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Online Gambling in Spain

Spain’s betting regulations changed drastically in 2011 with the establishment of the Spanish Gambling Act to regulate its massive gambling market. All forms of gambling have been legal in Spain for over 30 years. However, before the 2011 regulation, the 17 autonomous communities within the country had full control over the management of wagering.

Due to the Spanish government’s former relaxed stance on gambling, there were many decades in which illegal betting shops were a common occurrence. Although they were prohibited, the Spanish government did nothing to shut them down. Additionally, online betting was both open and unregulated, allowing many Spanish citizens to play on such sites as Unibet and BWIN to place online wagers.

After the 2011 betting regulations, many online betting websites like Pinnacle Sports and Unibet closed its doors to Spanish citizens, while others obtained a Spanish license. Let's take a look at online gambling in Spain.

It took some time to implement but it now appears the betting landscape in Spain is one that can be made sense of for all involved, especially bettors who have long been in the dark about where and with whom they could bet.

For many years, the Spanish government had had a long-standing relaxed attitude towards online betting. A rise in the amount of Spanish residents partaking in the industry however, resulted in the introduction of The Spanish Gambling Act in 2011, a piece of legislation which has officially regulated the industry once and for all, not least in Spain’s self-governed countries where betting activity had long been free rein.

The Spanish love of sport is becoming increasingly visible through the amount of residents known to partake in sports betting. 스포츠토토 Given the industry was only fully regulated since 2011, it’s yet to reach the numbers produced by the UK, considered for a long time to be the ‘home of betting’.

However, the figures recorded so far, in addition to its ever-growing popularity, is likely to see the country become one of the most lucrative markets alongside the UK in no time at all.

All of the big names have made sure they’re already part of what’s going on in Spain. World leader Bet365 were among one of the first on the scene and have subsequently become the most popular sportsbook among Spaniards. Betfair, Ladbrokes and William Hill are also bookies widely used, due largely to their coverage of football.