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The European Union has condemned Spain for After acceptance of the Code on responsible
not regulating the lotteries and random gaming by all the casinos and 32 of the 50 bingo
combinations and commercial draws which are halls in Catalonia, the General Directorate for
The Spanish market has suffered considerably in being developed at the present time. Gaming in this autonomous region has started to
the recession of the last year, as shown in the “In this regard, the central Administration and issue its first directives. The application of these
annual figures of companies such as the gaming the autonomous communities must act measures becomes a reality with the adjustment
giant Cirsa. immediately to regulate aspects such as the of the software for the Binjocs lottery terminals,
Even the betting sector has suffered. William deceptive publicity and the use of lotteries and
Hill has announced its ‘gradual withdrawal’ from random combinations for commercial gain,” says
DATA from trade association COFAR
Spain’s nascent sports betting market as local a representative of trade body Cofar.
operators Codere and Cirsa report dwindling The EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg claims
Total number of pay out machines AWP : 252,021
revenues from their Spanish machine gaming the Spanish State has not adhered to the
Total number of non-pay out machines : 92,236
businesses on the back of the country’s severe Directive from the European Parliament and the
Total number of amusement arcades : 844
economic downturn. Council dated 11th May 2005 on unfair
Total number of gaming arcades : 2,274
On the legislation front, there were some commercial practices of companies in their
changes to the taxation structure and some relations with the consumers in the internal
The Gambling Tax for 2008 varied between
changes to AWP regulations. market.
¤3,832,86 and ¤2,845.80 per year.
The autonomous regions of Madrid, País The situation once again highlights the lack of
Vasco, Extremadura, and La Rioja have all action from the Sectorial Commission on Gaming.
Total amount wagereds (millions):
proposed changes to their AWP legislation to The last meeting held by this Commission was in
bring them in line with the following June 2008 in Barcelona. At that the regulators
PRIVATE GAMBLING
characteristics: were in fact urged to adopt measures in respect
Casinos: 2.550,73
• A payout percentage of 70 per cent of the content of the sentence from the Court of
Bingos 3.661,43
• A stake of 20 euro cents (x3) Justice, which was also reiterated at the Cofar
AWP 12.626,75
• A prize of up to 400 times the stake Congress, this summer.
• No more than 360 games every half hour At this conference, the President of Cofar,
TOTAL PRIVATE GAMBLING: 18.838,91
• No change returned Manuel Lao Hernández, who is also President of
• Video interface accepted the CIRSA Group, asked the Administration to be
more sympathetic to the companies in the coin-
op and gaming sectors and to be much tougher
on the prize draws that are currently flooding
Spanish television and since they are not being
regulated are, without any doubt, the worst sort
of competition for the businesses in the Spanish
gaming sector
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SEPTEMBER 2009
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