Spain’s DGOJ opened a public consultation on proposed changes to gambling advertising rules. The proposals would require commercial communications to warn about gambling-related harm and allow specifications for advertisements’ layout, contrast, shape, size and content; submissions close on 26 November.
Operators and advertisers may need to adapt commercial communications if the proposed warning and presentation rules take effect.
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Spain’s DGOJ is consulting on technical specifications for mandatory warnings in gambling marketing communications, and the Spanish sports betting players’ association AEJAD has submitted proposals. AEJAD recommends rotating 15 warnings, arguing that the draft messages do not adequately explain gambling-related harms or how games work.
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting requires fixed-odds betting advertisements to display explicit warnings from 17 July 2026, according to a report on the country’s regulatory framework. The warnings must occupy at least 10% of an advert’s area; the rules also bar misleading advertising, promotion of unauthorised operators and marketing aimed at children and adolescents.
Argentina’s Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises issued Resolution No 271/2026, allowing jurisdictions with rules meeting technical standards to use their own responsible-gambling warnings in place of additional national warnings. The measure invites provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to adopt the approach. ALEA welcomed the resolution.
It was reported that ALEA welcomed Argentina’s Resolution 271/2026. The measure lets compliant provincial warnings satisfy national requirements, reducing duplicated messages while retaining technical standards.
It was reported that Argentina amended mandatory warning requirements for gambling and online betting advertisements. The resolution aims to reduce overlapping messages about the same game type.