{"id":2414,"date":"2020-01-16T11:42:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T11:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:51:59","slug":"spain-gambling-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/spain-gambling-regulation","title":{"rendered":"Spain focuses on gambling limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After suspending new licences, the government from Spain is likely to limit gambling and its promotions nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Spain.- Despite several autonomous communities in Spain deciding to temporarily regulate gambling a few months ago, the political party Podemos is preparing a measure to limit gambling advertising and its promotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As revealed by Unidas Podemos to local media La Informaci\u00f3n, the party sees the gaming industry as a priority. \u201cThis will be one of the first things that Secretary General Pablo Iglesias\u2019 team will lead in the legislature,\u201d they said. \u201cTh project is supported by a measure that Podemos took for the first time in its electoral program to Madrid in the past regional election, so it\u2019s not an improvised proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want to bet, make sure that no one sees you and that you do so when children are not awake,\u201d they said. They want gambling to take place in Spain only after 10 pm, although the schedule will be in charge of different jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, they want gambling outlets far from schools and they want to limit advertising around football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online gambling is a major contributor in Spain<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Directorate General for Game Management\u00a0(DGOJ) of Spain recently published the\u00a0third-quarter financial report<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Although the economic growth of the industry had already been highlighted, the online gambling sector proved to be a major force in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report indicates that online gambling experienced a growth of 16.5% compared to the previous quarter, and 3.2% when compared to the same period in 2018. On the other hand, sports betting was the top scorer in the country with 43.9%. The total GGR of bets amounted to almost US$111 million in more than US$665 million waged by users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After suspending new licences, the government from Spain is likely to limit gambling and its promotions nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2416,"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 Spanish political party Podemos is advancing legislative measures to significantly restrict gambling advertising, promotions, and operating hours nationwide, including a proposed 10 PM curfew and limitations on proximity to schools. This initiative follows a period of suspended new licenses and comes despite robust Q3 online gambling growth, with sports betting being a primary revenue driver.","focusai_entities":"Podemos, Unidas Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, La Informaci\u00f3n, Directorate General for Game Management, DGOJ","focusai_location":"Spain, Madrid","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), affiliate_publisher (0.95), product_ux (0.75), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.98), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR impact of a nationwide 10 PM curfew on online gambling and a ban on sports advertising, considering the DGOJ's Q3 performance data?"},{"label":"B2B Adaptation Strategies","query":"How will B2B suppliers of marketing, compliance, and platform solutions adapt their product roadmaps and service offerings to meet these proposed Spanish regulatory changes?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,2234,156],"tags":[229,337,2297],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-emea","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling","tag-regulation","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414","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=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21665,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions\/21665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}