 Competition
Commission to Probe Mexico’s Lottery Market
UNITED
KINGDOM (October 20, 2008) -- Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission is
reported to have launched an official investigation into possible
anti-competitive practices in the country’s lottery market following
complaints lodged...............Subscribers
National Lottery of Mexico
Honors Former Diver Capilla
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (July 15,
2008) -- Loteria Nacional Para La Assistencia Publica, the National Lottery of
Mexico, on Monday awarded Mexican former diver Joaquin Capilla a lottery ticket
with his image on it.................Subscribers
Mexico's New Gaming Tax Too High
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (July 24, 2007) – Mexico's president, Felipe
Calderon, last month presented a long-awaited fiscal reform plan, part of which
would close off corporate tax loopholes..............Subscribers Biggest-Ever Lottery Prize in Mexico
MEXICO
CITY, Mexico (June 4, 2007) -- The Mexican lottery system paid out Sunday night
the biggest prize in the country's history, 406 million pesos (almost US$37
million) on a single ticket, officials at the charitable PAP agency
.................Subscribers New Dates and Location Announced for the World Lottery
Forum
Merida, Mexico February 1 - 5, 2006
BASEL,
Switzerland (November 4, 2005) -- The WLA and Loteria Nacional have the
pleasure to announce that the WLA Executive Committee has unanimously approved
an alternative date and location for the World Lottery Forum in the historic
Mexican city of Merida, from February 1 – 5, 2006. Mexico’s President
Vincente Fox, and the Governor of the Yucatan have both indicated their strong
ongoing support for this important
event.....................................Read
the full story at: Vol.33 No.7 MEXICO CITY (July 14, 2004) -- The
director of Mexico's National Lottery, Laura Valdes, was replaced Tuesday amid
accusations that the agency may have favored some private charities, rather
than passing money through normal governmental channels.
Valdes will be
replaced by Tomas Ruiz Gonzalez, a congressman for the former ruling
Institutional Revolutionary Party who also once served as Mexico's assistant
treasury secretary.
President Vicente Fox thanked Valdes for her work at
the lottery, but did not specify why she was being replaced. 
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