Spain’s DGOJ reported that online gambling advertising rose 28% year on year in the second quarter of 2026. Released bonuses increased 10% over the year and sponsorship fell 42%; compared with the previous quarter, all three categories rose, including advertising by 9%.
The figures show operators’ marketing mix shifting towards advertising and released bonuses as sponsorship declines year on year.
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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.
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.