only Polla and Lotería de Concepción sell online lawfully. Foreign sites hold no Chilean licence, the courts have ordered internet providers to block them, and the casino regulator cannot help you if one of them does not pay.

• Myth

  Online winnings are taxed at 15%.
  Reality

  Not as such. The 15% tax applies to lottery prizes. Polla sports-betting prizes are not income, and the tax law names no tax on winnings from foreign online sites. The pending bill does not create a tax on players’ winnings either.

• Myth

  Playing on foreign sites can never get me in trouble.
  Reality

  The criminal law punishes people who play at gambling houses, though it speaks of premises and we found no case applying it to online play. The Supreme Court has said debts from such games are unenforceable, so you cannot use the courts to collect a winning.