The call is due to the previous tender for the quota in Castro, which is currently operated by Rantrur S.A. (Enjoy).
Chile.- Through Exempt Resolution No. 913 of December 2, 2024, the Superintendence of Casino Games (SCJ) initiated a new process for granting a national casino gaming operation license, due to the quota that will become available as a result of the expiration of the permit authorized to Rantrur S.A. (Enjoy), in May 2027.
It is worth remembering that in October, the SCJ reported that it terminated the evaluation of the technical offers presented by Inversiones y Turismo Chiloé S.A. (Dreams) and Rantrur S.A. (Enjoy), applicant and renewer, respectively, for an operation permit in the commune of Castro; as well as the evaluation of the proposal from Casino de Juegos Coyhaique S.A., in the commune of Coyhaique.
The process of granting operation permits ended without the assignment of scores and without the stage of opening economic offers. According to explanations from the SCJ, this was due to the fact that these proposals did not meet some of the obligations established in Law No. 19.995.
Regarding the new call, the Superintendence detailed that the technical bases, as well as the System for Casino Game Operation Applications (SOPO) and its user manual, can be downloaded through the official SCJ website.
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In this way, the project preparation phase begins, for which those interested in applying for an operation permit have a period of 90 business days until the submission of these at the Technical and Economic Offers Presentation hearing, which is scheduled for Monday, April 14, 2025, at 10:00h, at the Superintendence premises, located at Morandé N°360, floor 4, Santiago de Chile.
Also, within a period of 10 business days, that is, until Thursday, December 23, 2024, the period for inquiries and requests for clarifications to the technical bases will take place, which can be made via email. Meanwhile, the Superintendence has a period of 15 days to respond to them.
It should be noted that applicants can present projects in any commune of the country, keeping in mind the following restrictions: each region can have a maximum of three casinos and a minimum of one; there can be no casino in the Metropolitan Region; and they must always be, at least, 70 km road distance from the nearest one, regardless of the region in which they are located.
