Mexico Suspends 10 Online Casino Sites, Including betano.mx and bet365.mx

Mexico’s Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos (DGJS) has suspended 10 online casino sites, including betano.mx and bet365.mx, both linked to Ganador Azteca, S.A.P.I. de C.V., part of Grupo Salinas. For PSPs and acquirers, the useful detail is not the headline itself, but the fact that Mexico is actively trimming the licensed-online-casino universe while keeping anti-money-laundering scrutiny on the sector.

1. According to the official information, Mexico has 136 authorized pages to operate as online casinos. About two-thirds remain active; the rest are offline for technical or administrative reasons, or because the authority ordered suspensions, some tied to investigations into alleged money laundering and terrorist financing.
2. The suspended sites linked to Ganador Azteca are betano.mx and bet365.mx. Grupo Salinas said in November 2025 that both platforms were part of an investigation and remain out of operation.
3. Other affected domains belong to different permit holders: Espectáculos Deportivos de Occidente, S.A. de C.V. had 1xbet.mx, luckia.mx, netabet.com.mx, netabet.mx, and casinomiravallepalace.com suspended; Comercializadora de Entretenimiento de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V. had kingsbet.com.mx; Juegos y Sorteos de Jalisco, S.A. de C.V. had kasino.mx; and Operadora de Coincidencias Numéricas, S.A. de C.V. had diamantecasino.com.mx.
4. Between January and May 2026, financial institutions filed 202,045 reports with the Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF) related to gambling, contests, and sweepstakes activity. Those reports covered at least 15.287 billion pesos in operations, though the real figure could be higher because reporting is required only for movements above 645 Unidades de Medida y Actualización (UMA), equal to 75,664.95 pesos in 2026.
5. The UIF said in November 2025 that, after several months of investigation, it had identified irregularities in 13 casino operators involving heavy cash use, international transfers, and digital platforms without supervision. As part of those probes, accounts of various companies deemed high financial risk were suspended to stop criminal organizations from using them.

For operators and payment providers, the regulatory line in Mexico is clear enough: gambling businesses have to file reports with the Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) and apply anti-money-laundering controls. The authorities also stress that a filed report does not automatically mean a crime was committed; it is part of preventive financial supervision. In other words, the sector is being monitored both at the platform level and at the payment-flow level, which is exactly where PSPs tend to get pulled in.