title: Mexico — Overview: What kind of market is this? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/mexico/overview/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Mexico](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/mexico/) Overview Mexico · Question 01 of 11 # Overview: What kind of market is this? Mixed · Probable · Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed · [Back to full Mexico report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/mexico/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Mexico (MX) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Probable | | Review status | Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer The dominant development for Mexico is a joint OFAC/UIF enforcement action naming a licensed quarter-horse racing venue, Club La Molienda in Nuevo Laredo, as part of a Cartel del Noreste financial network, alongside continued procedural progress on the long-pending reform to the 1947 Ley Federal de … ### Key headwinds & conditions - Outdated 1947 statutory framework - 2026 IEPS hike to 50% - Substantial black market - Organised-crime overlay Not reviewed Information added after the 2 Sep 2026 expert review — published for currency and labelled not reviewed. 12 Oct 2026 Not reviewed Mexico's licensed online gambling market continues to operate through federal permits under the Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos, typically structured as multi-brand sub-licensing arrangements beneath a single permissionaire, such as the Ganador Azteca S.A.P.I. permit associated with Grupo Salinas. The period's dominant dynamic is DGJS's active, contested enforcement posture: the 6 July 2026 suspension of ten online casino domains, including betano.mx and bet365.mx, follows a pattern in which at least one prior, similarly structured DGJS suspension order was overturned by a federal court for failing due-process requirements. Separately, the constitutionality of the 2023 decree ending new slot-machine casino permits remains before the Suprema Corte, which deferred ruling as of July 2026, leaving that product class in an unresolved legal position. SEGOB's parallel scrutiny of twenty alleged casino permits tied to a political-corruption network, resulting in two permit cancellations in April 2026, adds a further layer of permit-lineage risk distinct from operator conduct. Civil-law instrument hierarchy matters here: the enabling Ley is unchanged, while the Reglamento and DGJS administrative orders are the live, more contested layer of the framework. ## Full section analysis The dominant development for Mexico is a joint OFAC/UIF enforcement action naming a licensed quarter-horse racing venue, Club La Molienda in Nuevo Laredo, as part of a Cartel del Noreste financial network, alongside continued procedural progress on the long-pending reform to the 1947 Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the network on 13 October 2026 under Executive Order 14059 and Executive Order 13224 as amended by Executive Order 13886, its fourth and largest action to date against this cartel's financial infrastructure. Mexico's Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera mirrored the designation the same day via its Lista de Personas Bloqueadas mechanism, described as a preventive administrative measure rather than a final liability finding. Separately, Segob's draft replacement of the 1947 gambling statute has reportedly cleared internal review and moved to the Gabinete de Seguridad Nacional ahead of Congressional submission, without a published text yet available.