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Online Gambling Self-exclusion Increases in Spain

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January 20, 2021

Niji Narayan

Online Gambling Self-exclusion Increases in Spain

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Spain’s national self-exclusion scheme for online gambling saw a 12% increase in registrations during 2020.

Last year, a total of 56,329 people registered with Registro General de Interdicciones de Acceso al Juego (RGIAJ), which was set up by the country’s gambling regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) in 2015. That figure is up by 12.02% – 6042 registrations – compared to 2019.

Andalusia, Spain’s most populous region, accounts for 24.5% of self-exclusions, growing by 7.1% new registrations in 2020 to 13,811. The area around capital city Madrid was second at 17.0%, growing by 13.1% to 9591.

The region with the greatest growth in registrations through 2020 was the Balearic Islands autonomous community, which saw a 56.9% increase to 1183.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.