Mexican Gaming Association Expects Online Regulation by the End of the Year

Due to the country’s close proximity to the United States, great weather, and relatively affordable cost of living, Mexico is a popular destination for Americans looking to play online poker on the biggest online poker rooms, including PokerStars, 888poker, partypoker, and iPoker.

However, despite many poker players choosing to live most of the year across the border, online poker is unregulated in Mexico. That means that gaming companies that provide services do so by operating in a gray-area market. The president of the Mexican Gaming Association (AIEJA), Miguel Angel Ochoa Sanchez, has been urging for a bill to be passed for years now, and once again pressed for action in an interview with El Economista.

Sanchez, who believes a gaming bill will be passed this year, highlights that Mexican residents are currently playing online in huge numbers in an uncontrolled environment.

“Online gaming is very worrying, because it is growing exponentially and we can not control who comes to play or if that person is underage,” Sanchez said.

It also appears that Sanchez is leveraging on an anti-American sentiment to gain some support.

“There are firms like the American PokerStars.com or Bet365.com, …

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