Panama City to host the 11th Ibero-American Gaming Summit in May 2027

The Ibero-American Gaming Summit has officially picked Panama City for its 11th edition, with the Panama Gaming Control Board serving as institutional host. For PSPs, acquirers, and banks active in gaming, that matters because Panama is not just another conference stop: it is one of the region’s more established regulated markets, with the online segment driving growth.

1. The event will take place in May 2027 in Panama City. The host institution is the Panama Gaming Control Board, an entity attached to Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance.
2. Panama’s casino and gambling industry generated $2.938 billion in gross revenue in 2025, up 15% year on year. The source says the online segment was the main growth driver.
3. The broader Latin American regulated online gaming market is forecast to reach $6.750 billion in annual revenue by 2027, up from $1.510 billion in 2023, according to VIXIO. Some sector projections put the market at as much as $8.710 billion by 2029, with a 11.3% CAGR.
4. The source ties that growth to three things: faster digital adoption, stronger legal frameworks and enforcement by national regulators, and continued expansion of sports betting across Ibero-America.
5. The summit has become a regular meeting point for the sector, bringing together most Ibero-American gaming regulators. It was created as a forum for exchanging knowledge and experience around a sector the organizers see as economically important.

The summit has a long rotation behind it: Madrid hosted in 2014 and 2015; then Mexico City in 2016; Cartagena de Indias in 2017; Medellín in 2018; Lima in 2019, 2025, and again in the record for 2025; Panama City in 2023; San Juan in 2024; and Bogotá in 2026. The organizer is JAK Comunicación.