Following a meeting with the leaders of Spanish gaming groups CeJuego and Jdigital, which represent retail and iGaming interests respectively, Spain’s Consumer Affairs Ministry has recommended that gaming-related advertising be limited to the hours between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the morning throughout the country. The changes will apply to radio and TV first; eventually, online advertising will be added.
According to SBC News, such “after-hours” restrictions are part of a campaign to overhaul Spain’s federal advertising code, a mandate overseen by Alberto Garzón, Spain’s new Minister of Consumer Affairs.
The gambling watershed provision will be attached to long-awaited Royal Decree on advertising, with Garzón seeking to enforce these new requirements by summer 2020 following a transition period allowing Spanish media and broadcast stakeholders to adjust to new conditions.
Jdigital Chairman Mikel López de Torre said the discussions included a “positive assessment” of Spanish gambling, but that the online gambling trade association would not comment on changes until it reviewed the full proposal.
