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Mexican congressman Rubén Ignacio Moreira Valdez submitted a resolution proposal to the Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Union requesting that the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) publish an open and transparent registry of permits granted to casinos and online sports betting sites in the country.
According to the proposal from the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) legislator, the goal is to identify each betting platform and strengthen security mechanisms to prevent money laundering, considering that Segob’s current registry is “diffuse and fragmented” and that the Federal Gaming and Sweepstakes Law enacted in 1947 remains in force despite not contemplating online betting operations.
The permits in question cover what Mexican law defines as Remote Betting Centers and Sweepstakes Rooms (CARSS), described in the document as “commonly known as casinos.”
The four operational points of the document request that Segob:
- Publish, in open data format, each permit validated for CARSS.
- Indicate by state which establishments are currently operating, suspended, or have been subject to closures (at least over the last five years).
- Disclose the universe of electronic platforms authorized to legally offer betting services in Mexico.
- Strengthen supervision of CARSS to prevent transactions involving illicit funds.
Data included in the proposal
According to a 2023 audit conducted by the Federal Superior Audit Office, cited in the proposal, Segob issued 5,336 betting and lottery permits between 2019 and 2023. Of those, 51 corresponded to CARSS and were held by 36 permit holders, who in turn reported revenues from 422 establishments.
Meanwhile, Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) also reported 351,236 vulnerability notices linked to betting, sweepstakes, and contests from January to September 2025, representing a 14.6% increase year-over-year, with total movements of at least MXN 25.6 million through November 2025.
Moreira’s initiative also mentions that, in November 2025, the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 27 individuals and companies and identified ten betting houses in Mexico where at least USD 2 million was allegedly laundered between 2017 and 2024.
“While CARSS generate revenue for the State, they also represent a high-risk sector for operations involving illicit funds,” the congressman stated. According to him, the intensive use of cash through chips makes these establishments “an ideal vehicle for introducing organized crime money into the formal financial system.”
For the PRI legislator, the lack of transparency surrounding permits constitutes “a structural vulnerability that could negatively affect the Mexican State’s rating and its international financial reputation” ahead of the upcoming mutual evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).