Spain’s playing regulator, the Directorate Normal for the Regulation of Playing (DGOJ), has revealed its report for the primary quarter of 2025, revealing gross gaming income (GGR) of €398.1 million. Whereas this determine marks a 2.68% dip in comparison with This autumn 2024, it displays a strong 13.7% improve year-on-year.
On line casino video games remained the top-performing vertical, producing €203.06 million—simply over half of the full GGR. This sector confirmed a powerful annual improve of 20.64%, pushed considerably by a 42.06% rise in slot machine exercise. In quarterly phrases, on line casino income noticed a slight achieve of 0.09%. Baccarat notably surged 33.77% from This autumn 2024, whereas dwell and conventional roulette fell by 2.85% and three.62%, respectively.
The sports activities betting section adopted intently, contributing €165.9 million or 41.67% of the full income. Yr-on-year, this vertical noticed development of 11.17%, although it dropped 6.35% from the earlier quarter. Fastened-odds sports activities betting elevated modestly by 3.50%, however dwell betting fell by 15.62%. Different fixed-odds wagers dipped 34.09%, whereas horse racing bets grew by 16.62%.
Poker accounted for €25.52 million in GGR, representing 6.41% of the market. Regardless of a quarterly decline of simply 0.11%, the section shrank 10.31% in comparison with Q1 2024. Event poker fell 1.70% from the earlier quarter and 6.28% yearly, whereas money poker posted a 4.54% quarter-on-quarter improve however dropped 19.81% year-on-year.
Bingo recorded the bottom contribution, at €3.63 million or 0.91% of the market. It noticed a quarterly rise of 4.23% however was down 13.47% from the identical interval final 12 months.
Participant Exercise and Advertising Budgets on the Rise
Q1 2025 noticed notable will increase in each participant engagement and operator spending. Deposits grew by 23.85% in comparison with Q1 2024 and eight.13% over the earlier quarter. Withdrawals climbed even greater—29.38% year-on-year and 10.64% quarter-on-quarter.
The typical month-to-month variety of lively gaming accounts reached 1,748,252, a 12.63% improve from This autumn 2024 and up 30.82% in comparison with Q1 2024. New account registrations averaged 190,456 monthly—14.39% greater than the final quarter and up 38.05% year-on-year.
Operators ramped up advertising and marketing efforts, spending €164.86 million in complete. This represents a 1.74% improve from This autumn and a pointy 43.97% rise over the 12 months. Sponsorship investments surged 60.33% quarterly and 238.67% yearly, whereas promotions rose by 14.70% quarter-over-quarter and 58.32% year-on-year. Promoting spend dipped 10.63% from the earlier quarter however nonetheless grew 38.13% yearly. Affiliate bills fell in each timeframes—down 16.57% from This autumn and seven.19% from Q1 2024.
The breakdown of promotional bills included €34.34 million in launched prizes and €54.21 million in unreleased prizes.
Of the 77 licensed operators in Spain, 64 held a minimum of one lively license in Q1 2025. These have been divided throughout segments as follows: 52 in on line casino, 41 in betting, 9 in poker, 4 in bingo, and a pair of in contests.
DGOJ Highlights Participant Safety at Worldwide Discussion board
Along with publishing monetary knowledge, the DGOJ took half in a global convention held in Paris by France’s playing regulator, the ANJ. At this occasion, the Spanish regulator launched its new threat detection mannequin aimed toward figuring out weak gamers. The presentation highlighted Spain’s rising emphasis on accountable playing practices throughout the European Union market.
Earlier within the 12 months, the DGOJ additionally introduced sanctions in opposition to 14 operators, leading to €77.4 million in fines and momentary market bans lasting two years.
Supply:
Abstract T1-2025, ordenacionjuego.es, June 27, 2025.
