Andalusia B machines record €483m real spend in 2025

Type B recreational machines in Andalusia recorded real spending of €483m in 2025, according to data published by the regional ministry of economy, finance, European funds and social dialogue. The figure is the difference between the €1.61bn staked and the prizes returned to users.

Volume staked on B machines represented about 64% of the region's private gaming total, which reached €2.501bn in 2025, up 4.8% on the previous year and the highest in the series beginning in 2016. In that year there were 31,460 B machines installed in the region's 961 gaming halls, although the machine figure covers all machines installed in those establishments. The return-to-player rate for B machines was about 70%, against more than 82% for retail and online sports betting.

Sports betting moved €262m, of which €216m was returned in prizes, leaving real user spending of €45.6m. Growth in Andalusian private gaming extended to all subsectors during 2025: casinos reached a volume of €355m, up 9.3%; sports betting reached €262m, up 7.5%; and bingo billed €272m, up 3.7%.

The total volume of private gaming in Andalusia has risen 36% since the €1.828bn recorded in 2016. B machines retain the largest weight in this activity, with volume staked growing from €1.42bn that year to €1.61bn in 2025.