Chilean providers may not block lawful sites on their own; the blocking orders we found all come from courts, and the telecom regulator Subtel sends the lists to providers. Providers block betting sites in their DNS (the internet's address book that turns a name into a server address), and pirate TV lists also include server addresses, so a lawful site could be caught if it shares a listed address or is mistaken for a betting mirror (a copy on a new address). Public tests of a blocked betting site showed a timeout or a browser security warning, not an explanation, so a test through each provider's own connections is the way to find out.
Sources: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, Ley 20.453, 26 August 2010 · Poder Judicial, 30 September 2025 · Subtel, 1 September 2026 · Subtel, 27 October 2026 · OONI measurement, Movistar, 12 November 2026 · OONI measurement, Mundo, 23 October 2026
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The page is opened through home connections of Movistar, Mundo, VTR and Entel and mobile connections of Entel, Claro and WOM, the way their customers would open it, and the answer comes provider by provider.
Who can order a website blocked in Chile?
Every blocking order we found came from a court, and Subtel, the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications, passed the lists to the providers. Since 2010 the net neutrality law (Ley 20.453) forbids providers to arbitrarily block, interfere with or restrict any lawful content, application or service. A provider may block content only at its customer's express request and cost, and must offer parental controls to customers who ask, also at their cost.
Sources: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, Ley 20.453, 26 August 2010 (article 24 H, letters a and c) · Subtel, 1 September 2026 · Subtel, 27 October 2026
How does Chile's block on betting sites work?
In a ruling announced on 30 September 2025 (case number 18.080-2025), the Supreme Court ordered Claro Chile, Entel, GTD Manquehue, Telefónica Chile (Movistar), WOM and VTR to block immediately all the websites the lottery Lotería de Concepción had asked for.
Source: Poder Judicial, 30 September 2025
Betting platforms quickly put up mirror sites, copies on new addresses. After the Santiago Court of Appeals closed the case in March 2026, the Supreme Court reopened it in April and told the judges to secure compliance.
Source: Diario Financiero, 13 April 2026
On 7 August 2026 the Santiago Court of Appeals adopted a five-step procedure proposed by Subtel: the lottery or another party to the case reports domains and mirrors to the casino regulator, the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ), which checks them; Subtel sends the list to the providers, which block the names by DNS within Subtel's deadline and report to the court; and the cycle repeats for new mirrors. It also provides for prompt correction of mistakes, including harm to lawful services.
Sources: Radio Sago, 9 August 2026 · BioBioChile, 8 August 2026 · Subtel, 1 September 2026
On 1 September 2026 Subtel gave Entel, Movistar, Claro, GTD, WOM and VTR 48 hours to block 42 betting sites by DNS, among them lat.betano.com, 1xbet.com, stake.com and juegalo.com. On 21 September it added 37 domains validated by the SCJ, naming only brands such as Betano and Bet365. As of 13 November 2026 we found only the first list in full; check it for your domain. See also the guide for gambling operators.
Sources: Subtel, 1 September 2026 · Subtel, 21 September 2026
In November 2026 the Senate's Economy Committee approved two amendments, one by senators Diego Ibáñez and Gastón Saavedra and one by Senate president Paulina Núñez, that would ban online betting platforms instead of licensing them. Both provide for blocking access to the platforms. The bill was still before the committee.
Sources: T13, 10 November 2026 · Mala Espina, 11 November 2026
A separate Senate bill, filed on 30 September 2026, would set rules for court orders to block websites: providers would report when and how they applied a block, courts could extend an order to new domains and mirror sites, and owners of lawful services caught by mistake could ask for the block to be reviewed or lifted. As of 14 November 2026 it was waiting for its first committee report.
Sources: Senado, Boletín 18.699-07 · iGaming Business, 10 November 2026
What does a blocked visitor in Chile see?
For the betting blocks, public tests show an error, not a notice. OONI, an open project that measures internet censorship, recorded these results for juegalo.com, one of the 42 listed sites:
- Movistar. On 12 November 2026 Movistar's DNS gave the address of a server on Microsoft's network instead of the site's real one, and the connection timed out, so the site looks down.
- Mundo. On 23 October 2026 Mundo's DNS sent the visitor to a Mundo server that presented a certificate (the digital ID a site shows the browser) for www.mundopacifico.cl, so the browser shows a security warning. No betting order we found names Mundo, yet its DNS answered this way.
- Telsur (GTD). On 5 November 2026 the DNS of Telsur, part of the GTD group, answered with another address on Microsoft's network, which presented a certificate for grupogtd.com: again a security warning.
So if Movistar customers tell you your site is down, or someone sends you a certificate error naming mundopacifico.cl or grupogtd.com, your domain may be on a list. OONI Explorer, an open archive of network tests, can be searched for your domain in Chile.
Sources: OONI measurements of juegalo.com: Movistar, 12 November 2026 · Mundo, 23 October 2026 · Telsur, 5 November 2026 · PeeringDB, AS14117 (Gtd Telsur) · Poder Judicial, 30 September 2025 · Subtel, 1 September 2026 · Subtel, 21 September 2026 · OONI Explorer, checked 13 November 2026
Can Chile's pirate TV order block my site?
It could, because the lists include IP addresses (the numeric addresses of servers). The 19th Civil Court of Santiago upheld an action by Warner Bros. under the intellectual property law. On 29 January 2026 Subtel told providers to block MagisTV, FlujoTV, XuperTV and their variants, including every domain, subdomain, IP address and mirror, within five working days of receiving its letter. Providers must also state expressly that a site was blocked for infringing intellectual property laws.
Sources: La Tercera, 5 February 2026 · Emol, 5 February 2026 · Subtel, 27 October 2026
By 27 October 2026, Subtel said, 1,954 URLs of services such as Cuevana and Fútbol Libre had been blocked from lists supplied by the Alianza contra la Piratería Digital (Alliance against Digital Piracy), 765 of them in October. Subtel names GTD, DirecTV, Entel, WOM, Mundo, ClaroVTR, Netline and Movistar as the providers that must block; La Tercera also named Starlink. Subtel's release does not list the URLs or say how providers block them. An IP block reaches every site on that address, for example on a CDN (a network that serves many sites from shared addresses); see collateral blocking in Europe.
Sources: Subtel, 27 October 2026 · La Tercera, 5 February 2026
Which providers do people in Chile use?
Movistar, Mundo, VTR and Entel carry most fixed (home and office) internet connections, and Entel, WOM, ClaroVTR and Movistar share mobile internet. Subtel's shares as of June 2026:
| Provider | Share of fixed internet connections |
|---|---|
| Movistar | 26.5% |
| Mundo | 21.2% |
| VTR | 20.2% |
| Entel | 10.9% |
| GTD | 6.2% |
| Claro | 5.8% |
| WOM | 4.4% |
| Starlink | 3.45% |
| Provider | Share of mobile internet connections (3G, 4G, 5G) |
|---|---|
| Entel | 35.2% |
| WOM | 24.3% |
| ClaroVTR (Claro and VTR together) | 21.0% |
| Movistar | 18.5% |
Sources: Subtel, fixed internet connections to June 2026 (sheet 7.9) · Subtel, mobile internet connections to June 2026 (sheet 8.3)
What does linkspect check in Chile?
A check opens your URL through the home internet of Movistar, Mundo, VTR and Entel customers and the mobile connections of Entel, Claro and WOM customers. You can also include Movistar mobile and the home internet of Claro, WOM, GTD and Starlink in a check; they are measured when a suitable test connection is available, and otherwise that answer says "not measured". Results may be incomplete: there is no verified record of the providers' DNS servers yet, so a DNS block is marked "likely" at most, and a page that opened can show as grey "Not verified" when the main check for Chile could not be done (verdict reference).
Facts checked on 13 November 2026.