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Europe’s biggest online gambling operator, Bwin.Party digital entertainment, has issued a statement explaining its position on Spanish market regulatory and taxation issues, noting that: • Spain is expected to issue eGaming licences for all products (except slots) at the beginning of June 2012 • The Spanish tax authority has required that online operators with customers …
Kambi Sports Solutions, Unibet’s B2B provider of sports betting services, has signed a contract with Grupo Acrismatic, one of Spain’s top land casino groups, to deliver a complete sports betting service. The service includes odds compilation, risk management, customer profiling and a technical platform. The contract is initially for two years and gives Kambi exclusivity …
Just weeks before the first Spanish online gambling licenses are due to be issued, the Spanish authorities have sprung an unpleasant and possibly game-changing surprise on potential licensees, demanding that applicants pay backdated tax for the last four years. The usually well-informed poker information site Pokerfuse reports that some of the largest operators in Spain …
Despite staff changes, extended deadlines, competitive litigation and a slew of applications, Spain’s online gambling regulator will keep its promise to issue licenses to suitable applicants on June 1st, the government’s home affairs and administration ministry announced this week. And once the licenses are issued it will be down to business almost immediately…but there will …
Spain’s online gambling regulatory initiative does not seem to be hitting its stride yet, with some 59 licence applications still in the pipeline despite an original deadline for issue of April 2012. Key staff changes and a significant workload have bedeviled the process, leading to regulatory chief Enrique Alejo declaring earlier this year that it …
Sportingbet plc took to the media Tuesday to protest against a Spanish injunction and serve notice that it intended to launch a judicial appeal in Spain. Our readers will recall the bitterness in the industry generated by last year’s legal activities of Spanish group Codere, which sought a number of injunctions against foreign companies operating …
Following industry rumours that a large number of online gambling companies would be receiving their Spanish licences before Easter this year, the recently appointed Director General of the Spanish regulatory body Ordenación del Juego del Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda, Enrique Alejo González has dampened the optimism in an interview with juegoonline.org. González told sectordeljuego.org …
Lottomatica interactive subsidiary GTECH G2 has announced a host of new sign-ups in software supply deals that include some of the largest land-based operators in the Spanish market. GTECH G2 will provide its partners with a range of products and services including its new mobile solution and enhanced Gaming Management System (GMS) debuted earlier this …
Reports late last week that Microgaming Poker Network had lowered the boom on Spanish players in compliance with that country’s new internet poker regulatory regime were clarified over the weekend by Richard Cunningham, head of poker at Stan James.com. Cunningham explained to the information website PokerUpdate that all Microgaming operators who are currently applying for …
The Spanish gambling group Codere appears to be intent on whittling down potential competition in its newly liberalised and regulated home market, launching a series of legal actions seeking injunctions against prominent online gambling operators. Targets have included the Austrian publicly listed group Bwin, online poker giant Pokerstars and sports betting group Sportingbet. Codere’s take …
Jdigital, the newly launched Spanish Association of Digital Play (la Asociación Española de Juego Digital) has estimated that the Spanish online gambling market based on gross gaming revenue (GGR) in 2011 has increased by 20 percent exceeding Euro 370 Million. Future revenues look bright based on the association’s belief that the market will reach Euro …
Spanish internet trade association AEDAPI will undergo a transformation with the launch of The Spanish Association of Digital Play (la Asociación Española de Juego Digital) this week. The association formed to represent the major operators in the Spanish internet gambling sector will become part of the Spanish Association of Digital Economy (la Asociación Española de …
The news of late has been full of reports on Spain’s gambling market liberalisation and the internet companies flocking to obtain Spanish licensing, so the release of MECN’s latest research study focusing on Spain is timely. The study found that 80 percent of large gambling companies intend entering the online sector of the market, recognising …
Online gambling firm Unibet has announced, in an e-mail to affiliates, its withdrawal from the Spanish market in compliance with the country’s new gambling legislation coming into force on January 1, 2012. The company’s Unibet and Maria brands will stop accepting gaming activity from Spanish residents as of December 20, 2011 but will still accept …
The much-anticipated liberalisation of the Spanish online gambling market is now practical reality in a legislative sense, and European online gambling firms are showing their interest by lining up to licence, according to local media reports. It is believed that more than 16 companies have indicated an intention to apply for the new Euro 2 …
The Spanish Trade Association AEDAPI has voiced its satisfaction over the Spanish Cabinet’s approval today (Friday) of the decrees on online gambling licences and technical requirements that will govern the operation of online gaming and its operators from January 1, 2012. The completion of this important administrative step opens the door for operators to finally …
The land and online gambling group Rank plc is gearing up to launch its new Spanish online gambling site, Enracha.com, early in the new year. In June this year the group announced its intention of entering the Spanish market with a dedicated offer, observing that despite difficult European trading conditions, management continued to believe that …
Icelandic interactive gambling software provider Betware’s gaming platform has achieved certification from Spanish testing laboratory BMM Spain, a mandatory requirement for the application process of general online gaming licences in Spain. The certification pertains to Betware’s CRS System that captures all required data needing to be accessed by Spanish authorities. “For over 15 years Betware …
One of the top five European land-based casinos, Spain’s Casino Gran Madrid, has launched its local online gambling website and claims it is among the first to license under Spain’s new internet gambling dispensation, ensuring players of strictly regulated, fair and safe online gambling action. The online site offers a wide range of games, including …
Following its recent accreditation as a full testing agency by the Italian regulator AAMS, the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA has achieved similar status with the new Spanish gambling regulator, and is now approved to test and certify both i-gaming software and information systems security for the Spanish market. eCOGRA chief executive officer, …
The Spanish National Gambling Commission has further accredited GLI Europe to test and certify iGaming Platforms in Spain for prospective licence holders. Joining accredited software certification companies Metrology & Gaming Limited NMI, Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Innovation of the University of Madrid, and Spain Testlabs BMM, S.L.U. , the company has been authorised …
The Spanish National Gambling Commission has released a list of companies officially accredited to provide approval and certification to operators intent on supply online gaming services in Spain. A Ministerial Order establishing the technical requirements for the provision of online gaming activities, prior to the submission of licence applications, was passed through the country’s Parliament …
The Spanish government’s green light for taking its national lottery public was switched to red this week as officials suspended the listing due to weak market conditions. Spain’s Finance Ministry said it postponed the sale of 30 percent of Sociedad Estatal Loterias & Apuestas del Estado SA as market conditions don’t “guarantee revenues that reflect …
The Spanish government has started the ball rolling on its privatisation of up to 30 percent of national lottery Sociedad Estatal de Loterias y Apuestas del Estado SA, which it hopes to sell off in order to raise around Euros 6 to 9 billion. The lottery is expected to set an indicative price range for …