Peruvian Online Casinos

Online gambling is fully regulated in the South American country of Peru, and in fact the government issued its first ever online casino license to global online gambling operation Betsson in February, 2008. Since then a handful of other online casino licenses have also been issued. However, Peruvian online gambling fans are still welcome to play at offshore online gambling sites if they so desire.

Gambling In Peru

Gambling has been a very popular pastime in Peru for many decades, although it was largely unlicensed. However, that changed a few years ago when the Peruvian government decided to clean up the gambling industry by regulating it.

Today Peru still has countless gambling operations such as land casinos, sports betting facilities and bingo halls, but they are for the most part licensed. Peru boasts in excess of 50 licensed land casinos, many of which are open around the clock because table games and slots are particularly popular in the country.

Online Gambling In Peru

Peru is one of the few South American countries that has regulated online gambling. In early 2008, Betsson became the first online gambling operation to be granted a Peruvian online casino license. Since then, a few more have been issued.

With such a strong gambling culture, it is little wonder that Peru has embraced online gambling. By all reports, it is growing in popularity every day. And although Peru boasts its own online casinos, the Peruvian government has no problem with online gambling fans that choose to play on foreign sites.

In fact, many of the world's leading online casinos welcome players from Peru, especially those that offer versions in Spanish. In terms of 'Peruvian-friendly' payment or deposit methods, the most popular are Click2Pay, credit cards, debit cards, Moneybookers, prepaid cards and Entropay.