Spain‘s gambling market will undertake significant changes following the Senate’s approval to reform the Gambling Law of 2011.
On Wednesday, Senate members voted 146 in favour (vs 113 abstentions) to amend the gambling law to “improve controls on sports manipulations, betting fraud and expand protections for problem gamblers.”
The headline proposal will allow Spanish gambling regulator DGOJ to operate a “Global Betting Market Research Service” (SIGMA) – a centrally controlled database of “persons involved in illicit gambling activities or betting/gambling related frauds”.
The SIGMA database will provide information to “all entities interested in eradicating fraud and manipulation of sports,” including the police, licensed operators, sports federations, professional leagues, and regional authorities.
