New permits will adhere to the prohibitions, while existing license holders can continue under current conditions until their permits either expire or reach a term of 15 years. The changes will not come into place immediatelyĭespite the signing of the decree this week, the changes will not come into place immediately.

The term of a Mexican gaming license will also drop from 25 to 15 years under the new rules. This will prevent Mexican licensees from teaming up with international online gambling brands to operate under their licenses – a common practice currently. Not only that, the decree also prohibits Mexican gaming firms from partnering with third-party companies. It names specifically “betting games played with cards… dice, roulette wheels or slot machines.” It also rescinds several provisions of the 2004 regulation that authorize “drawings of numbers of symbols through machines.” The decree, which was published on the government’s official gazette on Thursday morning, bans certain casino activities, including slot machines and table games. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has put his signature to a decree that makes a string of radical changes to his nation’s 2004 gaming regulation.