MINCETUR-Licensed Casinos in Peru — Verification Guide (2026)

MINCETUR (Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo), through its Dirección General de Juegos de Casino y Máquinas Tragamonedas (DGJCMT), issues Serie 11 (casino) and Serie 21 (sportsbook) resolutions authorising remote operation under Ley N.º 31557. The public register is available at gob.pe/mincetur. Verification is a three-step check: (1) identify the operator's Peruvian legal entity (usually a S.A.C. formed for the licence — Kaizen Gaming Perú S.A.C., Meridian Gaming Perú S.A.C., BML Group's Peruvian subsidiary, etc.); (2) look up its DGJCMT resolution numbers; (3) confirm the modality (casino, sportsbook or both). Of the 10 operators in our sample, 5 publish specific resolution numbers we could reference; the remainder are known to be licensed but their exact resolution number is not verifiable in public secondary sources — we say so explicitly rather than fabricate.

Ley N.º 31557 art. 7.6 permits the .bet.pe TLD reserved for licensed operators, but in practice every licensed operator uses the standard .pe TLD — Inkabet.pe, Betsson.pe, Doradobet.com (the .com is legacy from the pre-licence era; the licensed operation resides there), Betano.pe, Bet365.pe. No licensed operator has adopted .bet.pe as of Q3 2026. This is a critical honesty note: TLD alone does not confirm a licence — always verify against the DGJCMT public register. A .pe domain proves nothing; a .bet.pe domain does not exist in practice.

MINCETUR issues two remote-gaming modalities under Ley N.º 31557: Serie 11 covers casino products (slots, live dealer, table games), and Serie 21 covers sportsbook. Operators can hold one or both — most tier-1 operators (Kaizen Gaming/Betano, Inkabet, Betsson, Bet365, Doradobet) hold both. The resolution numbers are typically issued in matched pairs at the same DGJCMT session — e.g. Betano Perú holds Resolutions N° 1540 (casino) and N° 1541 (sportsbook) dated 27-Mar-2024, making it the first authorised operator under the framework.

The ISJA (Impuesto Selectivo al Consumo — Juegos y Apuestas a Distancia) is a 12% tax on operator gross gaming revenue, remitted to SUNAT by the operator. As a Peruvian player at a MINCETUR-licensed casino, you do not currently face a withholding on individual winnings — the tax burden sits on the operator. This is a materially better position than Mexico (6% ISR retention at source) or Brazil (15% withholding above per-event threshold). Large or business-scale winnings may still trigger personal income-tax obligations at annual filing — consult a Peruvian contador for your specific case.

Yes. Formal complaints go to DGJCMT through gob.pe/mincetur. INDECOPI (Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual) handles consumer-rights complaints in parallel — bonus disputes, KYC harassment, misleading advertising. For payment-specific disputes (bank transfer failed, Yape credit missing), the payment institution's own complaint channel applies first (BCP, BBVA, Interbank, Scotiabank), then INDECOPI. Retain evidence: screenshots, transaction IDs, KYC uploads and cashier tickets.

Curaçao and MGA-licensed operators continue to accept Peruvian players. Peruvian banks continue to process transactions to both licensed and offshore operators as of Q3 2026 — enforcement is at the operator level, not the payment-institution level. Offshore operators offer wider game catalogues and looser bonus terms but no MINCETUR jurisdiction for disputes. A Curaçao licence is not equivalent to a MINCETUR resolution — dispute recourse in that case would go to Curaçao GCB, which has no obligation to enforce against Peruvian consumers.

Structurally similar — both are federal, both use a resolution/licence + tax model, both have blocked-list enforcement mechanisms — but the details differ. Colombia's Coljuegos model has been operational since 2017 and enforces via ISP-level blocking of offshore operators; Peru's MINCETUR framework became operational in 2024 and enforcement is still maturing. Coljuegos tax is 15% GGR + 1% player-side rent tax; Peru is 12% GGR with no player-side retention. Colombia has ~30 licensed operators; Peru had ~20 by mid-2026 and is growing.