In 2011 Spain enacted it’s remote gambling law and their General Directorate of Gambling started awarding licenses shortly afterward. Since then the race has been on to deliver live dealer games compliant with the new regulations. A key part of that compliance is the requirement that the games take place in a local bricks and mortar casino. So...
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William Hill announced at the start of this month that they were among the first wave of operators to be awarded a Spanish online gambling license. Looks like they’ve wasted no time in getting their Spanish ‘.es’ casino up and running – it’s live now! No sign yet of live dealers for Spanish players...
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Quite a few news services are reporting that Spanish authorities have issued the first round of online gambling licenses pursuant to its new laws passed last year…Spanish Gambling Act (Ley 13/2011 de Regulación del Juego). In actual fact this is the second round. Local operator Casino Gran Madrid were awarded their license last year,...
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Received a notification today from Unibet saying, “…in order to comply with the new Spanish Gambling regulations, Unibet will stop all gaming activity in Spain as of 20th of December 2011“. In the world of online gambling this loosely translates to, “We’re going to have a crack at securing a local I-gaming license so...
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Wow that was quick! Just days after the Spanish Congress passed a new remote gambling law, and before the legislation has been published in the official gazette, it has been announced that the first license has already been awarded. Casino Gran Madrid is the recipient. They now hold a license from the autonomous region...
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