Spain’s DGOJ presented its 2025 gambling activity report, recording total gross gaming revenue of €8.08bn, compared with €8.108bn in 2024. Online gambling GGR rose 16.8% to €1.6987bn, with online casino games generating €891.1m; public gambling revenue from SELAE and ONCE totalled €5.1718bn, down 5.17%.
The figures show operators and investors how Spain’s gambling revenue shifted across public, online and regional land-based segments.
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Gambling lawyer Jesús Serrano Escudero told the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León that Supreme Court rulings on ONCE gaming terminals endorse discretion and privilege for state operators. He said the court held that autonomous communities cannot authorise, inspect or intervene in state-reserved games.
Gambling lawyer Jesús Serrano Escudero told the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León in Soria that Supreme Court doctrine on ONCE gaming terminals endorses what he described as total discretion and privilege for state operators. He said the rulings mean autonomous communities cannot authorise, inspect or intervene in state-reserved games.
AESA Aragón president José Antonio Rubio said private gambling halls face different regulatory conditions from public operators and other in-person gambling businesses. He cited 121 venues and a 500-metre separation requirement, and estimated the halls’ direct, indirect and induced economic impact at €517 million in Aragón.
AZEMAR Aragón has asked the Aragón Gaming Commission to revise parts of the draft General Gaming Regulation. Its proposals cover transfer of machine installation permits when a bar changes owner, limits on operators per venue, controls for state lottery terminals and gaming hours for machines in bingo halls and gaming halls.
AZEMAR Aragón has asked the Aragón Gaming Commission to revise several measures in the draft General Gaming Regulation, the association said in a statement. Its president, Fernando Agustín, attended the commission and set out four requests from the machine operators grouped in the association.
Spain’s snap election, called for 29 November, leaves the gambling law reform prepared by the DGOJ without time to pass through Parliament in the current legislative term, according to the report. The proposal remains at the preliminary stage after a public consultation and meetings with stakeholders; the DGOJ had said it would draft a text for further consultation. The report says the next government could decide whether to continue the reform.
Spain’s DGOJ applies the same identity-verification process to foreign residents as to other players using state-licensed operators, the report says. INE figures cited in the report put the number of foreign-national residents at 7,437,543 on 1 July 2026, while the DGOJ continues gathering industry input for a proposed gambling-law reform.