Offside Gaming and GameArt: the September 2023 deal put to the test in Peru and Chile

Key points

• On 14 September 2023, GameArt announced that the Offside Gaming platform was adding its HTML5 slots to target Europe and Latin America.
• Offside Gaming is a B2B sports betting and casino provider that claims to have been active since 2008, with headquarters in Curaçao and a Maltese subsidiary for Europe. The announcement also presented it as one of the leading operators in Peru and Chile, without naming a single game or casino brand.
• In Peru, the regulations implementing Law 31557 came out in October 2023, and online operators have needed MINCETUR authorisation since 2024. As of 27 October 2026, neither GameArt nor its games appeared in MINCETUR's registers.
• Chile's Supreme Court declared unauthorised betting sites illegal on 12 September 2023, two days before the announcement. KTO was among the 23 brands targeted, before a retreat from the Andean markets took it out of Peru and Chile in 2024. Chile still has no online betting law as of 3 November 2026, and its government is proposing a total advertising ban and five-year licences.
• The studio was no newcomer to the continent, as Gana777 in Guatemala had been taking its slots since October 2022.
• More doors opened later, including another Latin American platform in March 2024 and demo and affiliate sites aimed at Brazil.
• No distribution deal can make a slot legal for real-money play, which depends on the casino's licence in the player's own country.

On the evening of Tuesday 12 September 2023, Chile's Supreme Court made public a ruling that outlawed betting sites operating without authorisation. Two days later, GameArt announced that its HTML5 slots were joining the infrastructure of Offside Gaming, which it counted among the country's leading operators. The following month, Peru finally published the regulations for its remote gaming law. For this Malta-based slot provider serving operators, the deal opened a door onto a continent in the middle of a regulatory overhaul. Three years on, no named casino brand allows anyone to measure its success. Yet the agreement speaks volumes about the rules both companies faced and about how a European studio ventures into Latin America.

What was in the Offside Gaming and GameArt announcement of 14 September 2023?

Published on 14 September 2023 in GameArt's Company updates section, this text released by the studio gives Offside Gaming access to its HTML5 game portfolio. The supplier appears as a leading provider of sports betting and casino solutions, active in Europe and Latin America. The text even places it among the main operators in Peru and Chile. The footer completes the picture with headquarters in Curaçao, a Maltese subsidiary for Europe and support offices in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Ukraine.

The announcement quotes two executives. The first voice belongs to an Offside Gaming casino manager whose name appears nowhere, and who promises the studio even wider distribution. The second comes from Nevena Aleksieva, GameArt's Head of Sales, who wants to contribute to “the exciting gaming landscape of Peru, Chile, and beyond”.

I have a soft spot for the name, I admit. Offside is the football rule that sparks endless arguments at the bar on a Sunday evening. It suits a company that puts sports betting at the top of its offer.

What are the key dates around the deal?

Ten dates between 2008 and 27 October 2026 shed light on the GameArt and Offside Gaming deal, from the business side as well as the regulators' side.

Read in one go, the sequence shows a deal caught between two clocks: the pace of Chile's courts and that of Peru's administration.

Is Offside Gaming a platform or an operator?

On offsidegaming.com, Offside Gaming describes itself as an independent platform provider that has served brands around the world since 2008. As of 3 November 2026, its home page claims more than 7,500 games across live casino, slots and table games. A sportsbook module, virtual sports and payment processing come on top.

The solution can be deployed turnkey or module by module, as a white label or grafted onto sites a client already runs. The casino providers on display include Evolution, NetEnt, Microgaming, Play'n GO, iSoftBet, Betsoft and Oryx. GameArt is not on that list, which proves nothing: a shop window is there first and foremost to show the names that sell. A footer still dated 2025 in November 2026 is another reason to take this selection with a pinch of salt.

Offside Gaming's Latin American presence predates GameArt's arrival. On 12 June 2023, a deal with the studio 7777 gaming had already placed its titles with three Offside Gaming client brands, described as leaders in Chile and Ecuador and active in other Latin American countries.

One ambiguity remains, because GameArt's announcement mixes two hats: that of technology supplier and that of operator. A B2B supplier sells its infrastructure to operators. A B2C operator welcomes players itself, and it is the operator that must hold a licence from the country where it recruits them. Neither the announcement nor Offside Gaming's home page mentions any licence in the supplier's name.

The text is also silent on what would matter to a player, whether GameArt titles, casino brands, the number of games or a go-live date. Such vagueness is nothing unusual in a B2B announcement. Yet it deprives the reader of the only useful clue: the names of the sites where these titles would run, without which no licence can be checked.

Who does what from the game server to the player account?

On 4 April 2025, the Directorate General of Casino Games and Slot Machines (DGJCMT) at Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR) clarified what a technology platform covers. Its Circular No. 006-2025 describes a set of applications and hardware and software components. It lists the aggregator, the player account manager (PAM for Player Account Management) and the remote game server (RGS for Remote Game Server).

Transposed to a gaming floor, the model separates three trades. The RGS is the manufacturer's workshop, the server where the slot and its random number generator run. The aggregator acts as the wiring, since a single integration plugs the operator into the catalogues of dozens of studios. The PAM runs the cash desk and the front door: accounts, deposits, bonuses and identity checks. Offside Gaming also highlights a seamless wallet, where the player's balance stays in one place whatever game is launched.

In this deal, GameArt supplies the slots and Offside Gaming provides aggregation and account management. The last link is the gaming room itself, meaning the brand that welcomes the player and displays its licence on the wall.

Peru licenses while Chile blocks

On 14 September 2023, neither Peru nor Chile was granting online casino licences to private operators. Since then, Lima has opened a supervised market while Santiago keeps blocking sites and is still debating its law.

A Peruvian regulation published one month after the deal

Peru already had a law on remote gaming and betting, Law 31557 as amended by Law 31806, but it lacked the implementing regulations. Supreme Decree 005-2023-MINCETUR came out in October 2023, a few weeks after the agreement with Offside Gaming. Companies already active then had from 13 February to 13 March 2024 to apply for authorisation. Those that dragged their feet faced a fine of at least 150 UIT, the country's tax reference unit, or about 200,000 dollars according to Yogonet.

Since then, MINCETUR has certified platforms and game programs on the basis of compliance certificates issued by laboratories. These certificates cover the technical infrastructure, each game program, integrations, the random number generator and security, following the templates published in the 2025 circular. For a licensed site to offer a slot legally, the program must therefore have passed this certification.

As of 27 October 2026, GameArt did not appear among the 375 related service providers listed in the public registers of Peru's regulator, and none of its game programs was registered there. I detailed this check in the article on Universal Soft, the studio's Peruvian partner since July 2024.

Chile blows the offside whistle two days before the announcement

On 12 September 2023, the third chamber of Chile's Supreme Court sided with Polla Chilena de Beneficencia against the internet provider Mundo Pacífico. According to the report published by Yogonet, the judges ruled that betting sites operating in the country without authorisation are illegal and ordered the blocking of those the lottery had listed. Twenty-three brands were on that list, from Betsson to bet365 by way of Betano and KTO. Less than three months later, GameArt would present KTO as its biggest client in Brazil. The 14 September announcement makes no reference to the ruling.

I am not putting the studio on trial. A distribution deal is rarely negotiated in forty-eight hours, and a B2B provider does not recruit players itself. But presenting a partner as one of Chile's leading operators two days after such a ruling, without a word on the local framework, weakens the image of a studio that showcases its Maltese licence.

The second ruling of 30 September 2025 goes further. In a case brought by Lotería de Concepción against six internet providers, the Supreme Court ordered the immediate blocking of operators unable to prove they were authorised. Only the entities designated by law may offer games of chance: Polla Chilena de Beneficencia, Lotería de Concepción, racetracks and casinos.

Where does Chile's law stand in November 2026?

As of 3 November 2026, Chile's online betting bill has not been passed and is still under review in the Senate. On 27 October, Under-Secretary of Finance Sebastián Vallebona presented amendments that largely rewrite the text to the Economic Affairs Committee.

President José Antonio Kast's government is proposing to ban all advertising, whether or not the operator holds a licence. Acquisition and loyalty bonuses would also disappear. Final licences would last five years against an annual fee of 1,000 monthly tax units (UTM), or about 72 million pesos at October 2026 rates. Taxation would combine 19% VAT on gross gaming revenue (GGR), meaning the monthly difference between stakes and winnings, and an additional 3% tax.

The text also targets the current market. A transitional regime would require 3,000 UTM and up-to-date digital VAT, turning tax into an entry ticket. A licence could also be refused to any company that operated in Chile without authorisation in the previous twelve months. The Agrupación Chilena de Plataformas de Apuestas en Línea (aPAL) argues that these measures would make it harder to move players towards the regulated offer. The association's members include CoolBet, LatamWin and Betway.

This version can still change in committee or on the floor. Until a vote takes place, no private operator has a Chilean licence to show.

Which doors does GameArt use to enter Latin America?

Between October 2022 and August 2025, GameArt announced seven Latin American deals that this blog has followed one by one. They go through three doors, and each gives the studio a different view of the rooms where its slots end up.

The first runs through the operator, which welcomes players itself (Gana777 in Guatemala, KTO Group in Brazil). The second uses a technical intermediary that resells catalogue access to several operators, like Offside Gaming in 2023 and then Vibra Solutions and Universal Soft in 2024. The most recent relies on demo and affiliate sites, such as this Brazilian affiliate showcase linked to the studio in August 2025.

Colombia is part of none of these deals. Yet at the GAT expo in Cartagena in late March 2023, GameArt's Latin American distributor described it as the studio's main market in an interview with SoloAzar. Carlos Andrés Ramos also mentioned GameArt's Peruvian clients, a few months before the Offside Gaming deal.

Dates of GameArt's announcements. Each deal is covered in detail, with sources, in the article I devote to it.

In this series, every announcement after July 2024 looks towards Brazil, and neither Peru nor Chile comes up again. Future deals will join the LatAm section of this blog, where the earlier ones are already gathered.

What this deal changes for a player

For a player, the deal of 14 September 2023 guarantees only one thing: GameArt slots may appear on sites connected to Offside Gaming's infrastructure. Whether a game is legal depends on the operator's licence, and therefore on the country where you play.

An imaginary scene in Lima

In 2026, two public MINCETUR registers are enough to check a site from Lima, and an invented scene shows how. Picture Lucía, a player who comes across a GameArt slot on a betting site. The studio's logo tells her nothing about the legal framework. She first has to find the operator among the licence holders, then check that the game is among the approved programs. If either is missing, she is playing in a room with no official sign above the door.

In Santiago the same scene is over before it starts, since no private online gaming licence exists yet. Check the casino's licence, not the provider's reputation.

And outside Latin America?

Outside Latin America, the logic stays the same. In any regulated market, only a casino licensed by the local regulator can legally offer a GameArt slot for real money, whatever deal the studio signed elsewhere. Most regulators publish a register of licence holders, such as the public register of the UK Gambling Commission. It takes a minute to check before you sign up.

Finally, a free demo needs no deposit and pays no winnings. It gives a feel for a slot's pace and features, nothing more. I have written an article on the free demos of GameArt slots offered by a Dutch site and its Brazilian counterpart.

FAQs:

What is Offside Gaming?

Offside Gaming is a B2B provider that supplies gaming sites with a ready-to-use platform covering sports betting, casino, player accounts and payments. Based in Curaçao, it runs its European business from Malta and claimed more than 7,500 games as of 3 November 2026.

Does Offside Gaming hold a licence?

Neither its website nor GameArt's announcement mentions a licence in its name as of 3 November 2026. As a B2B provider, it would normally leave licensing to its client operators, even though GameArt also credits it with an operator role in Peru and Chile.

Which GameArt games are available through Offside Gaming?

No list has been published. The announcement refers to the studio's entire range of HTML5 slots, without a single title or figure.

What is a PAM in an online casino?

A PAM (Player Account Management) is the software that manages player accounts, deposits, withdrawals, bonuses and identity checks. In Peru, MINCETUR's Circular No. 006-2025 lists it among the building blocks of a technology platform, alongside the aggregator and the remote game server.

Are online casinos legal in Peru?

Yes, on sites whose operator holds a MINCETUR authorisation. This regime has applied since 2024, after the regulations were published in October 2023.

Are online casinos legal in Chile?

No. Chile issues no online casino licences as of 3 November 2026. Online gambling remains reserved for the entities designated by law, such as Polla Chilena de Beneficencia, as the Supreme Court recalled in 2023 and again in 2025.

Is the partnership between GameArt and Offside Gaming still active?

There is no way to confirm it from the outside as of 3 November 2026. Offside Gaming's shop window does not list GameArt among its featured providers, but that silence does not mean the deal has ended.

Can I play GameArt slots for real money?

Legally, only at a casino licensed by the regulator of the country where you play. Free demos need no deposit and pay no winnings, so they fall outside that question.

Sources:

• GameArt, “Offside Gaming Forges Partnership with GameArt”, 14 Sep 2023
• Offside Gaming, home page, accessed 3 Nov 2026
• SoloAzar, “7777 gaming and Offside Gaming form a strategic partnership”, 12 Jun 2023
• MINCETUR, Oficio Circular No. 006-2025-MINCETUR/VMT/DGJCMT, 4 Apr 2025
• Yogonet, “Perú: Mincetur abrió un plazo de un mes para que los operadores online soliciten su permiso de funcionamiento”, 7 Feb 2024
• Yogonet, “La Corte Suprema de Chile declara ilegales las casas de apuestas online y ordena el bloqueo de más de 20 plataformas”, 13 Sep 2023
• Focus Gaming News, “Informe asegura que 8 de cada 10 sitios de apuestas es ilegal en Chile tras el fallo de la Corte”, 20 Oct 2025
• Emol, “Apuestas online: Gobierno propone prohibir toda publicidad y plataformas rechazan la medida”, 27 Oct 2026
• SoloAzar, “GameArt showcased their high quality and top popular online slots games at GAT Expo”, 6 Apr 2023
• Gambling Commission, “Public registers and datasets”, accessed 3 Nov 2026