Mexico City reports 73% rise in betting-tax revenue in first half
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Mexico City’s Secretariat of Administration and Finance reported a 73% year-on-year increase in betting-tax revenue during the first half of 2026. Collections rose from MXN$96 million to MXN$166 million, while revenue from lotteries, raffles, draws and contests increased 63.3% to MXN$324 million.
Mexico City’s betting-tax revenue rose 73% year on year in the first half of 2026, according to figures presented by Juan Pablo de Botton Falcón, the city’s secretary of administration and finance. Betting-tax receipts rose from MXN96m in the first half of 2025 to MXN166m in the first six months of 2026, de Botton Falcón said.
Revenue from lotteries, raffles, draws and contests rose 63.3% year on year in the first half of 2026. Receipts from those activities increased by MXN126m, from MXN198m in 2025 to MXN324m in 2026.
Mexico City residents spent about MXN1.6bn on betting in the first half of 2026, according to data shared by the city’s finance secretariat. The betting-tax figures include June, when the 2026 football World Cup began.
Mexico City charges a 10% tax on spending by people taking part in betting games. The local tax covers games and contests involving bets or prizes obtained by chance or skill through machines, regardless of their name. Bets and contests organised by public bodies are exempt.
A separate 13% tax applies to the earnings of individuals or companies organising lotteries, raffles, draws and contests, after deducting prizes paid or delivered. People receiving prizes from those events must pay a further 6% of the prize value.
Mexico has no official national figures on gambling addiction, financial stress or emotional effects arising from betting. In 2013, the Centro de Atención de Ludopatía y Crecimiento Integral estimated that Mexico had about four million people with gambling addiction, in a population then estimated at nearly 133 million.