Tag Archives: Royal Decree

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 …

The government of Belgium has been urged to increase funding and resources available to the Kansspelcommissie to help the Gambling Commission enforce new rules and penalise illegal gambling websites. The recommendation was endorsed by researchers conducting an evaluation of “Belgium’s Gambling Advertising Ban” – primarily funded by the Federal Ministry of Justice. On 1 September, Belgium adopted new rules raising …

Spain aims to be Europe’s trailblazer by adopting the first dedicated framework to regulate the content, standards, and advertising practices of social media influencers. Last Friday, the Council of Ministers received the draft of the New General Law on Audiovisual Communication (LGCA) – commonly referred to as the ‘Influencer Law‘. Filed as a ‘digital transformation’ project by the Ministry of …

The Belgian Kamer (parliament) has been advised “to raise the minimum age for all gambling activities to 21 years” by VAD – The Flemish Experts Centre on Addiction. The public body recommended the age increase for gambling as one of nine new priorities presented to the government to enhance safeguards and controls against addiction related to drugs, alcohol, gaming, and …

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 …

The Spanish government continues to advance its plans to impose stricter compliance enforcements and safer gambling measures on the gambling sector.  The DGOJ, the General Directorate of Spanish Gambling, has launched its second public consultation on the desired reforms outlined by the “Royal Decree on Responsible Gaming Environments”. The consultation, open until 16 October, requires feedback on applying gaming deposit …

The Kansspel Commissie (KSC), the Gambling Commission of Belgium, has issued a final warning to licensed operators stating they must display ‘mandatory preventative messages’ across all existing communications. The warning follows the Belgian government enforcing its Royal Decree from 1 July, which imposed a blanket ban on all forms of betting/gambling advertising across all media platforms. Despite the advertising ban, …

Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has instructed the General Directorate for Gambling Regulation (DGOJ) to launch a grant scheme to support research on problem gambling harms and addiction. A €1.6m fund has been created to fund projects which will support Spanish healthcare and welfare organisations in preventing problematic gambling, in addition to reducing “industry risks and other related concerns”.  DGOJ …

The Tribunal for Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Royal Decree on Advertising cannot be suspended, despite ongoing questions related to its enforcement breaching Spain’s constitutional laws. The ruling responded to an appeal made by Spanish online gambling trade association Jdigital, which argued that the Royal Decree be suspended as it had not received a ‘constitutional review’ to be …

Jdigital – Spain’s online gambling trade association has stated that the market has begun to suffer ‘negative evolution’ of overbearing regulations and policies, set by Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs.  Citing official DGOJ figures tracking the Q1 performance, Jdigital noted that a 15% decline in turnover, marked the fourth consecutive quarterly decline for Spain’s regulated online gambling marketplace. Of heightened …