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European Commission clears Spain’s gambling risk-warning requirements

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The European Commission cleared a Spanish resolution setting technical requirements for warnings about gambling harms and underage participation in commercial gambling communications. The resolution replaces the existing responsible-gambling message with a risk warning and specifies the messages’ format, size, placement, contrast and content.

Operators communicating commercially about gambling in Spain will be subject to specified risk and underage-participation warnings.

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DGOJ director joins SiGMA World panel on illegal gambling in Europe

DGOJ director general Mikel Arana took part in a SiGMA World Roma panel in Rome on enforcement against illegal gambling, according to the DGOJ. Regulators from Spain, Cyprus, Greece and the Czech Republic discussed challenges including blocking unauthorised sites, payment methods, social media, mirror domains and prediction markets.

DGOJ director general Mikel Arana took part in a panel discussion at SiGMA World Roma, held at Fiera Roma, on the challenges of tackling illegal gambling in Europe, according to a DGOJ statement. The panel, titled "Europe's Enforcement Era: Regulation Is Winning But At What Cost?", brought together representatives of the regulators of Spain, Cyprus, Greece and the Czech Republic. The DGOJ said the session examined how national rules are applied and the difficulties authorities face in acting against unlicensed operators.

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