Spain’s new gambling rules create uniform deposit controls for all licensed online operators stopping players from upping their deposable amounts when they register with multiple operators.
The new royal decree limits players to:
- €700 per day
- €1,750 per week
- €3,300 over four weeks
Previously, these limits applied separately to each operator, allowing players to deposit up to €600 daily, €1,500 weekly, and €3,000 monthly with individual platforms.The new framework was put into effect on June 23, and has a single deposit monitoring system that will be controlled by the DGOJ, Spain’s Directorate-General for Gambling Regulation.
JDigital, the online gambling trade association for Spain, has raised concerns over the DGOJ’s ability to successfully implement a full real time centralised deposit system due to the inability to effectively monitor the player base across the entire gambling market in Spain.
The DGOJ estimates that 31% of active online gamblers leverage multiple operators, whereas other data suggests that approximately 80% of players use a single operator.
In JDigital’s view, if only 20% of the overall player base is impacted by the new controls, then the new limits are disproportionate when gauged against possible intervention.
Despite the negative comments from JDigital, the DGOJ continues to assert that new operator cross-deposit limits are required for the purposes of enhancing player protections in Spain.