Provincial licensing, applied for separately in each jurisdiction
Argentina
There is no national licence: each province and the City of Buenos Aires regulate separately.
Partly restricted online casino
Peru
A quick, comparatively low-cost licensing regime that became a common first step into the region.
| Product | Position | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Online casino | Licensed | Commercial operators can be licensed to offer this product to local customers. |
| Sports betting | Licensed | Commercial operators can be licensed to offer this product to local customers. |
| Online poker | Licensed | Commercial operators can be licensed to offer this product to local customers. |
| Lottery | Licensed | Commercial operators can be licensed to offer this product to local customers. |
How the market works
Peru passed its online gaming and sports betting law in 2022 and issued the first authorisations in 2024, with supervision by the gaming directorate of the trade and tourism ministry, which already regulated the country's land-based casinos and slot halls.
Requirements include local incorporation or a registered branch, certification of the platform and games by an accredited laboratory, and hosting arrangements the regulator can inspect. A tax on net revenue applies alongside a separate consumption tax on the sector, the introduction of which changed the market's economics after the first authorisations were granted.
Peru matters in regional planning because it moved from unlicensed to licensed quickly and at a comparatively low cost of entry, which made it a common first licence for operators assembling a Latin American footprint before Brazil opened.
Who regulates it
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR), based in Lima and operating under Law 31557, as amended. The Peruvian ministry whose gaming directorate licensed online gambling from 2024.
Licence types issued
- Online gaming and sports betting authorisation
Questions about Peru
Other markets in Latin America
Authorisation per operator, limited brands per authorisation
Brazil
The largest market to move from unlicensed to licensed in recent years, with betting and casino under one authorisation.
Licensed online casino
Concession to operate a state monopoly activity
Colombia
The first Latin American country to licence online gambling nationally, and the regional template.
Licensed online casino
Online activity authorised as an annex to a land-based permit
Mexico
A large market with no modern online statute: operators work through holders of permits issued under 1947 legislation.
Partly restricted online casino
Background reading
Legal and compliance
What a gaming licence actually covers
A licence is not a badge of quality and it is not valid everywhere. What it authorises, who it binds, and why one company often holds a dozen.
Legal and compliance
How gambling is taxed, and why the base matters
A tax on stakes and a tax on gross gaming revenue can carry the same headline number and produce completely different businesses.
Legal and compliance
How a company enters a new market
The sequence from legal assessment to launch, and the parts that routinely take longer than anyone plans for.
Legal and compliance
What grey and black markets actually mean
The industry uses three words for the legal status of a market and rarely defines them. Here is what each one means in practice.