Navarra's 2025 gambling report recorded €308.19m in stakes, up 1.6% from the previous year, according to the report. Private gambling accounted for €171.22m, while SELAE and ONCE together recorded €136.97m; gaming machines generated €53.39m, nearly 13% more than in 2024, despite a smaller authorised machine base.
Operators can compare Navarra's market growth by gambling segment with the reduction in authorised machines.
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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.