Global gambling market updates, October 29, 2026: Chilean deputies file bill to bar child support debtors from casinos and online betting

Latin America

1. Chile: deputies file "Sin pensión, no hay diversión" bill to keep child support debtors out of casinos and online betting

Deputy Irací Hassler of the Communist Party announced on X on October 27 that she and other deputies had filed a bill to restrict access to online betting, casinos, mass events and stadiums for people who owe child support "until they regularise their debt".

The co-sponsors are deputies Marisela Santibáñez (independent), Constanza Schönhaut and Carolina Tello (Frente Amplio), Daniela Serrano and Marcos Barraza (Communist Party) and Juan Santana (Socialist Party), according to T13.

As described by Hassler and reported by T13 and El Dínamo, the bill would work like this:

• Who must check: casino operating companies, authorised online gaming platforms, event organisers and ticket sellers.
• What they check: the National Register of Child Support Debtors (Registro Nacional de Deudores de Pensiones de Alimentos), before carrying out an operation.
• What happens if a person is listed: casinos must refuse entry, online platforms must suspend the person's betting accounts and operations, and ticket sellers must refuse the sale.
• When it ends: the restriction lasts while the person is listed and ends when the registration is cancelled, for example after the debt is paid or a payment agreement is approved by a court.

Hassler said around 270,000 people still owe child support in Chile, and that 96% of debtors as of May 2025 were men.

The bill has been filed in the Chamber of Deputies and has not yet been assigned a hearing date. A similar rule already applies in Argentina's Entre Ríos province, which bars registered child support debtors from casinos and gaming halls under Law 11,326. Chile's online betting regulation bill is being studied separately by the Senate (see our Chile online gambling bill coverage).

Next: the bill's bulletin number and committee assignment in the Chamber of Deputies, and whether the government gives it urgency.

What to watch

• Brazil: As of October 29 morning Beijing time, MP 1.394 is still listed as "awaiting installation of the committee" on the National Congress page. The Supreme Federal Court holds a public hearing on the betting ban on November 3. Urgency rules start on November 9, and the vote deadline is November 23.
• Chile: further Senate Economy Committee sessions on the online betting bill, Boletín 14838-03.

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