Spain has introduced a system of joint online gambling deposit limits that caps how much players can deposit across all licensed operators, rather than setting limits separately for each account.
The system is designed to prevent players from exceeding their deposit limits by spreading activity across multiple platforms.
The default limits are €700 ($786) per day, €1,750 per week and €3,300 over four weeks. Players can lower, raise or remove the limits, although limits can only be increased once every three months.
The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) has also launched a free Player Portal, where users can review deposits, bets, winnings and losses across authorised operators and manage their limits.
The system is in a testing phase and will formally take effect on March 26, 2027, although the ministry said it is already fully available to users.
Once a player’s combined deposits pass the limit, operators cannot accept further deposits. The system replaces the previous model, in which limits were set separately by each operator rather than by person.
According to the Ministry, this allowed players to exceed the intended ceilings by spreading deposits across platforms.
The new measures come amid broader enforcement challenges in Spain’s online gambling market. The Government has imposed more than €465m in fines on illegal operators over the past five years but has yet to collect any of the penalties.
The Government attributes the difficulties to operators’ lack of a physical presence in Spain, non-cooperative foreign jurisdictions and complex corporate structures. It says its priority is to block illegal operators from the Spanish market and protect consumers rather than generate revenue from fines.
According to the ministry, about one third of active online gambling players in Spain use more than one operator
