The headline reports an order setting management and operating parameters for B-type gaming machines with server-hosted games in Castile and León. It also refers to specifications for connecting the systems; the available page text gives no further details.
Operators and suppliers must account for specified management, operating and connection rules for server-based B-type machines.
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Reportedly, Castilla y León had 16,092 hospitality venues authorised for gaming machines on 1 September 2026, down 95 from 16,187 in October 2025. Bingo halls fell from 17 to 16, betting shops from 14 to 13 and betting areas from 73 to 70, while gaming halls rose by one to 116 and the region kept three casinos. The data do not attribute the changes to a specific cause.
Castilla y León had 16,092 hospitality venues authorised for gaming machines in September 2026, down 95 from the 16,187 recorded in the October 2025 reference. Bingo halls in the region fell from 17 to 16. Licensed betting shops went from 14 to 13, while betting areas dropped from 73 to 70.
Reportedly, a panel at the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León in Soria examined regulatory criteria across gambling modalities, including ONCE, payment methods and B-type machines. Speakers called for market-wide data and reviewed regional regulatory differences. Rodrigo García, head of interconnection projects at Castilla y León, described linking B machines to central servers.
A panel at the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León, held in Soria, examined regulatory criteria affecting the different gambling modalities, including ONCE and payment methods, and the interconnection of B-type machines. The session, titled "Los distintos juegos de azar en la encrucijada: ¿evolución o reconversión?", was moderated by Fátima Pablos, director general of taxes of the Junta de Extremadura.
Luis Miguel González Gago, minister of the Presidency of Castilla y León, told the XIX Congreso de Juego in Soria that the regional government will review its gaming regulations. He said the sector comprises more than 450 companies, about 2,000 direct jobs and roughly €60m in annual public revenue, and that a prevention strategy for 2027-2030 is in preparation.
Luis Miguel González Gago, the region's minister of the Presidency, welcomed attendees at the XIX Congreso de Juego in Soria, the opening of which was reported on 21 October 2026. According to the minister, regulation should not stop at laying down new rules; it should also examine how current ones perform, spot application problems and assess the impact on firms and users. He explained that over recent months the regional government had held technical meetings with business representatives, aimed at learning their needs and gathering proposals on how the rules are applied.
Spain's Order HAC/1161/2026 sets 2027 income-tax module amounts for recreational machines in hospitality businesses when their operation is ancillary, according to the order as reported. For type B machines, the annual amount before depreciation is €3,810.65 in one- and two-fork restaurants, with different rates for cafés and bars; the order also sets amounts for type A machines.
Under Spain's Order HAC/1161/2026, the income-tax module amounts for the coming year include annual returns of up to €3,810.65 for each type B recreational machine installed in restaurants, the order provides. The order, dated 4 November, develops the objective-estimation method for personal income tax and the simplified special regime for VAT for the coming year, as the text records.
The UK Gambling Commission published its response to a consultation on gaming-machine standards on 30 September 2026. New category B machines must provide easier access to play-management tools and session information from 30 June 2027; the measures also restrict misleading win effects and features that shorten time to game outcomes.