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# Peru — Overview: What kind of market is this? | advennt.io

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# Peru Gambling — Overview: What kind of market is this?

Key section parameters

Jurisdiction Peru (PE)

Regulator Recorded in register

Favourability Favourable

Confidence Probable

Review status Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed

Last collected 1 Nov 2026

Summary answer

Peru operates a mature, MINCETUR-administered remote gambling and sports-betting regime under Ley 31557 as amended by Ley 31806, a durable primary statute establishing a unified authorization pathway. The market has grown to over ninety licensed operators, and Peru was named Regulator of the Year 20…

### Key headwinds & conditions

- Local entity/branch and ~USD 235k guarantee requirement
- New 1% ISC per-bet tax (from July 2025) raising effective burden
- Mandatory .bet.pe domain and real-time MINCETUR data access
- Still-maturing technical certification and enforcement build-out

4 Oct 2026 Read update Peru's gambling regime remains structured around Ley N 31557 for remote gaming and sports betting, with the current cycle marked by continued enforcement pressure rather than structural change. Mincetur's DGJCMT has blocked 86 of 157 identified unauthorised remote-gaming and sports-betting platforms through 2 October 2026, alongside closure of 17 physical betting shops and 10 slot-machine halls and thousands of inspections. In parallel, a previously archived bill to cut the online-gambling ISC rate from a 20% ceiling to a Ministry of Economy and Finance-set band of 0.3% to 7% has been revived in Congress. Neither development alters the licensing architecture itself, but together they define an amber posture: active enforcement against unauthorised supply alongside unresolved uncertainty over the tax base facing licensed operators.

## Full section analysis

Peru operates a mature, MINCETUR-administered remote gambling and sports-betting regime under Ley 31557 as amended by Ley 31806, a durable primary statute establishing a unified authorization pathway. The market has grown to over ninety licensed operators, and Peru was named Regulator of the Year 2025 by the International Masters of Gaming Law, a Uncertain-confidence but internationally-facing signal of comparative regulatory standing. The jurisdiction-family posture is civil-law, meaning the enforcement theory rests on the statutory licensing stack itself rather than a secondary licence-breach doctrine. This cycle's overall trajectory is positive for licensed operators: growing licensee counts and no adverse legal-posture change, set against a backdrop of intensifying enforcement against unlicensed activity.