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Spain’s gambling regulator has fined 14 online operators a total of €77m for offering services without a licence, in the latest crackdown on the unregulated market. The General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) announced the penalties in an update on its enforcement actions. Fines ranged from €5m-€10m, with most operators receiving the lower end of the scale. One …

Spanish authorities and financial institutions have once again been urged to remain vigilant against identity theft and fraud linked to gambling transactions. The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) in Spain has re-issued its warning concerning the risks of identity theft, first made at the beginning of the year. The Directorate continues to receive complaints relating to identity …

The 2025 Gaming in Spain Conference, which is set to take place June 26 in Madrid, will bring you the latest news on Spain’s regulated iGaming market. Mikel Arana confirmed as keynote speaker The event’s keynote will be delivered by Mr. Mikel Arana, Director General of Spain’s Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ). Mr. Arana will explain both the …

DGOJ, Spain’s Directorate General of Gambling (DGOJ), has underscored that online gambling continues to grow its marketing exposure, irrespective of federal restrictions. The observation led the Directorate’s observation of “State Online Market Report for 2024,” monitoring the activities of licensed operators. In 2024,  Spain’s  online gambling market generated gross gaming revenues (GGR) of €1.45bn, up 17% on FY2023 comparatives of …

DGOJ, Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), has held meetings with licensed operators to address identity theft on online gambling platforms. According to the DGOJ, it collaborated with the State Agency for Tax Administration (AEAT) and the State Security Forces and Corps on a report that identified nearly 8,000 cases of identity theft. The report found that …

The DGOJ, Spain’s Directorate of Gambling, has hosted its first sectoral meeting on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. The meeting brought together gambling stakeholders and leadership with representatives from Spain’s Treasury and SEPBLAC, a federal intelligence unit assigned to help Spanish businesses combat financial crimes and minimise threats and exposures. Discussions were led by DGOJ Director General …

DGOJ, the Directorate of Gambling of Spain, has adopted all resolutions of the SIGMA programme, Spain’s new ‘centralised directive’ to combat match-fixing and uphold the integrity of sports. Drafted in 2022, the SIGMA programme was launched in Q1 of this year to establish a ‘cooperative network’ to tackle criminal activity and the exposure of Spanish sports to match-fixing. The headline …

DGOJ, Spain’s General Directorate of Gambling, has started discussions on data administration policies and practices needed to establish a ‘common data registry’ for gambling information. The discussions on the framework to set up a centralised registry for customer data from all gambling operators licensed in Spain began on 16 May 2024. Director General Mikel Arana led the initial proceedings, hosting …

Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs will prioritise restoring gambling advertising restrictions as intended by the Royal Decree on Advertising. The plan was outlined by Pablo Bustinduy, Spain’s new Minister of Social Rights and Consumer Affairs, addressing media on the current framework of federal rules on gambling advertising. Confusion has arisen in the Spanish media, as this April the Supreme Court …

DGOJ, the Gambling Directorate of Spain, continues to strengthen the sports integrity provisions of the ‘SIGMA programme’ against match-fixing and sports manipulations. As announced this week, the DGOJ has launched a ‘notification portal on sports manipulations’ co-developed with SIGMA partner CONFAD – Spain’s network of pro-sports stakeholders combatting match-fixing and criminality in sports. The notification portal will serve as a …