Tag Archives: Mexico
Mexico ordered to pay $92.7 million to American investors after casino permit revocation
An arbitration tribunal ordered Mexico to pay US$92.7 million to a group of 39 American investors due to the revocation in 2014 of permits to operate five casinos. The tribunal ruled, by a vote of two to one, that the federal government, and particularly the Ministry of the Interior, violated the investors’ right to fair…
New ruling declares Mexico slot ban as unconstitutional
Federal Judge María Isabel Bernal ruled that the amendment to the Federal Law on Games and Sweepstakes (1947), decreed on November 16, 2023, by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is unconstitutional. She established that the Executive could not prohibit slot machines in the permits granted for new casinos, nor in the renewal of existing ones,…
Mexican judge overturns slot machine ban
A federal judge has declared unconstitutional the reform by which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador banned new casinos with slot machines. Additionally, he ruled that roulette and card games, which have never been authorized in these establishments, must be allowed. Gabriel Regis, the Sixteenth District Judge in Administrative Matters, granted the first three injunctions against…
Mexico- Investment on hold as court battles over slot ban continue
The Association of Permit Holders, Operators, and Suppliers of the Entertainment and Betting Industry in Mexico (AIEJA) announced that a group of operators had managed to temporarily halt the reform to Mexico’s Federal Law on Games and Sweepstakes. In an interview with Mexican media outlet Reforma, the president of the AIEJA, Miguel Ángel Ochoa said…
Mexico – Lawmakers propose limits on number of casino licenses per administration
Senators Geovanna Bañuelos, Cora Pinedo Alonso, Martha Márquez and Joel Padilla, of the The Labour Party (PT), have put forward a project that aims to limit the number of casino permits during the first years of each federal administration. The initiative aims to reform article 3 of Mexico’s Federal Law on Games and Sweepstakes. The lawmakers propose that licenses…
Mexico – Operators take legal action against slot machine ban
A number of operators have asked the Judiciary to declare as unconstitutional the presidential decree of November 16 that prohibits slot machines and reduces the duration of casino permits, among other restrictions. At least twelve permit holders and casino operators filed a writ of amparo (a legal claim in Mexico to make constitutional rights effective) in the…
Mexico – AIEJA plans next moves against slot ban
The President of the Association of Permit Holders, Operators and Suppliers of the Entertainment and Gambling Industry in Mexico (AIEJA), Miguel Ángel Ochoa has come out against the recent ban on slot machines put in place by the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Ochoa said that the AIEJA was working on two strategies…
Mexico – President bans slots
The government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has banned slots in casinos and other gambling facilities. With a decree signed by the President and published last Thursday (16 November), the Regulations of the Federal Law on Games and Sweepstakes have been reformed so that “number or symbol draws through machines” namely slots are now banned starting last week. However…
Mexico – Senator proposes changes to law to allow for casinos in Acapulco
Senator Alejandro Rojas Díaz Durán has put forward a new proposal that would reform Mexico’s Betting and Raffles Law and would allow for the opening of casinos in Acapulco. The senator wants casinos to be given the green light in order to attract investment after Hurricane Otis made landfall in October. Speaking in the senate…
