{"id":133652,"date":"2025-11-17T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peakycasino.net\/?post_type=news&p=133652"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:29:27","slug":"spain-holds-groundbreaking-new-international-gaming-congress-event","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/peakycasino.net\/news\/spain-holds-groundbreaking-new-international-gaming-congress-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Holds Groundbreaking New International Gaming Congress Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new international event examining the social impacts of gambling has been held in Europe.<\/p>\n

The Spanish capital city Madrid hosted the first International Gaming Congress, which took place from November 13-14 at the National Mint and Stamp Factory.<\/p>\n

Professionals from the gambling industry were among those in attendance at the event, as well as institutional representatives and academics.<\/p>\n

The Spanish Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda, Pablo Bustinduy, made a speech over a video message to officially open the conference.<\/p>\n

Spain’s Secretary General of Consumer Affairs and Gaming, Andr\u00e9s Barrag\u00e1n, was in attendance to give a speech to the delegates.<\/p>\n

During the event, he announced the approval by the Congress of Deputies of measures such as the banning of welcome bonuses.<\/p>\n

Spain will also be requiring payment with bank cards that are matched to the ownership of online gaming accounts after a rule change was confirmed.<\/p>\n

Live Broadcasts<\/h2>\n

Importantly, the first International Gaming Congress featured online broadcasts so that people interested in following the proceedings could do so without having travelled to Spain.<\/p>\n

The first session that took place during the congress attracted a capacity audience of 320 people, with representatives of operators making up a quarter of these people.<\/p>\n

Staff from the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling staff made up 14% of the attendees at the opening session.<\/p>\n

People from universities made up some 13% of the first session’s audience while the same percentage came from legal services and consultancy.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 4% of those present at the International Gaming Congress were from player and consumer associations and operator associations.<\/p>\n

Public administration and public authorities accounted for 6% each, the same percentage as those from laboratories, providers and services.<\/p>\n

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The Spanish city of Madrid hosted the first International Gaming Congress<\/p><\/div>\n

Bilingual Deliveries At International Gaming Congress<\/h2>\n

As well as being broadcast on the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling and Secretary General of Consumer Affairs and Gaming YouTube channels, the event was bilingual.<\/p>\n

Spanish and English languages were used to ensure that everyone could follow the sessions.<\/p>\n

Simultaneous translation services were in place for in-person attendees and virtual viewers.<\/p>\n

The online broadcasts proved to be reasonably popular with around 400 views recorded during the first day of proceedings.<\/p>\n

Spain’s Moves To Regulate Gambling<\/h2>\n

As is the case in a lot of countries around the world, Spain has been taking measures to provide tighter regulation of the gambling industry.<\/p>\n

Hosting the International Gaming Congress was a sign of the nation’s dedication on the issue.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the year, discussions were held over potential changes to the law, with the Joint Commission for the Study of Addiction Problems having approved a raft of measures.<\/p>\n

Among those were new measures to control slot machines and online gambling, which were duly discussed by a plenary session that was held by the Spanish Gambling Policy Council.<\/p>\n

The council approved the 2024 Gambling Activity Report as part of the event, as well as providing updates to a series of Royal Decrees regarding licences and deposit limits.<\/p>\n

The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) also\u00a0 presented results following a report into minors and land-based gambling.<\/p>\n

However, despite discussions being held on potential pathways forward in this area, no agreement was reached on the next steps that need to be made to move forwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":133654,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"spain international gaming congress 2025 madrid","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The first International Gaming Congress took place in the Spanish capital city of Madrid from November 13-14, with academics and institutional representatives in attendance.","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-adv":"","_yoast_wpseo_bctitle":"Spain International Gaming Congress 2025 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