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Tax contribution of gaming casinos authorized by Law No. 19,995 reaches $ 16,788 million in September 2023

Thursday 09 de November 2023 / 12:00

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(Santiago).- The collection is distributed in $7,293 million paid by the 19,995 casinos to the communes and regional governments in which they are located, $7,045 million in VAT on gaming and $2,451 million in ticket tax.

Tax contribution of gaming casinos authorized by Law No. 19,995 reaches $ 16,788 million in September 2023

The 25 gaming casinos operating in the country recorded gross gaming revenue (win) of $47,506 million in September 2023, which, in real terms, was 0.8% higher than those obtained in September 2022.
Taxes collected

The 22 casinos 19,995[1] contributed a total of $16,788 million in taxes in the month of September, increasing the taxes contributed in September 2022 by 3.9% in real terms.

The aggregated amounts at the industry level are divided into $7,293 million that correspond to the specific gaming tax, destined to regional governments and municipalities for the financing of development works, in addition to $7,045 million associated with the payment of VAT on gaming income and $2,451 million corresponding to the tax on entry to gambling halls, which goes to the nation's general funds.

Regional governments and municipalities receive the funds from the specific gaming tax the month following their payment by the operating companies. Therefore, these resources will be received in December 2023.

The distribution of taxes collected by the operation for the month of August 2023 is shown in the following table:

IMPUESTOS septiembre 2023 ($ Millones)
Región	Casino	Impuesto específico Gobierno Regional	Impuesto específico Municipalidad	IVA	Por entrada	Total
De Arica y Parinacota	Casino Luckia Arica	96,5	96,5	183,4	100,0	476,5
De Antofagasta	Marina de Sol Calama	81,2	81,2	155,8	54,3	372,5
De Antofagasta	Enjoy Antofagasta	243,0	243,0	461,8	162,2	1.110,0
De Atacama	Antay Casino & Hotel	93,7	93,7	191,0	102,2	480,6
De Coquimbo	Ovalle Casino Resort S.A.	38,1	38,1	72,4	34,0	182,6
De Coquimbo	Enjoy Coquimbo	221,2	221,2	420,2	171,6	1.034,2
De Valparaíso	Casino de Juegos del Pacífico	77,4	77,4	147,1	68,3	370,2
	Enjoy Viña del Mar	434,4	434,4	825,5	234,0	1.928,4
	Enjoy Santiago	247,6	247,6	470,4	157,8	1.123,4
De O´Higgins	Casino Monticello	846,7	846,7	1.653,4	387,4	3.734,2
De O´Higgins	Casino de Colchagua	58,0	58,0	112,1	34,7	262,9
Del Maule	Gran Casino de Talca	70,4	70,4	135,1	62,9	338,8
Del Ñuble	Marina del Sol Chillán	77,0	77,0	147,8	77,1	378,9
Del Biobío	Marina del Sol Talcahuano	321,6	321,6	651,4	221,6	1.516,2
Del Biobío	Casino Gran Los Ángeles	49,2	49,2	93,5	40,7	232,7
La Araucanía	Dreams Temuco	168,9	168,9	324,1	133,9	795,8
La Araucanía	Enjoy Pucón	92,7	92,7	176,1	64,9	426,4
Los Ríos	Dreams Valdivia	115,0	115,0	222,2	95,3	547,5
Los Lagos	Marina del Sol Osorno	92,6	92,6	177,7	64,8	427,7
Los Lagos	Enjoy Chiloé	33,3	33,3	63,3	28,4	158,3
De Aysén	Dreams Coyhaique	38,3	38,3	72,8	33,2	182,7
Magallanes	Dreams Punta Arenas	149,4	149,4	287,8	121,3	707,9
Total		3.646,3	3.646,3	7.045,1	2.450,5	16.788,2

Revenue and visits

The 25 gaming casinos operating in the country recorded gross gaming revenue (win) of $47,506 million in September 2023, which, in real terms, was 0.8% higher than those obtained in September 2022.

Regarding visits, 583,005 people were registered who entered the 25 casinos in operation, which is equivalent to an increase of 10% compared to September 2022.

In addition, during September an average expense of $79,977 per visit was recorded, which implies a decrease in real terms of 9% compared to September 2022.

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País: Chile

Región: South America

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