Unfortunately, none of these laws and changes account for online gambling in New Mexico.
However, tribal casinos were all along immune to these laws, and they were always allowed to offer sports betting. Sports betting was shortly legalized as well, but the Supreme Court overturned the law in 2018. In time came new laws, and in 1990, the Gaming Regulatory Act was introduced and tribal casinos were legalized.īeside certain tribal casinos being opened on several locations, the state finally allowed a single commercial casino to be established in Albuquerque in 2011. The first form of legal gambling in New Mexico came about in 1947 when the lawmakers legalized betting on horse races.
