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Castilla-La Mancha gambling association head proposes responses to ONCE terminal rulings

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Jesús Serrano Escudero, president of the Castilla-La Mancha Gambling Business Association, said Supreme Court rulings issued in April 2026 on ONCE terminals in hospitality venues create unequal conditions for private gambling businesses. He proposed reviewing terminal exemptions, reforming gambling legislation and considering challenges before Spain’s Constitutional Court or the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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The proposals concern how regional authorisation and oversight apply to private gambling businesses and state lottery terminals.

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Castilla-La Mancha plans casino authorisation moratorium extension to 2031

Castilla-La Mancha plans to extend its moratorium on new casino authorisations until 2031. The region proposes giving the suspension statutory status.

The Castilla-La Mancha government plans to extend the limit on opening new casinos in the region until the end of 2031, lengthening the moratorium currently in force on the granting of authorisations for gambling establishments. The measure forms part of the changes in a new bill of administrative and tax measures that will accompany the region's budget for the coming year, according to the regional government's proposal.

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