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Ceuta allocates €180,000 for online gambling operator training in 2027

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Ceuta’s 2027 budget proposal retains €180,000 for training in the online gambling sector, according to the report. The programme’s third edition offers 150 free places across five courses, with applicants required to live in Ceuta and pass a commercial English test.

PROCESA, the development company of the Autonomous City of Ceuta that manages the programme, has again reserved €180,000 for online gambling training in 2027. The amount is the same as this year.

The project is consolidated at €448.48m, a 5.38% increase on the current year. Its Memoria also names online gambling as one of the productive sectors that receive aid from the city's own resources.

The funding goes to the Plan de Capacitación Especializada para Operadores de Juego Online. The city describes the plan as a training strategy designed with multinational gambling companies in Ceuta, aimed at high and immediate job placement. The third edition offers 150 free places in a blended format, split into five specialities of 30 students each. The specialities cover CRM and VIP management, customer service, payments, fraud, money laundering and responsible gambling, product management, and operations and marketing technician.

Applicants must be registered as residents of Ceuta and pass a commercial English test. Places are allocated in order of registration.

In the section on the city's comprehensive development plan, the Consejería de Hacienda, Transición Económica y Transformación Digital said the introduction of online gambling companies and the technology sector in Ceuta had produced a good result. The department added that developing this area is of great importance for its consolidation and development.

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