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There are many foreign online operators offering their services in Mexico with websites in Spanish and using pesos as a payment currency. Such platforms offer sports betting and licensed casino games of all kinds, slot machines and slots, such as roulettes, dice games and card games such as blackjack, poker and baccarat and others like scratch cards and keno. They also organise card games and live tournaments, are available to play via a PC, mobile devices such as a tablet or Smartphone and offer their players bonuses such as, for example, a welcome bonus.
Only operators holding a permit from SEGOB may legally offer games with bets in Mexico; online platforms operate under the permits of land-based permit holders. Among the most visited casino and betting brands with Mexican permits are Caliente (operated by Tecnología en Entretenimiento Caliplay under SEGOB permit DGG/SP/404/97), Codere, Brazino777, Novibet, Betmaster, Strendus, RushBet, Winpot, Betway and Betsson. Players should check the SEGOB permit number shown on a site before registering: in July 2026 the General Directorate of Games and Sweepstakes suspended ten online casino domains operating under Mexican permits, including bet365.mx, betano.mx and 1xbet.mx, as part of anti-money-laundering investigations. Since 1 January 2026 the special tax on production and services (IEPS) on games with bets and sweepstakes, which also applies to foreign operators serving players in Mexico over the internet, has been 50% instead of 30%.
Gambling Games in Mexico
Mexico benefits from a comparatively wide selection of slots, included in the list below are some of the most played by Mexican players today: Calaca Party and Mariachis Bingo by MGA Games, the Fortune Gems series by TaDa Gaming (JILI), video bingo games such as Bingo Samba Rio and Banana Bingo by Caleta Gaming, Sizzling Hot Deluxe by Greentube, Cleopatra by IGT, Frog Story by EGT and Zeus II by WMS. Progressive jackpots such as Mega Moolah are also available. These are slot machines with varied themes and different numbers of reels, as well as different bonus options; video bingo, a format especially popular in Latin America, is a common feature of Mexican casino lobbies.
Gambling Legislation
In Mexico the following forms of legal gambling and betting are permitted: betting on racecourses, dog racing, frontones/pediments, in fairs, horse races and cock fights, in addition to sweepstakes and lotteries, including machine raffles with numbers or symbols. It should be noted that Mexican regulation prohibited slot machines and sports betting in any way until 2004, and so the Regulations of the Federal Games and Sweepstakes Act published in September 2004 effectively created a new market for legal gambling for number-draw machines and sports betting from that year. A decree published on 16 November 2023 reversed part of this: new permit holders may no longer operate slot machines, and the maximum term of permits was cut from 25 to 15 years, with existing permits limited to a non-extendable 15 years from the decree's publication. Online casinos are also regulated by amendments to the law and the lack of clarity in its provisions permits the Mexican online gambling games to be played both nationally and international.
Regulators
At present, the bodies responsible for regulating the business of the games of luck and chance in the territories of the United States of Mexico are the General Directorate of Games and Sweepstakes and the Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB), which in accordance with the Federal Game and Sweepstakes Act and its Rules of Procedure, issues permits for betting games and sweepstakes under the regulations, supervises and monitors licenced casinos and other gambling establishments and ensures compliance of the established terms and conditions of their licenses, in addition to attending to any allegations of illegal gambling and collaborating with other institutions to prevent illegal gambling. In addition, there is also the advisory board of games and sweepstakes the objective of which is to ensure that public policies relating to the transparency and accountability of games of chance are adhered to so that the games' reputation for fairness is not tarnished or diminished thus protecting the trustworthiness of licensed casinos and other betting establishments. It should be noted, that the proposed federal law of games and sweepstakes that was expected to be approved in 2018 would have created the National Institute of Games and Sweepstakes as the regulatory body for the sector, complete with its own independent body of inspectors, but it was never adopted, and the General Directorate of Games and Sweepstakes within SEGOB remains the regulator. In recent years it has worked increasingly with the Ministry of Finance (SHCP) and its Financial Intelligence Unit: in November 2025 it suspended 13 land-based and online casinos after the UIF blocked their accounts over alleged illicit operations.
Gambling Licensing
Obtaining licenses to operate 'remote betting centres' and/or 'number drawing rooms' (licensed casinos), i.e. establishments where gambling and gambling are organized and held, and to install slot machines, is regulated by the Articles 20 and 21 of regulation the Federal Law of Games and Sweepstakes, which dictate the obligation to obtain strictly one permit per establishment and to open them not less than 200 meters away from any institution of education and places of public worship, as well as the requirement of a favourable opinion of a federal entity, municipality or delegation. Since the 2023 reform a permit cannot be transferred to another location (a move requires a new permit), and applicants must identify all individual shareholders and declare that none has been convicted of financial, tax or organised-crime offences. The requesting body must provide exhaustive information of each member of the company and must adequately respond to any questions regarding the necessary requirements to the General Directorate of Games and Sweepstakes of the Secretariat of the Interior (SEGOB).
Development of the Gaming Market in Mexico
The Mexican authorities have as their mission for the near future the enacting of clear and precise regulations to contribute to the legal and controlled gaming and the development of solid, trustworthy and transparent administration of the industry. The prospects for the development of the gaming industry in the country are extremely promising, given its proximity to the USA as well as the population of Mexico, being 130 million inhabitants, with a significant percentage of which living in rural areas without internet access but which will soon be connected to the internet, the use of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones internet connections have meant the expansion of the market, which in turn will involve the opening of new online casinos, therefore, competition and, consequently, better conditions in the form of promotions, variety of games and ease of access. A new Federal Law of Games and Sweepstakes, still at draft stage in 2026, is expected to bring further clarity to the regulations regarding online operators and their rights and obligations. The Mexican gaming market benefits from considerable input and competition from foreign software developers, such as Pragmatic Play, Playtech, IGT, Greentube, EGT, Caleta Gaming, MGA Games and Games Global (Microgaming), and although slot machines as a market sector is not yet fully mature there are also Mexican developers making progress in this field, such as Caraquita games, Immersion games (of Colombian origin), Virtual Motoring, Snake & Eagle Studios and DimTV.
Gambling in Mexico past, present and future - Gambling games, or games of luck and chance, as they are preferred to be known in Mexico, have long been an integral part of much of culture in Mexico prior to the Hispanic era, although the arrival of the Spaniards brought with it the introduction of card games, cock fighting, raffles and lotteries of all kinds, all of which are still much enjoyed today in the country, especially cock fighting. By 1770 the Royal General Lottery of the New Spain had already been established and with the independence of Mexico these past times continued within the culture. In the twentieth century, in part thanks to Prohibition laws in the United States of America, the casinos arrived along with hippodromes and gambling houses, mainly located in states bordering the USA. Finally, despite certain prohibitions, in 1947 the Federal Games and Sweepstakes Act was enacted converted the Ministry of the Interior into a regulatory body for games of luck and chance, and in 1955 the first betting permit was granted in Mexico for gambling. Currently, Mexico has many establishments and gambling houses, among which are also hippodromes and dog tracks. The state-run Lotería Nacional remains an important player, while online casinos and sportsbooks have expanded quickly: between January and May 2026 alone, Mexican financial institutions filed more than 200,000 reports on gambling-related transactions with the Financial Intelligence Unit. Regulation is tightening at the same time, with the higher IEPS rate from 2026, the 2023 ban on slot machines for new permit holders and the suspension of casinos and online domains in 2025 and 2026. The gambling industry in Mexico is extremely fluid in the present day and the legislator seems to be doing all it can to keep up with developments and provide legal protections for both investors and customers to the market. In this respect, the future certainly seems bright for this growing industry.
