{"id":1421,"date":"2019-12-09T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T14:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:35:45","slug":"spain-betting-advertising-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/spain-betting-advertising-regulation","title":{"rendered":"Spanish association urges regulation of betting advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Association of Users of Spanish Communication requested a quick regulation of betting advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain.- Different sectors in the industry have been fighting for over a year for the regulation of betting advertising. The Association of Users of Spanish Communication (AUC) is now pushing for regulation as well and said that the project has been stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The urge from AUC comes after the event \u201cResponsibility in the use and consumption of gambling and bets.\u201d The event was organised by Hispacoop, Funfdaci\u00f3n ONCE and the&nbsp; General Directorate of Consumption of the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the AUC, Alejandro Perales talked about \u201cwelcome bonuses\u201d and urged the elimination of them, as he believes that they are \u201ca decoy that stimulates impulsive play.\u201d Taking into account the conditions for the redemption of the bonuses and their dynamics, they can lead the players to put significant amounts of money at risk, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Modifications in the betting code<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A monitoring commission (Comisi\u00f3n Mixta de Seguimiento de Autocontrol de Espa\u00f1a) has updated the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/spain-sports-betting-advertising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>code of conduct on sports betting<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. Some of the modifications include specific measures to limit advertising, which include active athletes not being able to participate in gambling advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local media outlet\u00a0<strong><em>Jdigital<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has revealed the changes in the gambling advertising sector after the Spanish Association of Digital Gaming proposed modifications in the code of conduct. The new regulation has the support of the main communication groups in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Users of Spanish Communication requested a quick regulation of betting advertising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Association of Users of Spanish Communication (AUC) is advocating for expedited regulation of betting advertising in Spain, specifically calling for the elimination of 'welcome bonuses' due to their perceived role in stimulating impulsive play. This push follows an event on responsible gambling, coinciding with updates to the industry's code of conduct, which includes new restrictions on advertising, such as prohibiting active athletes from participating.","focusai_entities":"Association of Users of Spanish Communication, AUC, Alejandro Perales, Hispacoop, Funfdaci\u00f3n ONCE, General Directorate of Consumption of the Ministry of Health, Comisi\u00f3n Mixta de Seguimiento de Autocontrol de Espa\u00f1a, Jdigital, Spanish Association of Digital Gaming","focusai_location":"Spain","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for licensed operators in Spain, particularly concerning player acquisition costs and lifetime value, following the potential elimination of welcome bonuses?"},{"label":"Regulatory Timeline?","query":"What is the anticipated legislative timeline for the proposed advertising regulations, and how might these changes influence the broader European regulatory landscape for iGaming?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16331,156],"tags":[234,2297],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino-news","category-elsewhere-news","category-regulation-news","tag-betting","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009336,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions\/777009336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}