Betsson Secures Peruvian License as MINCETUR Completes First Wave of Operator Authorizations
Betsson Group has been granted a full remote gaming and sports betting license in Peru, joining nine other operators approved in the country's inaugural licensing round. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism confirmed the authorizations mark the formal end of Peru's grey-market phase under Law 31557.
Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR) has issued formal licenses to ten remote gaming operators, with Betsson Group among the headline recipients as the Andean nation completes the first structured phase of its regulated iGaming rollout. The authorizations, published in the official gazette on Monday, cap a fourteen-month application review process under Law 31557 and its subsequent regulatory decrees, which established a 12% GGR tax and mandatory local server requirements for all licensees.
Betsson, which had operated in Peru through its Betsson.pe brand under transitional provisions, joins Apuesta Total, Doradobet, Inkabet, and six additional operators in the initial cohort. MINCETUR's General Directorate of Casino Games confirmed that a further 18 applications remain under review, with a second batch of licenses expected before year-end. Operators failing to secure authorization by December 31 will be blocked at the ISP and payment-processor level, according to enforcement guidelines issued alongside the announcement.
"Peru is now one of the most structured regulated markets in Latin America, with clear tax obligations, technical standards, and player protection requirements," said Juan Carlos Mathews, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, during a press briefing in Lima. The framework requires operators to integrate with a national self-exclusion registry, submit RNG certifications from accredited labs, and contribute 0.3% of GGR to a problem gambling fund administered jointly with the Ministry of Health.
Analysts at H2 Gambling Capital project Peru's regulated online market will generate approximately $520 million in GGR during 2027, positioning it as the third-largest Spanish-speaking iGaming jurisdiction in the region behind Colombia and the newly regulated Brazilian market. Betsson CEO Pontus Lindwall described the license as "a cornerstone for our LatAm strategy," noting the company plans to expand its Lima-based commercial team and launch a localized sportsbook product tailored to Peruvian football markets ahead of the 2026 Copa Libertadores knockout stages.