Casino News Today in Spain
A curated, automatically updated feed of gambling news from Spain: online casinos and land-based venues, regulatory changes, key events, and emerging trends – all based on coverage from local news outlets.
Jun 20, 2026
European Union leaders are exploring the introduction of new sources of revenue for the EU budget, including a levy on digital multinationals and taxes on online betting or cryptoassets, which could bring in up to 11 billion more per year. Continue …
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www.elperiodico.com 
Jun 19, 2026
In recent years, Spain has managed to carve out a place for itself as a central player in the European landscape of online gambling regulation. The work carried out by the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling, better known as the DGOJ,…
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www.mundiario.com Jun 18, 2026
Spain has joined forces with France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland to strengthen oversight of sports betting and prediction markets during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. These countries will monitor advertising…
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www.larazon.es Jun 17, 2026
The 2026 World Cup has been shaken by a new scandal. Elye Wahi, the Ivory Coast striker, is being investigated for alleged offenses related to sports betting match-fixing after being detained by French police just two weeks before the start of the…
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www.sport.es He reported fraudulent charges amounting to 1,342 euros on various sports betting platforms
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www.desdesoria.es The Civil Guard in Soria, through the El Burgo de Osma station, has investigated a resident of that town as the alleged perpetrator of the offense of fabricating a crime, after clarifying a complaint initially filed as a supposed banking scam. Read…
08:38 — Soria
www.heraldodiariodesoria.es Jun 16, 2026
The Royal Valencian Society of Agriculture and Sports has convened a new session of its Legal Forum dedicated to analyzing the regulation of pressure groups and the legal boundaries of political lobbying. Under the title «Lobbies and influence…
21:11 — Valencia
interdiario.es They were for this coming Saturday's draw and there are more than 1,200 subscribers who have been playing the same number for years Those affected by the "scam" by the lawyer from Úbeda are preparing a major case with around twenty instances
04:01 — Jaén
www.jaenhoy.es Jun 15, 2026
The State Lotteries and Betting Corporation has temporarily closed the lottery outlet on San Agustín Street in A Coruña, which was run by Manuel Reija, after he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for taking possession of the €4.7…
12:10 — A Coruña
www.laopinioncoruna.es Jun 14, 2026
Ibai Llanos, El Rubius or Auronplay now have, as of this week, an obligation that until now applied only to Antena 3, Telecinco or Netflix: to classify their content by age and indicate whether it includes violence, vulgar language, sexual scenes or…
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www.infolibre.es Jun 13, 2026
The Provincial Court of Toledo will hear next Wednesday, June 17, the case against J.V.D.S., accused of embezzling 127,155.80 euros from the slot machine company he worked for. The prosecution is seeking a 6-year prison sentence for these events.…
09:57 — Toledo
www.infoclm.es Jun 12, 2026
The Provincial Court of A Coruña considers that the owner of the San Agustín lottery office kept a Primitiva ticket that won 4.7 million euros in 2012 and deceived its rightful owner, a man who died a year and a half later. The prize had another…
16:30 — A Coruña
www.laopinioncoruna.es Officers from the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) and the National Police Center for Integrity in Sport and Betting (CENPIDA), who arrested Ramón Lázaro and his mother on Monday, among five others detained, found, according to El Confidencial,…
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www.diariodenavarra.es Jun 11, 2026
The ruling imposes a sentence of three and a half years in prison on the manager of the lottery office.
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www.galiciapress.es Section Two of the Provincial Court of A Coruña published this Thursday the ruling sentencing the owner of the San Agustín lottery office to three and a half years in prison for keeping the lottery ticket that had won more than 4.7 million euros.…
14:02 — A Coruña
www.diariodeibiza.es Lottery seller Manuel Reija, accused of having kept the Primitiva ticket that won 4.7 million euros in A Coruña, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison. The second division of the Provincial Court, in a ruling dated June 10 and…
13:26 — A Coruña
www.20minutos.es The Provincial Court of A Coruña sentences the owner of a lottery office in San Agustín for taking possession of a winning ticket worth more than 4.7 million euros.
13:22 — San Agustín
www.laregion.es The Civil Guard is investigating two people in San Fernando as alleged perpetrators of identity theft and fraud related to online betting. The investigation began after a woman received a claim from the Tax Agency for profits obtained in…
10:02 — San Fernando
lagacetadecadiz.es The victim received a tax authority claim for gambling winnings she never obtained and reported the facts to the Civil Guard. The two people under investigation in San Fernando are accused of the crimes of identity theft and fraud.
08:03 — San Fernando
www.andaluciainformacion.es The victim received a tax office claim for winnings in online games that they never made and that amounted to 1,324 euros
07:45 — Cádiz
www.elmira.es They impersonated the victim and created fraudulent bank accounts into which they deposited the winnings obtained from online games The Civil Guard took charge of the investigation following the victim's complaint, who found out about the
07:35 — San Fernando
www.diariodecadiz.es The Civil Guard has investigated two people in San Fernando (Cádiz) as alleged perpetrators of the crimes of identity theft and fraud, related to the filing of the 2024 income tax return, in which the victim was being demanded, by the Tax Agency,…
07:34 — San Fernando
www.lavozdigital.es The information available to those involved in the ‘Lázaro case’ and the intention to fix some Tudelano matches created the perfect setting for sports betting to come onto the scene. Specifically, the judge's ruling focuses on the team from Ribera's…
03:00 — Tudela
www.diariodenavarra.es Jun 10, 2026
The year 2026 marks the convergence point where three structural dynamics permanently reshape the online casino industry in Chile: regulatory pressure to formalize a market in which more than 800 platforms operate without a local license, the…
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www.mundiario.com The new online casinos that have entered the regulated Spanish market over the last two years differ from their predecessors in a number of ways that deserve to be understood in some detail. The conversation is no longer limited to operators’ press…
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www.sevillainfo.es Jun 9, 2026
The Provincial Court of Zaragoza has sentenced a man to prison after he was accused of keeping the €6,000 he received for having amusement machines in a bar in the La Almozara district, which closed just five days after opening. Although the…
03:00 — Zaragoza
www.heraldo.es May 31, 2026
The global online gambling market underwent a major transformation after Curaçao decided to completely reform its licensing system. For years, the island was considered one of the most flexible offshore jurisdictions in the...
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www.clm24.es May 29, 2026
The regional government will continue not to grant new licenses or permits to open gaming halls or bingo halls in the Valencian Community, except in the case of relocations of existing premises to place them farther away from educational centers. In…
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www.apuntmedia.es The regional government tightens gambling controls and limits new machines in bars and betting shops
The regional government approves a new roadmap for the gambling sector The government has approved a decree establishing the guidelines and criteria that will govern the development of the gambling sector in the Valencian Community over the coming…
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valencianews.es May 28, 2026
Councillor for Interior, Civil Service and Justice Inma Jorriou took part in the opening of the session held at the Parliament of Navarre, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Regional Police’s Gambling and Spectacles Brigade. The post The…
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www.agenciadenoticias.es Gang identified that stole more than 13,000 euros from a roulette machine at a gaming hall in Burgos
The joint investigation with Valladolid and Talavera de la Reina uncovers three robberies committed by this highly specialized itinerant group, which amassed a total haul of 48,000 euros.
08:33 — Burgos
www.burgosconecta.es May 27, 2026
The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda has opened sanctioning proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi, two prediction platforms on which bets are placed, for a possible violation of gambling regulations, as they would…
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www.diariodeleon.es May 26, 2026
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has opened sanctioning proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi for allegedly operating in Spain without a license, while also ordering the precautionary blocking of their websites until the procedure is resolved.
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www.laregion.es The order to shut down their websites is taken as a precautionary measure until the final resolution of the case
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www.burgosconecta.es The ministry opens sanction proceedings against the two prediction markets platforms for operating without the license required by gambling legislation
Pedro Sánchez’s government has opened a sanctions procedure against prediction platforms Polymarket and Kalshi for operating in Spain without a gambling license, like other betting companies, in a new regulatory move against so-called prediction…
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www.businessinsider.es The Official State Gazette (BOE) published this Tuesday the opening of sanction proceedings against prediction and betting markets Polymarket and Kalshi, considering them gambling platforms operating in Spain without the necessary administrative…
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