Online casino licensing in Spain
Updated 14 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
In Spain the DGOJ regulates state-wide gambling. An online casino needs a general licence plus a singular licence for each type of game it offers.
Who regulates online casinos in Spain
The regulator is DGOJ (Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego). These facts come from its own website.
- Regulator
- The DGOJ, which is responsible for gambling activities at state level and sits within the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda
- Law
- Ley 13/2011
- What a casino needs
- A general licence, plus a singular licence for each type of game it organises or operates. Only a holder of a general licence can apply for singular licences.
- Casino game types
- The DGOJ's documents list poker, roulette, blackjack and punto y banca among the casino games.
- Licence length
- A singular licence lasts from one to five years and can be extended.
- Checking a licence
- The DGOJ publishes a searchable register of operators.
Source: DGOJ (Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego). Checked on 14 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
A visitor from Spain your casino can't accept
A casino that holds no a Spanish DGOJ licencecan't accept a registration from Spain, so the visit would normally end there. With a country rule for Spain, that visitor sees the Adboundary screen instead. It lists partner casinos that can accept them, and Adboundary has verified every partner's licence before it can receive traffic.
Payments in Spain
Players in Spain often expect to pay with Bizum. A casino that doesn't offer it can lose those visitors at the cashier. Adboundary can also show the screen based on a payment rule. See payment-restricted traffic.