Spain: gambling regulation and licensing

Spain licenses online gambling nationally under Law 13/2011 on the regulation of gambling. The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), part of the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda, grants licences, supervises operators and pursues unlicensed sites. Operators need a general licence for betting, contests or other games, granted only through public calls, plus a singular licence for each game type. The last call closed in December 2018. Sports and horse race betting, exchange betting, casino games including slots, poker and bingo are all licensable, while state lotteries are reserved to SELAE and ONCE. Land-based gambling is regulated by the autonomous communities. Operators pay the gambling activities tax at 20% of net revenue, meaning stakes less prizes, or 10% if genuinely based in Ceuta or Melilla, plus a regulatory fee of 0.75 per thousand of amounts staked. The market is growing fast. Online GGR reached €1.70 billion in 2025, up 16.9%, with casino at €891 million and sports betting at €660 million, and the first half of 2026 ran 22.7% ahead of the same period of 2025. Advertising is tightly limited by Royal Decree 958/2020: broadcast adverts only between 01:00 and 05:00 and no shirt or stadium sponsorship, although the Supreme Court struck down the curbs on welcome bonuses and celebrities in 2024. The government is tightening again, mostly by decree: joint deposit limits of €700 a day, €1,750 a week and €3,300 per four weeks from 25 March 2027, a check that payment methods belong to the account holder from 28 October 2026, and new harm warnings in adverts from 5 December 2026. A reform of Law 13/2011 stalled when parliament was dissolved in October 2026. The DGOJ has opened proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi and ordered their sites blocked.

Regulator

Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ)

Regulator type

Dedicated regulator

Headline tax

20% GGR

Licence required

Yes

Minimum age

18+

Tax base

The gambling activities tax (impuesto sobre actividades de juego) is charged on net revenue: all amounts staked plus any other income from the game, less prizes paid to players. For exchange betting and games where the operator only passes stakes between players, the base is the commission and fees charged (Law 13/2011, art. 48.6.b). Operators genuinely based in Ceuta or Melilla pay 10%. State sports pools (Apuestas Deportivas del Estado) pay 22% of gross stakes, and promotional draws 10% of the value of prizes.

Capital

Madrid

Currency

EUR

Official languages

Spanish

Built from the record on this page, last verified 14 Oct 2026. The Licensing and Taxation sections carry the full detail and sources.

Licence required

Yes

Application window

Closed

Local establishment required

No

Local server required

Yes

Local domain required

.es

Bank guarantee or bond

Operator guarantee of €2 million per general licence in the initial period (€500,000 for contests) and €1 million afterwards (€250,000 for a contests-only operator), plus 1.5% to 8% of prior-year revenue per singular licence. From 1 January 2027 the general licence amounts rise to €2.6 million, €650,000, €1.3 million and €325,000 (Royal Decree 520/2026). Guarantees may be cash, bank guarantees or surety insurance.

Notable licensees

Electraworks Ceuta SA (bwin.es), TSG Interactive Spain SA (pokerstars.es), Betfair International Spain SA, 888 Online Games España SA, Codere Online SAU, Sportium Apuestas Digital SA

Certification requirements

Technical systems must be homologated by the DGOJ on the basis of preliminary and final reports from certification bodies it has designated for gaming software and for information security (Law 13/2011, art. 16; Royal Decree 1613/2011).

Barriers to entry

General licences are granted only through public calls (convocatorias). Three calls have been held, in 2011, 2014 and 2017 to 2018, and the DGOJ records the last as closing on 17 December 2018; an interested party may ask for a new call, which the DGOJ must launch within six months unless public interest, protection of minors or addiction prevention justify refusing (Law 13/2011, art. 10.1). Applicants must be a public limited company or equivalent EEA company whose sole object is gambling, with paid-up capital of €100,000 (€60,000 for contests only), a permanent representative in Spain if domiciled abroad, a .es site with redirection of Spanish traffic, and an internal control system whose data store is located in Spain.

Headline GGR tax

20% GGR

Effective date

1 Jul 2018

Withholding mechanism

Operators self-assess and pay the tax quarterly, within the month after each quarter ends (Law 13/2011, art. 48.8). Revenue from online play is distributed to the autonomous communities in proportion to amounts staked by their residents (art. 48.11).

Tax base

The gambling activities tax (impuesto sobre actividades de juego) is charged on net revenue: all amounts staked plus any other income from the game, less prizes paid to players. For exchange betting and games where the operator only passes stakes between players, the base is the commission and fees charged (Law 13/2011, art. 48.6.b). Operators genuinely based in Ceuta or Melilla pay 10%. State sports pools (Apuestas Deportivas del Estado) pay 22% of gross stakes, and promotional draws 10% of the value of prizes.

Minimum age

18+

National self-exclusion

Registro General de Interdicciones de Acceso al Juego (RGIAJ) (mandatory)

KYC timing

Before account activation. Residents are verified in real time or within three days; non-residents within one month of activation, failing which the registration is cancelled.

AML regime

Operators must comply with Law 10/2010 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, keep an anti-fraud manual, report fraudulent operations and the players involved to the DGOJ, and monitor player activity by spending patterns, deposits, payment methods and economic capacity (Law 13/2011, art. 10.5). The anti-money laundering regulation (Royal Decree 304/2014, art. 4.1) requires identity checks on lottery and gambling prizes of €2,500 or more.

AML supervisor

SEPBLAC (Servicio Ejecutivo de la Comisión de Prevención del Blanqueo de Capitales e Infracciones Monetarias); the DGOJ verifies operators' wider responsible gambling commitments

Deposit limits

Each operator must cap deposits at no more than €600 a day, €1,500 a week and €3,000 a month; players may set lower limits at once, and may only raise them after passing DGOJ safer gambling tests and showing no risk behaviour in the previous three months, no more than once every three months (Royal Decree 1614/2011, art. 36). From 25 March 2027 a DGOJ-run joint limit of €700 a day, €1,750 a week and €3,300 per four weeks applies across all operators (art. 36 bis).

Session limits

Before each session of casino-type games under the "other games" licence (except poker tournaments) the player must set a maximum time and a maximum amount to lose; the session ends automatically when either is reached and the values cannot be saved as defaults (Royal Decree 176/2023, art. 13).

Affordability checks

Players losing €600 or more a week for three consecutive weeks (€200 for players aged 25 or under) are classed as intensive players: they receive specific messages and monthly summaries and may not deposit by credit card. Operators must detect risk behaviour; players showing it lose promotions and VIP treatment, may use only payment methods in their own name and may not deposit by credit card (Royal Decree 176/2023, arts. 3, 19 to 21, 24 to 30). A DGOJ draft resolution, reopened for comment in October 2026, would make every operator use a common DGOJ-trained model to identify players at risk.

Central monitoring system

Internal control system (Sistema de Control Interno) recording all gaming operations and economic transactions, with secure connections that let the DGOJ monitor activity, prizes and player identity, in real time if required (Law 13/2011, art. 18).

Data localisation

The internal control system that captures gaming operations and transactions must have its data store located in Spain; the central gaming unit and its replica may be elsewhere but must be monitorable from Spain (DGOJ licensing requirements; Royal Decree 1613/2011).

KYC requirements

Each player may hold one active user registration. The operator must verify the identity, tax and residence data supplied before activating the account; the DGOJ provides real-time identity checks for residents. Identity and a check against the self-exclusion and other prohibited-player registers are required before any prize is paid (Royal Decree 1613/2011, art. 26). From 28 October 2026, identifying an online gambling customer also requires checking that the holder of the payment method used for deposits and withdrawals is the holder of the gambling account (Royal Decree 304/2014, art. 21.2, as amended by Royal Decree 813/2026).

Stake limits

Live betting on an event may only use the account balance held when the event starts plus winnings from live bets on that event (Royal Decree 176/2023, art. 14).

Mandatory player messaging

A message on the nature and risks of gambling within 24 hours of registration, strengthened for players aged 25 or under, a monthly activity summary, and specific messages for intensive players and for former RGIAJ registrants (Royal Decree 176/2023, arts. 12, 18, 19, 22 and 34).

Reporting obligations

Operators must report operations detected as fraudulent and the identity of the players involved to the DGOJ (Law 13/2011, art. 10.5.f).

Game content restrictions

Only game types with published basic regulations may be offered; any unregulated game type is prohibited (Law 13/2011, art. 5.3).

Advertising permitted

Yes

Watershed

Broadcast gambling advertising is permitted only between 01:00 and 05:00 (Royal Decree 958/2020, art. 18). The Supreme Court left this rule in place.

Affiliate rules

Affiliates are not licensed as such, but anyone who promotes or advertises unlicensed gambling commits a serious infringement (Law 13/2011, arts. 38 and 40.d). In April 2026 the DGOJ fined the company behind the Zona Gemelos streaming channel for affiliate marketing of an unlicensed operator.

Sponsorship rules

Sponsorship on shirts or kit is banned, as is using an operator's name for a sports venue or entertainment centre or adding it to the name of a team or competition. Sponsorship may not be aimed at minors, and in-venue sponsorship messages follow the broadcast time limits (Royal Decree 958/2020, art. 12).

Celebrity and influencer rules

The ban on people of public relevance or notoriety in gambling adverts (art. 15) was annulled in April 2024. Operators may contract betting tipsters only if they publish all their results, and not people famous for anything other than tipping (art. 27). The reform of Law 13/2011 consulted on in 2026 would add rules on celebrities and influencers, but no draft bill had been published when parliament was dissolved in October 2026.

Social media rules

Gambling adverts may run only on social networks and video platforms with tools to keep them from minors, to let users block them and to segment or time-limit audiences (arts. 25.1 and 26.1). The more detailed limits in arts. 25.3, 26.2 and 26.3 were annulled.

Bonus advertising rules

The limits on welcome promotions in arts. 13.1 and 13.3 were annulled in 2024. Promotional adverts must state the minimum deposit, wagering requirement, deadline and whether the bonus is cash or bet credit, and may not suggest gambling is free (art. 13.4). No personalised promotions for 30 days after a deposit limit increase, or while a withdrawal can still be cancelled (arts. 13.7 and 13.8).

Mandatory warnings

Until 5 December 2026, every advert must carry a responsible gambling message such as "si juegas, juega con responsabilidad", visible throughout or for at least two seconds at the end (Royal Decree 958/2020, art. 10.3). A DGOJ resolution of 18 September 2026, effective from 5 December 2026, replaces it with one of three harm messages, "La ludopatía es un riesgo del juego", "La probabilidad de ser un jugador que pierde dinero es del 75 %" or "Las pérdidas del total de jugadores superan en 4 veces sus ganancias", together with "Solo para mayores de 18 años" and a reference to www.juegoseguro.es. Audiovisual adverts must end with the spoken message "La ludopatía es un riesgo del juego" for at least two seconds (on radio, in at least one of every two consecutive adverts by the same operator and station). Banners, display, email and video-platform adverts carry the messages in a band of at least 15% of the height across the full width; operator and affiliate sites show them for at least five seconds at 15% of the visible screen, and operator sites permanently. Small outdoor formats may use "El juego es un riesgo". Advertising contracts signed before 6 October 2026 may run unchanged for three months.

Penalties for breach

Advertising in breach of the rules, or for unlicensed operators, is a serious infringement: fines of €100,000 to €1 million and suspension of activity in Spain for up to six months (Law 13/2011, arts. 40.d and 42.2). Breaches by audiovisual media providers are referred to the CNMC.

Credit card ban

Not yet verified

Crypto stance

Not yet verified

Payment blocking regime

The DGOJ may require payment service providers to supply information on, or stop serving, operators without a Spanish licence (Law 13/2011, art. 21.8), and may block payment methods as a precautionary measure against illegal gambling.

Withdrawal timeframe rules

Players may ask for their balance and winnings to be transferred by any payment method the operator offers at no extra cost (Royal Decree 1614/2011, art. 35). Players registered before 28 October 2026 have six months to make the changes that allow the payment method holder check; in that period they may keep depositing and playing but, on the decree's wording, may not withdraw winnings. Accounts still unverified after six months must be terminated, the DGOJ notified and the balance, including withheld winnings, returned (Royal Decree 813/2026, first transitional provision).

ISP blocking

Yes

DNS blocking

Not yet verified

Payment blocking

Yes

App store takedowns

Not yet verified

Blocklist size

19,137 (as of 31 Dec 2024)

Administrative penalties

Minor infringements: warning or fine up to €100,000. Serious: €100,000 to €1 million and suspension for up to six months. Very serious: €1 million to €50 million, plus loss of licence, disqualification for up to four years or closure of the online service (Law 13/2011, art. 42).

Operator liability

Organising or offering gambling in Spain without a Spanish licence is a very serious infringement (Law 13/2011, art. 39.a), and the law applies to operators based abroad that offer gambling to residents of Spain (art. 2.1.d). Media, advertising networks and anyone profiting from the activity can also be liable (arts. 36.3 and 38).

Player liability

Playing on unlicensed sites from Spain by masking a Spanish IP address is a minor infringement (Law 13/2011, art. 41.f).

Figures on this record are drawn from official regulator data.

Online GGR

€1,698,725,144 as of 31 Dec 2025

Reporting year

2025

Year-on-year growth

16.9%

Licensed operators

77

Active player accounts

1,721,090

1. 29 May 2011

   Law 13/2011 on the regulation of gambling enters into force

2. 1 Jul 2018

   Current gambling activities tax rates take effect (20%, or 10% in Ceuta and Melilla)

3. 17 Dec 2018

   Third and most recent call for general licences closes

4. 5 Nov 2020

   Royal Decree 958/2020 on gambling advertising enters into force

5. 14 Mar 2023

   Royal Decree 176/2023 on safer gambling environments is adopted

6. 2 Apr 2024

   Supreme Court annuls parts of Royal Decree 958/2020, including the celebrity ban and welcome bonus limits

7. 25 Nov 2025

   DGOJ publishes 32 sanctions totalling €33.5 million, including €5 million fines on six unlicensed operators

8. 18 May 2026

   DGOJ opens public consultation on reforming Law 13/2011

9. 26 May 2026

   Sanction proceedings opened against Polymarket and Kalshi and their websites ordered blocked

10. 18 Jun 2026

    DGOJ and eight other European regulators issue a joint statement on prediction markets

11. 25 Jun 2026

    Royal Decree 520/2026 on joint deposit limits is published

12. 6 Oct 2026

    Cortes dissolved for a general election on 29 November 2026; the loot box bill lapses

13. 6 Oct 2026

    DGOJ resolution on new mandatory harm warnings in gambling advertising is published

14. 8 Oct 2026

    Royal Decree 813/2026, requiring payment method holders to match gambling account holders, is published

15. 13 Oct 2026

    DGOJ reopens comment on its draft mandatory risk-detection model until 22 October

16. 28 Oct 2026

    Payment method holder check enters into force, with six months for existing players

17. 5 Dec 2026

    New mandatory harm warnings in gambling advertising take effect

18. 1 Jan 2027

    Higher operator guarantees take effect

19. 25 Mar 2027

    Joint deposit limit system across all operators goes live

Parliament was dissolved on 6 October 2026 for a general election on 29 November, with the new chambers meeting on 23 December. The dissolution lapsed the bill on protecting minors in digital environments, including its loot box ban, and leaves the reform of Law 13/2011 to the next government: the DGOJ had consulted and met respondents but published no draft bill, and a government in office after the election may not present bills. Rules made by decree and resolution stand. The payment method holder check applies from 28 October 2026, with six months for existing players; the new advertising harm warnings from 5 December 2026; higher operator guarantees from 1 January 2027; and the joint deposit limit system from 25 March 2027. Comment on the DGOJ's draft mandatory risk-detection model closes on 22 October 2026, and the resolution would take effect two months after publication. The Polymarket and Kalshi proceedings, opened in May 2026 with an estimated three to four months to resolve, had no final resolution in the DGOJ sanctions register by 14 October 2026.

Who regulates online gambling in Spain?

The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), within the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda, under Law 13/2011. Land-based gambling is regulated by the autonomous communities.

What is the online gambling tax in Spain?

The gambling activities tax is 20% of net revenue, meaning amounts staked plus other income less prizes paid, or 10% for operators genuinely based in Ceuta or Melilla. Operators also pay a regulatory fee of 0.75 per thousand of amounts staked.

Can a new operator apply for a Spanish licence now?

General licences are granted only through public calls. The DGOJ records the last call as closing on 17 December 2018; an interested party can ask for a new call, which the DGOJ must launch within six months unless it gives public interest or player protection reasons for refusing.

When can gambling be advertised on television in Spain?

Only between 01:00 and 05:00, including during live sports broadcasts. Shirt and stadium sponsorship is banned, although the Supreme Court annulled the bans on celebrities and welcome bonus adverts in 2024.

What are the deposit limits for players in Spain?

Each operator must cap deposits at €600 a day, €1,500 a week and €3,000 a month unless the player passes checks to raise them. From 25 March 2027 a joint limit of €700 a day, €1,750 a week and €3,300 per four weeks applies across all operators.

Must payment methods be in the player's own name in Spain?

Yes, from 28 October 2026. Royal Decree 813/2026 requires online operators to check that the holder of the payment method used for deposits and withdrawals is the gambling account holder. Players registered earlier have six months to comply, during which, on the decree's wording, they may keep playing but not withdraw winnings.

Are prediction markets legal in Spain?

The DGOJ treats them as gambling that needs a Spanish licence. In May 2026 it opened sanction proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi and ordered their websites blocked.

How much does a gambling licence cost in Spain?

For the General licence: betting (Apuestas), the application fee is €10,000 (as of 1 Jan 2021). For the General licence: other games (Otros juegos), the application fee is €10,000 (as of 1 Jan 2021). For the General licence: contests (Concursos), the application fee is €10,000 (as of 1 Jan 2021). The Licensing section lists all 4 licence types recorded for Spain. Last verified 14 Oct 2026.

• ICE Barcelona 202718 to 20 January 2027, Barcelona
• iGB Affiliate Barcelona 202719 to 20 January 2027, Barcelona
• AffPapa Conference Madrid 202710 to 12 May 2027, Madrid

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Press Release

22 Oct 2026

Barcelona to Host the MOVE Cup, a New Elite Chess Tournament, With Magnus Carlsen First in the Line-Up

Launched together with the MOVE Foundation and powered by BETBY, the MOVE Cup will bring eight of the world's top grandmasters to Barcelona from 18 to 20 January 2027, during ICE Barcelona week. Its €300,000 prize fund will be matched by the same amount for charity.

Corporate

22 Oct 2026

Brightstar Extends Its Central System Contract With Spain's ONCE but Discloses No Term or Value

Brightstar Lottery has renewed the technology contract behind the lottery of Spain's national organisation of the blind, a relationship that dates back to 2002. The release calls it multi-year and stops there: no end date, no value, and a scope limited to software and the central system.

Regulatory

22 Oct 2026

Peru Consults on Online Betting Rule Changes With Lower Fine Caps and Stricter Ad Warnings

Peru's tourism and trade ministry has published draft amendments to the regulations behind its licensed online gambling market, with 15 days for comment. It would spell out detailed advertising rules, but also cut the maximum fine for the most serious breaches from 200 to 70 tax units.

Regulatory

21 Oct 2026

ANJ-Funded Study Finds 39% of French Teenagers Play Gambling-Style Games but Cannot Prove a Gateway

A survey of 5,000 French 15 to 17-year-olds funded by the Autorité Nationale des Jeux finds that teenagers who play both gambling-style video games and real-money games score far worse on problem gambling than those who only gamble. It shows an association and a sequence, not a cause, and its authors say so.

Regulatory

21 Oct 2026

Spain Opens Its Player Portal and Starts Testing a €700-a-Day Deposit Limit Across Every Online Operator

Spain's consumer affairs ministry has switched on a regulator-run system that will add up each player's deposits across all licensed online operators and stop them at €700 a day, €1,750 a week and €3,300 over four weeks, plus a portal that shows players their whole market footprint. The limit binds from March 2027, and players can lift it themselves after three working days.

Corporate

15 Oct 2026

Rank Grows Q1 Revenue 5% to £216.1m as Mecca Stalls and Three Grosvenor Casinos Close

Rank's casinos are still growing, and their fastest-growing line is gaming machines, the product a Budget in 13 days may tax at twice the rate. Its bingo clubs stood still for the quarter, it closed three casinos, and its profit guidance now assumes the tax regime stays as it is.

Regulatory

14 Oct 2026

Spain Makes Online Operators Match Payment Methods to the Gambling Account Holder

A royal decree amending Spain's anti-money laundering regulation now requires licensed online operators to check that whoever holds the payment method used to deposit and withdraw is the person who holds the gambling account. Existing players get six months to comply and, on the decree's wording, cannot withdraw winnings in the meantime.

Regulatory

13 Oct 2026

Spain Reopens Consultation on the 48-Variable Algorithm Every Operator Would Have to Run to Flag At-Risk Players

Spain's gambling regulator has put its common risk-detection model back out for comment until 22 October after a data protection review. Once in force, one model trained on clinically diagnosed players would decide who every licensed operator treats as at risk, in place of in-house systems that flag from 0% to 13.6% of accounts.

M&A

9 Oct 2026

Lottomatica and CIRSA Approve Merger Plan and Set Shareholder Votes for 23 and 25 November

The boards have signed the common merger plan that fixes the terms first announced in September: 0.668 Lottomatica shares per CIRSA share, a €262m CIRSA dividend before completion and a €744m capital return after it. With Blackstone committed, the votes are close to a formality. The regulators are not.

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Source tiers. Tier 1: the law, official gazette, licence register or regulator itself. Tier 2: other official sources such as ministries, parliaments, courts and statistics agencies. Only tier 1 and tier 2 sources can support a fact on their own.

1. Ley 13/2011, de 27 de mayo, de regulación del juego (consolidated text, last updated 31/12/2022)

   Boletín Oficial del Estado (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 28 May 2011
2. Real Decreto 1614/2011 on licences, authorisations and gambling registers (consolidated text, updated 25/06/2026)

   Boletín Oficial del Estado (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
3. Real Decreto 1613/2011 on the technical requirements of gambling activities (consolidated text)

   Boletín Oficial del Estado (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
4. Real Decreto 958/2020, de 3 de noviembre, de comunicaciones comerciales de las actividades de juego (consolidated text, updated 08/06/2024)

   Boletín Oficial del Estado (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 4 Nov 2020
5. Real Decreto 176/2023, de 14 de marzo, por el que se desarrollan entornos más seguros de juego (consolidated text, updated 25/06/2026)

   Boletín Oficial del Estado (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
6. Real Decreto 520/2026, de 24 de junio (joint deposit limits per player; amendments to RD 1614/2011 and RD 176/2023)

   Boletín Oficial del Estado (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 25 Jun 2026
7. Sentencia de 2 de abril de 2024, de la Sala Tercera del Tribunal Supremo, recurso 1/3/2021 contra el Real Decreto 958/2020

   Tribunal Supremo (published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado) (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 25 May 2024
8. Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego: Quiénes somos

   Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
9. Licencias de juego: procedimiento, requisitos, derechos y obligaciones

   Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

   Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
10. Garantías de operadores con licencia

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    The DGOJ page still shows the operator guarantee at €2 million per general licence in the initial period and €1 million afterwards. RD 520/2026 raises these to €2.6 million and €1.3 million from 1 January 2027; the record gives both.

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
11. Tasa de juego (gambling regulatory fee: form 602 with the AEAT for charges accruing from 31 December 2020)

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
12. Licencias generales de juego: convocatorias de otorgamiento, extinciones y renuncias

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
13. Juegos sujetos a licencia

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
14. Los límites de depósito (conjuntos y por operador)

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
15. Publicidad en el juego

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
16. Registro General de Interdicciones de Acceso al Juego (RGIAJ)

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
17. Juego ilegal

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
18. La persecución del juego ilegal (blocking statistics to 2024)

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026
19. Descarga datos Mercado de Juego: online GGR by game to Q2 2026, active accounts, licensed operator list, Spanish gambling market data 2021 to 2025, RGIAJ registrations

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026
20. Resumen T3-2025: informe trimestral del mercado de juego online

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    The quarterly release gives Q3 2025 GGR as €405.36 million; the later DGOJ open-data file revises it to €403.52 million. Annual figures in this record come from the open-data file.

    Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 22 Dec 2025
21. La DGOJ abre a consulta pública la modificación de la Ley de Regulación del Juego

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 18 May 2026
22. La DGOJ inicia la ronda de reuniones con las entidades que han presentado aportaciones a la reforma de la Ley del Juego

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 21 Jul 2026
23. La DGOJ abre expediente sancionador a las plataformas Polymarket y Kalshi y ordena el bloqueo de sus webs

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 26 May 2026
24. Joint statement by the gambling regulators of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland on prediction markets

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 18 Jun 2026
25. Consumo sanciona a 26 operadores de juego con más de 3 millones de euros por infracciones graves

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 25 Nov 2025
26. Consumo sanciona a la productora de Zona Gemelos por publicitar un operador de juego ilegal (sanctions for Q1 2026)

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) (translated)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 29 Apr 2026
27. Resoluciones sancionadoras (published final sanctions)

    Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ)

    Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
28. Real Decreto 813/2026, de 7 de octubre, por el que se modifican diversos reales decretos en el ámbito del sector financiero (art. 5 amends the anti-money laundering regulation, Real Decreto 304/2014, art. 21.2; first transitional provision on gambling)

    Boletín Oficial del Estado

    Tier 1Accessed 14 Oct 2026Published 8 Oct 2026
29. Resolución de 18 de septiembre de 2026, de la Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego, por la que se aprueban y establecen las especificaciones técnicas del mensaje relativo a los efectos dañinos derivados de la ludopatía o de un comportamiento de riesgo y del mensaje relativo a la prohibición de participación a menores de edad en las comunicaciones comerciales de las actividades de juego

    Boletín Oficial del Estado

    Tier 1Accessed 14 Oct 2026Published 6 Oct 2026
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