Spain moves to unify fragmented Problem Gambling networks

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Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has launched a public consultation seeking guidance on its objective to overhaul the structure of Spain’s current problem gambling treatment support network, operating across the nation’s 17 autonomous communities.

Spain’s left-wing coalition government of PSOE and minority partner Podemos appointed the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to enforce radical changes governing the gambling sector.

Overseeing changes, the Ministry seeks to establish an optimal support network that will ‘share and promote scientific knowledge on the effects of problem gambling’ helping Spain’s regionally governed health agencies combat gambling addiction and behavioural disorders.

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Spain sanctions full overhaul of Gambling Law

pain‘s gambling market will undertake significant changes following the Senate’s approval to reform the Gambling Law of 2011.

On Wednesday, Senate members voted 146 in favour (vs 113 abstentions) to amend the gambling law to “improve controls on sports manipulations, betting fraud and expand protections for problem gamblers.”

The headline proposal will allow Spanish gambling regulator DGOJ to operate a “Global Betting Market Research Service” (SIGMA) – a centrally controlled database of “persons involved in illicit gambling activities or betting/gambling related frauds”.