NUMBER OF SLOTS AND ARCADES PER REGION REGION
NO. OF
Andalucia Asturias Aragon
Baleares Canarias Cantabria
OPERATORS 861 239 441
81 56
Castilla la Mancha 227 Castilla y Leon 407 Cataluña Ceuta
Extremadura Galicia
La Rioja Madrid Murcia Melilla
Navarra
Pais Vasco Valencia TOTAL
111 195 86
923 160 23
101 336 674
5,500
524 8
30,500 4,634 6,267
5,134 2,500 6,586 11,369 34,688 182
4,000 7,671 1,300 13,765 3,225 404
1,400 8,400 20,195
182,000
NO. OF SLOTS TOTAL (TYPE B)
NO. OF SLOTS IN NO. OF
GAMING HALLS GAMING HALLS 10,367
196 820
1,624 565
1,000 2,600 1,574 64
652
1,088 431
3,791 3,342 188
3,360 3,000 4,940
38,300
944 31
119 139 300 41
173 126 127 6
100 110 35
520 365 14 59
209 513
3,890
As from May 2021 the law restricting promotions to new players came into force whilst in August that year the law restrictions on
cent on the net income for betting, raffles, contests and other games. Ceuta and Melilla have a 50 per cent reduction. Gambling duty is also payable via six taxable rates.
Te online sector has been in the headlines recently regarding player protection issues and has seen two reforms led by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
Te first was presented in November 2020 as Spain’s law on the Commercial Communications of the Gambling industry came into effect via the Royal Decree 958/2020.
Minister Alberto Garzón was behind these changes. Gambling is a public policy issue in Spain and causes a lot of controversy. Garzón is a member of Unidas Podemos, the alliance formed by left-wing parties in the government coalition.
Tere have been several attempts over the years since 2015 to change the advertising laws and
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audio-visual advertising and sponsorship came into force. Operators can now only offer promotions to those players who have had a gaming
account open for at least 30 days and have been verified by documentation.
many were surprised by the intensity of these rulings.
As from May 2021 the law restricting promotions to new players came into force whilst in August that year the law restrictions on audio-visual advertising and sponsorship came into force.
Operators can now only offer promotions to those players who have had a gaming account
open for at least 30 days and have been verified by documentation.
Audio-visual advertising, including TV, radio and YouTube, can only be broadcast between 1am and 5am, whilst social media channels can only share advertisements with followers.
In terms of sponsorship gambling brand images cannot be used in any events or services designed for minors. Tis includes banning the use of sponsorship on sports t-shirts or kits which saw the likes of Betway, Bwin and Betfred all removed from the sponsorship market.
Betway for example sponsored three football clubs (Alavés, Levante and Real Betis) whilst others included Dafabet (Cadiz); Winamax (Granada); Marathon Bet (Seville) and Bwin (Valencia).
Marketing revenues for the online sector have of course declined. Advertising has dropped from around €183m in 2019 to €134m in 2022 whilst
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