Navarra’s Foral Police carried out 31 inspections at gambling establishments in November, including 13 checks focused on preventing underage gambling. The force reported two complaints involving users and venues that allowed access to gaming machines.
The inspections and complaints concern compliance with age-related controls at gambling venues in Navarra.
The day’s most important stories, free. One email a day.
Navarra’s government approved a gambling decree, which Interior Minister Amparo López presented to the regional parliament’s Interior Committee, the report said. The rules require access systems linked to the exclusion register, set bingo closing at 03:00 and gaming arcade closing at 00:30, and bar new venues within 400 metres of specified facilities. UPN deputy Marta Álvarez Alonso said the decree would probably face a legal challenge; the report also records criticism from the People’s Party.
Ramón Cubián, Madrid’s director general for land and gaming, said the region carried out 30,150 inspections at gambling venues in 2025, including 11,700 by the National Police. He said incidents involving minors were zero, and that sanctions accounted for less than 0.7% of cases.
The Murcia Region Tax Agency said its 2026 control plan will intensify checks on gambling tax declarations by bingo, casino, gaming-machine and betting operators. The plan also calls for more inspections of venues, checks on access by minors and people on self-exclusion registers, and action against unlicensed gambling. The agency will send advance notices about expiring venue and machine authorisations.
Castilla y León’s Gaming and Betting Commission approved the region’s 2024 annual report, which recorded 4,654 police inspections of gambling venues at the regional government’s request, up from 4,383 in 2023. The report counted 150 active venues and 58 infringement records at different stages of administrative proceedings, unchanged from the previous year.
Andalusia's regional police dismantled an illegal gambling venue in a private home in Granada, where officers found 34 machines. In its 2025 activity report, the provincial headquarters said officers inspected 269 premises, identified 396 violations and issued 133 complaints; they also reviewed 975 machines and ordered two venues closed.