The Secretary of the Interior (Segob) is working on an initiative to reform Mexico’s Betting and Raffles Law. In an appearance before the full House of Representatives to present the results of the First Government Report of President Claudia Sheinbaum, the head of the agency, Rosa Icela Rodríguez said that it was time that Mexico’s antiquated gambling laws were changed.
“In terms of games and draws, there is interest from this secretariat to change the law, which has been in effect since 1947. It has been 78 years without any modifications, without being updated despite the technological advances impacting them. We are working on legislation that provides certainty to their investments and penalizes potential crimes related to money laundering,” she explained in the chamber.
She added that upon taking office at Segob, she had met with business owners in the sector to agree on zero tolerance for corruption.
“The first agreement is not to corrupt public servants at the Secretary of the Interior; the secretary has no representatives or intermediaries, and they should report if anyone extorts them,” she said.
Rodríguez also stated that the Secretary of the Interior is “willing to review and regularize the situation of their companies, as long as they pay their taxes.”
Changing Mexico’s gambling laws, which date back as far as 1947, could prove to be a difficult task. In 2014 after years of going back and forth the House of Representatives approved a new Federal Betting and Raffles Law but it later got stalled in the senate and was never approved.
More recently former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that no new licenses would be granted under his administration. His successor and close ally former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum had previously emphasized that the policy prohibiting the granting of new permits or the opening of casinos remains unchanged.
The latest announcement comes after Mexico’s Ministry of Finance revealed that it was proposing to implement an 8% special tax on digital services for violent video games and to raise the tax on online gambling from 30% to 50%.
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The Secretary of the Interior (Segob) is working on an initiative to reform Mexico’s Betting and Raffles Law. In an appearance before the full House of Representatives to present the results of the First Government Report of President Claudia Sheinbaum, the head of the agency, Rosa Icela Rodríguez said that it was time that Mexico’s…
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