Malta issued a detailed opinion on Spain’s draft online gambling rules, extending the standstill period by one month to 20 February 2026. The proposal would introduce deposit limits across all operators where a player has an open account and revise some licence guarantee requirements.
The delay gives Spain’s proposed cross-operator deposit limits more time before the draft can proceed.
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Spain’s government included approval of a Royal Decree on joint deposit limits for online gambling in its 2025 Annual Regulatory Plan. The planned measure may also update other parts of the rules and is due for an ex post assessment two years after it enters into force, using operator internal-control data on player spending.
Spanish-licensed operators are reportedly considering court action to stop the DGOJ implementing cross-operator deposit limits. Jdigital said it would withhold cooperation with the government and regulator until after the 2027 parliamentary elections, while further gambling law and marketing changes are planned.
Spain’s DGOJ has begun public-information proceedings on a resolution requiring messages about problem-gambling risks, while it has proposed a central deposit-limit system across regulated operators. Paf chief executive Brahim Mohamed Aslimani said the company would implement the messages, provided they remain clear and do not affect user activity beyond their awareness purpose.
The UK Gambling Commission has moved the second phase of deposit-limit requirements from 30 June to 30 September 2026 after receiving industry feedback. The first phase of the Remote Technical Standards changes took effect in October 2025; the Commission said operators would gain more time for technical implementation.
Germany’s GGL is reportedly replacing its decision guideline on 1 January 2027, requiring operators to verify income or assets for monthly deposit limits above €1,000. A German court had found SCHUFA-G unsuitable as proof of financial capacity, while the higher court left its applicability unresolved; the reported new model sets tiered verification requirements.
Germany's Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) is reported to be replacing its decision guideline under section 6c (1) sentence 3 of the GlüStV 2021 with effect from 1 January 2027, according to information available. Under the reported model, operators granting a monthly deposit limit above €1,000 would have to have income or assets verified. The reported change follows a ruling by the Verwaltungsgericht Halle, which found the SCHUFA-G credit check unsuitable as proof of financial capacity because it only reflects the probability of over-indebtedness, in a decision of 6 August 2026 (7 B 491/25 HAL).