Spain opens consultation into deposit limits
Regulator, with backing of government, launches new feedback period following July’s data revamp plot
Spain’s gambling regulator has opened a consultation into the introduction of deposit limits in the Iberian market.
The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), endorsed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, has launched the consultation which could usher in stronger restrictions on the sector.
Spain is already subject to stringent advertising and bonus restrictions thanks to the efforts of its Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzón.
The new consultation will explore a joint deposit system across each operator that one customer plays with to prevent gambling-related harm.
A notice from the regulator read: “With this measure, an additional and complementary tool is configured that facilitates the self-control of the deposits made by the participants, and, therefore, represents an improvement in the protection of the player in line with the measures in terms of safe gambling adopted in recent years.”
The consultation will remain open until 16 October.
This latest announcement from the regulator follows July’s disclosure that it was opening a consultation into an “information monitoring system”.
The consultation, which runs until 7 September, centred around the DGOJ’s plans to “secure a new data model for the information monitoring system”.