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\"\"Spain\u2019s Ministry of Consumer Affairs, alongside the country\u2019s native gaming regulator, the DGOJ, are planning escalate the severity of punishments given to local operators for contraventions of gambling laws. During a busy first six months of 2022, the Ministry, who were awarded responsibility to govern Spain\u2019s gambling sector after the new \u2018Gambling Regulation Law\u2019 was implemented in 2021, dished out a staggering \u20ac84.3m in fines \u2013 over \u20ac25m more than the collective value of financial penalties imposed throughout the entirety of the previous year.<\/p>\n

Fines were attributed for a mixture of \u2018very Serious\u2019 and \u2018serious\u2019 violations, with a total of 53 operators reprimanded under the former description. Within this pool of gambling firms, 21 received the maximum punishment \u2013 a two-year licencing suspension, and an order to make their products inaccessible to the Spanish public.<\/p>\n

Those who were found to have presided over \u2018serious infractions of the Gambling Law\u2019 were allocated fines in the region of \u20ac4-5m, whilst a raft of operators was subjected to a charge of \u20ac1m each.<\/p>\n

Despite this level of activity, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs will be even more aggressive in its monitoring of regulatory integrity in the coming months, as the DGOJ continues to post a \u2018list of infringements\u2019 (detailing the nature of operator contraventions) to its website in order to maintain a level of transparency across the sector. The Ministry will be supported in its campaign by a series of amendments to the current \u2018Gambling Regulation Law\u2019, which will enforce operators to incorporate stronger social responsibility measures and afford the authority better visibility on the financial conduct of industry players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spain\u2019s Ministry of Consumer Affairs, alongside the country\u2019s native gaming regulator, the DGOJ, are planning escalate the severity of punishments given to local operators for contraventions of gambling laws. 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