{"id":94064,"date":"2018-12-07T07:24:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=94064"},"modified":"2018-12-07T08:00:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T16:00:07","slug":"mexico-border-casinos-to-explode-as-tamaulipas-re-legalizes-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mexico-border-casinos-to-explode-as-tamaulipas-re-legalizes-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Border Towns to Fill Up with Casinos Next Year as Tamaulipas Relegalizes Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up to 30 casinos are expected to appear on the other side of the Texas-Mexico<\/a> border following the Mexican state of Tamaulipas’ relegalization of casino gaming.<\/p>\n

\"Tamaulipas\"
Tamaulipas Secretary of Economic Development Carlos Garc\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez said he hoped the reemergence of casinos will lure Texans across the border, despite the US State Department slapping a \u201cdo not travel\u201d warning on Tamaulipas of the kind usually reserved for war zones. (Image: Oscar R Contreras Nava)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last month, the Tamaulipas regional government reversed a 2017 decision to ban casinos and shut down strip clubs in the state. Lawmakers opted for prohibition because they believed the casinos were becoming magnets for organized crime and causing \u201csocial disharmony.\u201d<\/p>\n

This apparently is no longer a thing, according to Tamaulipas secretary of Economic Development, Carlos Garc\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez, who said the situation in Tamaulipas was now \u201cmore stable\u201d and that the casinos will provide a significant source of tax revenue for the state.<\/p>\n

He said this week he expected 20 to 30 casinos to pop up by \u201cearly next year,\u201d the vast majority in border towns like Reynosa, Matamoros, and Nuevo Laredo.<\/p>\n

“I see people leaving Reynosa and Matamoros on buses to go to the casinos in Nuevo Le\u00f3n. There is an economic overflow of the residents of Tamaulipas to other states, “Garcia said. “I think this will help the border area — there should be a bit more tourism. There are many people in the Rio Grande Valley and in Texas [in general] who would be open to cross the border to have a good time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gang Wars<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But despite Garcia\u2019s assurances that social harmony has been restored, Tamaulipas remains one of Mexico\u2019s most violent states, largely due to the decade-long turf war between the Gulf and Zeta Cartels, both of which are based in the border towns.<\/p>\n

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The Zetas were responsible for the Monterrey Casino attack in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon. On August 25, 2011, gunmen stormed the casino, dousing it in gasoline and torching it because management had failed to pay extortion money to the syndicate. Fifty-six people were killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Murder Rate Through the Roof<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Far from stabilizing, in the first four months of 2018, the murder rate grew by 78 percent over the previous year — which was when the government opted to shut the casinos down.<\/p>\n

In January, the US State Department<\/a> stamped a \u201cdo not travel\u201d warning on Tamaulipas and four other Mexican states — an advisory level usually reserved for nations at war.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there is also concern at the speed at which state approvals for the casinos are being issued.<\/p>\n

While general director the Tamaulipas Chamber of Commerce, Abraham Rodr\u00edguez Padr\u00f3n, said the business community welcomed the change in the law, he noted the state had approved several casinos just hours after their legalization, apparently without regard for checks and balances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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