Spanish gambling has been made aware of an “intrusive amendment” sought by the government to reimpose advertising restrictions on licensed operators. Revealed by the Spanish online gambling association Jdigital, the PSOE/Sumar government has adopted an “unrelated amendment” to the Decree to Establish a State Agency for Public Health. The amendment will reintroduce advertising restrictions, limiting gambling advertisements on social media …
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Spain’s Gambling Minister warns of tougher advertising restrictions
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 …
Read More »Supreme Court of Spain sides with Jdigital on Decree annulments
The Supreme Court of Spain has ‘partially annulled’ certain articles of the Royal Decree on Advertising, the mandate which imposed federal restrictions on gambling advertising across Spanish media. The Royal Decree was the headline measure of former Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzon, who in 2020 was appointed by Spain’s PSOE-coalition government to oversee the federal reform of Spanish gambling …
Read More »Spain rejects challenge of Royal Decree on Advertising’s federal status law
The Constitutional Court of Spain has rejected an appeal of the ‘Royal Decree on Advertising’ to be heard by the Supreme Court. The appeal was brought forward by Jdigital, Spain’s online gambling trade association, which questioned whether the Decree authored by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs had received proper constitutional oversight to be passed into a federal law adopted by …
Read More »Spain sees Bustinduy take control of Garzon’s gambling reforms agenda
The Government of Spain has announced Pablo Bustinduy‘s appointment as the new Minister of Social Rights, heading the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. A member of the newly-formed Sumar Party, Bustinduy was among 22 new figures to be appointed by President Pedro Sanchez to the senior cabinet of Spain’s ‘Progressive Left’ coalition government. Following the inconclusive results of a snap General …
Read More »DGOJ penalty list highlights black market exposure of Spanish gambling
Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has reported that fines totalling €71m have been imposed on online gambling businesses during the first half of 2023. The Ministry, which oversees federal governance of Spanish gambling, stated that these penalties were imposed on 30 online gambling firms, in which the most ‘serious infractions’ of unlicensed gambling were fined ‘€5m each and suspended for …
Read More »Spain’s gambling prevalence study raises questions on effective protections
Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has published the findings of its “Prevalence Study of Gambling on the General Public of Spain”. The study was presented to public health and welfare stakeholders who form part of the Responsible Gambling Advisory Council. The council is charged with developing safer gambling policies to protect Spanish consumers from gambling harms. Research was conducted using …
Read More »Jdigital: Spanish reforms cannot move forward amid political deadlock
Jdigital observes a political deadlock in Spain following the unsettled outcome of last weekend’s snap general election, which at present sees no party being able to form a government. A conclusive outcome was required from Sunday night’s polling to find out which government will lead the next phase of Spanish gambling federal reforms. “We, like the rest of the country, …
Read More »Effect of Spanish advertising restrictions hotly disputed
The Royal Decree 958/2020 on Commercial Communications for Gambling Activities – more commonly referred to as the advertising ban – remains a cause of substantial disagreement in the Spanish betting and gaming industry, the debate at the Gaming in Spain conference suggested. Mikel Arana, Director General of the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), used his keynote at the …
Read More »Jdigital: Spanish operators require full transparency on Decree’s compliance commands
Jdigital, Spain’s online gambling trade association, has issued a ten-point response criticising the ascent of the ‘Royal Decree on Safer Gambling Environments’ by the Spanish government. On Tuesday the Decree received its federal approval by Spain’s Council of Ministers, which in turn will see Spanish licensed operators adopt Europe’s most stringent compliance and KYC rules to protect underage and vulnerable …
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