Tag Archives: Mexico
Mexico’s President reiterates anti-gambling stance as controversy over large scale casino mounts
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has emphasized that the policy prohibiting the granting of new permits or the opening of casinos remains unchanged. In a press conference, she stated that she would instruct Secretary of the Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez to investigate the situation further after she was asked about the opening of a major new…
Mexican President says that she has no plans to update gaming law
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has clarified that she has no plans to update Mexico’s gaming laws or modify it. Earlier this month Ricardo Monreal Ávila, the president of the Political Coordination Board of the Chamber of Deputies, claimed that the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez had informed deputies that the newly elected president planned…
Mexican President to introduce gambling law reform
The Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, informed deputies that President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo will send a legislative initiative to regulate the operation of gaming and betting houses. The aim of this initiative is to ensure tax compliance and prevent corruption within this sector. This announcement was made by Ricardo Monreal Ávila, the president…
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…
