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Spain – Canary Islands to update gambling laws

By - 26 January 2023

The Parliament of the Canary Islands received an updated gambling law which would impose greater advertising restrictions and player protection measures on the industry. The law seeks to modify gambling law 8/2010 after it was approved by the Governing Council of the Spanish autonomous community.

Parliament will now be in charge of the regulation and the urgent procedure for the entry into force of the new provisions, which seek to prevent gambling by minors, and those who are at a particular risk of gambling related harm. Restrictions will also be imposed on advertising in line with restrictions now in place on the mainland.

According to the Minister of Public Administrations, Justice and Security, Julio Pérez , the updating of the regulations “also reviews the sanctioning regime to when it comes to the presence of minors in gambling establishments and the advertising, sponsorship and promotion regime applicable to gambling developed in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands”.

Likewise, also in line with other Spanish autonomous communities such as Madrid, the new regulations establishes a minimum distance of 200 meters between gaming establishments and 300 meters between these and educational centres, in addition to the prohibition of the installation of betting terminals in catering establishments.

Once it enters into force, the law establishes that in the following three months the government must “review both the penalty regime in what affects the eventual presence of minors in gambling establishments and the advertising, sponsorship and promotion regime applicable to gambling,” developed in the Canary Islands.

In 2020 the government of the Canary Islands suspended the opening of new gaming and gambling premises, with the intention of safeguarding minors and other groups in need of special protection, as reported by the Ministry of Public Administration, Justice and Security. The objective of the suspension was to prevent access to minors and to those who had self excluded from access to gambling facilities as well as those who had been compelled by local courts not to gamble.

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