Spain’s Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree establishing combined online gambling deposit limits per person. The default caps are €700 a day, €1,750 a week and €3,300 for each four-week period, and the DGOJ will manage a system to check deposits across authorised operators.
The measure will require operators to account for customers’ deposits across platforms rather than applying limits independently.
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Spain's DGOJ is preparing cross-operator deposit limits and a central problem-gambling detection algorithm, measures that will feature in the Gaming in Spain Conference in Madrid on 15 October, according to the report. The government also intends to amend the gambling act and introduce further marketing restrictions; Jdigital has said it will not cooperate with the government and regulator until after the next parliamentary elections.
Spain’s DGOJ is preparing cross-operator deposit limits and a centralised algorithm to identify potentially problematic gambling, according to the report. Jdigital has questioned whether the proposed legislative changes can pass before the current parliamentary term ends, while licensed operators are reportedly considering legal action over the deposit limits.
Spain's government approved a Royal Decree this week introducing a deposit limit system for betting companies and their customers. The measure forms part of wider political oversight of the Spanish betting sector, the outlet reported.
Spain's DGOJ outlined regulatory work on user protection, risk prevention, fraud and identity theft at the Bet On Ceuta 2026 event, according to the report. Director general Mikel Arana said the agency was prioritising challenges within the regulated market, while acknowledging illegal gambling remains a concern. Plans include shared deposit limits and a common system to identify risky behaviour.
Lawyer Jesús Serrano discussed Supreme Court doctrine on state and regional powers over gambling at the recent Castilla y León Gaming Congress in Soria. He addressed regional authorisation and inspection powers concerning state-reserved games, including ONCE and SELAE products, and outlined possible legal routes such as legislative change or a jurisdictional dispute before Spain's Constitutional Court.
Jesús Serrano, a lawyer specialising in the gambling sector, addressed Supreme Court doctrine on the division of powers between the Spanish state and the autonomous communities at the recent Castilla y León Gaming Congress in Soria, according to a report on his intervention. He spoke during a round table titled "Los distintos juegos de azar en la encrucijada: ¿evolución o reconversión?" and examined the legal implications of rulings that set the scope of regional authorisation and inspection powers over games reserved to the state and marketed by ONCE and SELAE.