Spain’s DGOJ reported a 23.53% increase in women placing online bets in 2024, equivalent to almost 64,000 additional players. Its analysis found that 59.4% of female online players were under 35, while women accounted for 16.9% of active players overall.
The gender breakdown gives regulators and licensed operators evidence to consider when shaping policies and player protections.
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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.
Spain’s DGOJ reportedly tests a system that combines each player’s deposits across licensed operators and blocks further payments above €700 daily, €1,750 weekly or €3,300 every four weeks. The system is due to become mandatory on 26 March 2027.
Spain's DGOJ reportedly adds up each player's deposits across all licensed operators and blocks the next deposit once the total passes €700 a day, €1,750 a week or €3,300 every four weeks. The mechanism has reportedly been in place since 21 October. The system is currently running in a test phase. It is due to become mandatory on 26 March 2027.
Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda and the Autonomous City of Ceuta extended their agreement linking their gambling self-exclusion registers, according to the published addendum. The four-year extension runs until 8 November 2030. The agreement enables automated information exchange so registrations in one jurisdiction are recognised in the other.
According to a notice in the BOE of 31 October 2026, an addendum has been published extending the collaboration agreement between the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda and the Autonomous City of Ceuta. The agreement concerns the interconnection of their respective registers of people entered in the prohibited-persons registers. The addendum adds four years to the original agreement, signed in November 2022, and sets 8 November 2030 as the new end date.
Spain’s DGOJ director general Mikel Arana addressed prediction markets at MERGE Madrid 2026 on 2 November. He said platforms offering products classed as gambling under Spanish law need a licence, and unauthorised services of that kind cannot operate legally in Spain; measures are taken to block access to affected platforms.
Spain's gambling regulator, the DGOJ, took part in MERGE Madrid 2026, an international event on cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology and Web3, according to a DGOJ notice dated 2 November 2026. Mikel Arana, the DGOJ's director general, said that unlicensed prediction markets that qualify as gambling cannot legally offer their services in Spain.