Chile lawmakers ask CNTV to ban online betting ads across all TV time slots

Two UDI deputies in Chile have asked the National Television Council (CNTV) to suspend advertising for online betting operators at any hour, after a Santiago Court of Appeals ruling set out how to enforce a Supreme Court order to block these websites. For PSPs and operators, the point is simple: the legal pressure is no longer limited to access to the sites themselves, but is moving toward the media channels that still let these brands reach users.

1. Eduardo Cretton and Marco Antonio Sulantay, deputies from the Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI), sent a formal request to the CNTV asking it to ban advertising for online betting houses in any television time slot.
2. The request follows the Santiago Court of Appeals’ definition of the mechanism to execute the Supreme Court ruling issued in September 2025, which ordered the blocking of the websites of these platforms.
3. The lawmakers argued that letting betting operators continue advertising while the judiciary is moving to restrict them creates a contradiction for the state. In their words, allowing ads while the courts move to ban the operators would be “absolutely incoherent” state behavior.
4. They asked the CNTV to extend its regulatory approach and prohibit promotion of these sites across all TV schedules, rather than limiting restrictions to specific hours.
5. Cretton and Sulantay also tied the issue to minors and problem gambling, saying public bodies should act in line with the Supreme Court’s decision and reduce people’s exposure to online gambling advertising, given the accessibility of these platforms and their heavy presence in the media.

For high-risk payment businesses, this is the usual Chile pattern: first the courts go after access, then the visibility layer becomes the next pressure point. Even when the ruling is not directly about payments, it changes the commercial environment for operators and the providers behind them.