DGOJ Signs Agreement with Autonomous Community of the Basque Country for Global Betting Market Research Service

The Autonomous Community of the Basque Country and the General Directorate for Gambling Regulation (DGOJ) have signed the agreement to join the Global Betting Market Research Service.

The objective of the agreement is for the Directorate of Gambling and Entertainment of the Basque Government, through the regional police of Ertzaintza, to join the global research service of the betting market managed by the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling, such that the gaming and entertainment unit of the Ertzaintza, in the exercise of its functions, may be able to access the data contained in the Service.

This Service is regulated by the ninth additional provision of Law 13/2011, of 27 May 2011, on the regulation of gambling, and its purpose is to prevent and combat fraud in the sports betting market and manipulation in competitions of this kind through the exchange of information between the main actors interested in the eradication of this scourge, thus contributing to maintaining the values ​​of fair play in Spanish sport.