G3-247 Report SPAIN
01 By the end of 2012 there were 32 operators active offering online gaming in Spain and by the end of the fourth quarter of 2013 the amount annually gambled in the online sector was €5.4bn with an average spend of around €431m per month– an increase of 14 per cent from the quarter before.
ers can participate in community games with four prizes instead of one. El Botin, which has a pirate theme, is available on the Bluewave platform with more prize options and bonus points. Salpicon is a community game where players can achieve bonuses when others play in the Free Bingo or Revenge games. When one player achieves a bonus the other automatically gets the same chance to play.
Zitro has also launched Jack and the Beans with 3D technology with outstanding graphics for a video bingo.
ONLINE LAW CHANGES The online gaming sector will see several changes this
year with the introduction of slots online. Online gam- ing was first legalised in 2011 with further regulations and the market opening in June 2012.
At that time operators were required to pay back taxes calculated against earnings when the sector was unreg- ulated, whilst databases were wiped clean and a new start began with an .es domain. Spain eventually awarded 53 companies licences for online gaming.
In 2012 there were said to be just over one million 5 4
online players with various games permitted, such as sports pool betting, fixed odds betting, horserace pool betting, raffles and competitions.
At the moment the distribution of online games in terms of GGR is 49 per cent market share for sports-betting, 19 per cent for Poker Cash, 10 per cent for Poker Tournament, nine per cent for Roulette, four per cent for Blackjack and then the rest for bingo and horse betting.
By the end of 2012 there were 32 operators active offer- ing online gaming in Spain and by the end of the fourth quarter of 2013 the amount annually gambled in the online sector was €5.4bn with an average spend of around €431m per month– an increase of 14 per cent from the quarter before.
The number of registered players grew in the fourth quarter of 2013 by 9.4 per cent compared to the previ- ous quarter and by the end of last year there were 1.5 million players with around 250,000 new players each month.
Corporation tax is 30 per cent whilst gaming tax is between 10 per cent (prize draws) and up to 25 per cent.
02 The number of registered players grew in the fourth quarter of 2013 by 9.4 per cent compared to the previous quarter and by the end of last year there were 1.5 million players with around 250,000 new players each month.
There are currently three types of licences – general, sin- gle and permits
The draft decree regulations for online slots and exchange betting have been published and a public con- sultation phase was held until the end of March. It is thought final approvals will be made in three to four months.
The main point within the draft regulation includes the permission of slots to be available in the list of allowed games online. Although the concept of slot games is fairly broad the regulation will set a number of features of the slot games that will be allowed. The rules will indicate the prizes offered and combinations that will award prizes and should contain information on the percentage
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