Chile’s physical casino industry is working through a genuinely difficult stretch, according to the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego’s (SCJ) latest statistical bulletin: the sector’s 25 casinos, spread from Arica to Magallanes, generated UF 4,563,333 [US$197 million] in revenue over the first four months of 2026 – 20 per cent below the UF 5,764,473 [US$248 million] recorded over the same period in 2019, when 24 casinos were operating. Visitor numbers tell a similar story: 1.9 million visits so far this year, down 29 per cent from the 2.7 million recorded across 23 casinos in early 2019.
There’s a more encouraging detail buried in the numbers, though: average spend per visit is actually up roughly eight per cent over the same comparison period, suggesting the casinos that are drawing visitors are monetizing them more effectively even as overall foot traffic has thinned.
