Poker Rooms in Mexico
Casinos in Mexico operate on federal SEGOB permits. The main poker room in the capital is Codere's at Royal Yak, inside the Hipódromo de las Américas.
Playing live in Mexico
Mexican gambling runs on federal permits issued by the Secretaría de Gobernación (SEGOB) under the 1947 Federal Gaming and Raffles Law and its 2004 regulation. Permits are held by operator groups rather than by individual buildings, so a casino’s legal standing is a question of whose permit it sits under – worth checking before playing anywhere unfamiliar, since permit disputes and closures are not unusual.
Minimum age is 18 and a photo ID is required to register; foreign visitors use a passport. Games are played in Mexican pesos, and buy-ins at the poker room listed here are quoted in pesos even when tournament guarantees are announced in dollars.