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Spain approves ONCE scratch-card products for April 2026 sales

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Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 approved changes to ONCE’s scratch-card regulations and new products, according to the report. The approved products include €5 games in electronic and physical formats and a €3 electronic game; sales are scheduled to begin between 8 and 22 April 2026, depending on the product. The resolution also approves revised regulatory appendices, effective 1 April 2026.

The approval sets product prices and sales start dates for ONCE scratch cards.

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Cejuego urges Spain to align rules for private and public gambling operators

Cejuego told Spain’s Consumer Affairs Ministry that gambling rules treat private operators differently from ONCE and Loterías. Its director general, Alejandro Landaluce, said public operators face more permissive conditions and raised concerns about checks preventing minors and self-excluded people from accessing gambling; Cejuego also called for equivalent obligations across the market.

Cejuego has taken its criticism of regulatory differences between private gambling companies, ONCE and Loterías to Spain's Consumer Affairs Ministry. Its director general, Alejandro Landaluce, argues that public operators have more permissive conditions and flags possible shortcomings in checks meant to stop minors and people on self-exclusion registers from gaining access.

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