“The measures incorporated in the Draft Decree try to sharpen and update the already existing provisions on
responsible gaming by establishing new obligations for the operators through a more restrictive regulatory approach. In this sense, it should be noted that such a restrictive approach by the Spanish Government at the time of combating problematic gambling seems meaningless, particularly, considering the current statistics and studies, where the level of citizens with behaviour associated to
problematic gambling is 0.3 per cent in Spain.”
“The Draft Decree defines participants “with intensive gambling behaviour” as those incurring in weekly net losses of €600 or more for three
consecutive weeks. However, in the case of the young participants (aged 18 to 25) they will also be considered as “intensive” when the weekly net losses are equal to or
greater than €200 per week for the same period of time.”
* University Carlos III (2020). CEJUEGO. Juego y Sociedad 2020.
** Ministry of Consumption (2021). Report of the regulatory impact assessment of the Royal Decree developing safer gaming environments.