Spain’s DGOJ opened a 2026 competitive grant call for research into gambling-related disorders, prevention and associated risks, according to reports. The programme has a budget of €950,620, with applications due by 22 June 2026 and selected projects to finish by 30 June 2027.
The call offers research funding for work on gambling-related disorders, prevention and associated risks.
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European gambling regulators met in Halle (Saale), Germany, on 4 November 2026, with the GGL hosting and Italy’s ADM represented by Elisabetta Poso. The authorities discussed cross-border information sharing and cooperation on illegal online gambling, advertising rules and prediction markets, which the GGL said raise similar regulatory questions across jurisdictions.
European gambling regulators met on 4 November 2026 in Halle (Saale), Germany. The agenda covered action against illegal online gambling, rules on advertising and the regulation of prediction markets.
Spain requires online gambling operators to verify payment methods used for deposits and withdrawals from 28 October 2026 under Royal Decree 813/2026. Existing customers have six months to verify or replace linked payment methods; winnings cannot be withdrawn until the operator confirms that the payment method and account have the same holder. The Consumer Affairs Ministry said the measure aims to make identity fraud harder and reported 8,675 related complaints in 2025, up 12% year on year.
Spanish online gambling operators must check the payment methods that players use for deposits and withdrawals. The requirement comes from Real Decreto 813/2026, a royal decree set on 7 October that appeared in the Spanish official gazette one day afterwards. According to the source, the decree took effect twenty days after it was published.
The dissolution of Spain's Cortes Generales left multiple gambling-related parliamentary initiatives uncompleted, according to a report on the published list of expired business. The proposals included deposit limits, gambling harm prevention, lottery sales rules and questions on minors' access to gambling; a DGOJ proposal on joint deposit limits was later presented through another route.
The dissolution of Spain's Cortes Generales left numerous parliamentary initiatives related to gambling without completed processing, according to the published list of expired business. The list records non-binding proposals, questions and requests for appearances that did not complete their parliamentary passage.
Spain’s DGOJ took part in a European regulators’ meeting in Halle, Germany, on 4 November 2026. Discussions covered information-sharing on illegal sites and apps, blocking unauthorised platforms and prediction markets; the DGOJ also presented findings from its assessment of commercial gambling communications rules.
The DGOJ, a body under Spain's Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda, attended a gathering of European regulators held in Halle, Germany. According to the regulator, the Halle meeting took place on 4 November 2026. Discussions at the meeting dealt with exchanging information on illegal websites and apps, prediction markets, and steps to block unauthorised platforms.
Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 and Ceuta agreed to extend their automated exchange of gambling-exclusion register data until 8 November 2030. The four-year extension was signed on 15 October 2026 and published through a resolution by Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling dated 21 October.
Spain's official gazette, the Boletín Oficial del Estado, published on Saturday 31 October 2026 an addendum extending the agreement between the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 and the autonomous city of Ceuta. The agreement covers the automated interconnection of their gambling-exclusion registers.