Spain's Official State Gazette published an extension of the arrangement linking the national and La Rioja gambling self-exclusion registers on 12 October 2026. The addendum prolongs the existing agreement for another four years, through 11 October 2030.
The timeline matters. The addendum was signed electronically on 25 September, while the Directorate-General for Gambling Regulation's resolution ordering its publication is dated 5 October. The 12 October development is the BOE publication. No fresh agreement was signed on that date.
The underlying arrangement dates to 2022 and provides for automated interconnection between the state's General Register of Gambling Access Bans, known as RGIAJ, and La Rioja's regional register. The link allows exclusion information entered in either system to be shared across the participating jurisdictions.
The addendum extends the duration of that arrangement and leaves the remaining clauses of the original agreement unchanged.
Spain's national and regional authorities oversee different parts of the gambling market. Nationally licensed online operators must check the RGIAJ before permitting access to gambling, while the rules governing entry to land-based venues are set at regional level.
According to the national regulator's guidance, an automated link enables an exclusion entered in a participating regional register to be reflected in the national register, and vice versa. That matters for people seeking protection across both online services and the relevant regional venues.
The extension preserves an established data-sharing route. It creates no new register or additional checks for operators. The BOE text does not say that every Spanish autonomous community is covered by this particular agreement. La Rioja remains the named regional party.
The regulator's 2025 activity report, published in July 2026, added a dedicated appendix on autonomous-community gambling rules, including exclusion registers. That broader documentation illustrates why the relationship between national and regional systems remains operationally relevant.
The BOE notice itself is narrower: it secures the continuity of one existing interconnection for a further four years.
A separate Spanish court ruling on a gambling self-exclusion breach shows why accurate exclusion checks matter.
The original agreement was registered on 11 October 2022 and published later that month
