Spanish betting companies and customers are going to be subject to a new deposit limits system after a Royal Decree was approved by the government this week.

The news comes amid wider political oversight of the Spanish betting sector, with the government having once again turned against bonusing in 2025 while also enforcing new ID check requirements in spring this year.

Announced by the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), the Spanish betting and gambling regulator, the new system is designed to ensure greater safeguards for customers betting with multiple operators.

The DGOJ estimates that 31% of Spanish online gamblers do so with multiple companies.

The new system will set deposit limits of:

• €700 (£603) per day
• €1,750 per week
• €3,300 over a four week period

The limits will be set by default for every customer in Spain’s regulated online betting market.

However, customers can voluntarily modify or remove the deposit limits depending on their personal preferences, although this requires a specific procedure involving extra safeguards.

DGOJ is also going to update the information operators are required to provide users around safer gambling tools.

More rules for Spanish betting

The Royal Decree in question was approved on Tuesday 23 June by Pablo Bustinduy, the Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and the 2030 Agenda (MAS), part of the governing Council of Ministers.

Bustinduy’s Ministry, MAS, is the main political department responsible for overseeing Spain’s gambling sector. It has been particularly active in recent years in enforcing new rules and regulations for Spanish betting firms to comply with.

Spain is notable for having particularly strict marketing requirements, with a 2020 Royal Decree outright banning betting sponsorship deals between Spanish football clubs and betting companies targeting the domestic market.

This has allowed clubs to work with betting partners in international deals, such as FC Barcelona’s arrangement with 1XBET, but not within the home Spanish betting market itself.

Welcome bonuses were also banned in 2020 before being allowed to return in 2024 after the Supreme Court annulled certain elements of the Royal Decree.

However, MAS is once again considering banning them after noting a 21.63% increase in the number of Spanish betting customers and 23.48% increase in accounts in 2024.

Soon after taking charge of MAS in 2024, Bustinduy made it clear that the Ministry was prioritising the enforcement of advertising restrictions.

Regarding the new deposit limits, MAS stated that it has taken “another step toward placing player protection at the heart of gambling regulation, strengthening measures to prevent risky behavior and fostering safer, more responsible environments”.