On Wednesday Spain’s Ministry for Consumer Affairs ordered online gambling operators to display warnings about the dangers of gambling addiction, similar to the messaging used on tobacco products.
However, the market’s gambling trade body JDigital has criticized the measure, warning that comparisons between gambling and tobacco are unreasonable.
In a statement to Infoplay on Thursday, the trade body said the measure was “difficult to justify” and “did not correspond to the nature of regulated online gambling in Spain, which is one of the most monitored and controlled activities in Europe”.
The rule has already been implemented into Spain’s gambling laws this week as part of the Royal Decree 958/2020, which covers marketing and gambling communications.
