Spain’s playing regulator, the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), has revealed its report for the primary quarter of 2025, revealing gross gaming income (GGR) of €398.1 million. While this determine marks a 2.68% dip in comparison with This fall 2024, it displays a stable 13.7% improve year-on-year.
Casino video games remained the top-performing vertical, producing €203.06 million—simply over half of the overall GGR. This sector confirmed a robust annual improve of 20.64%, pushed considerably by a 42.06% rise in slot machine exercise. In quarterly phrases, on line casino income noticed a slight acquire of 0.09%. Baccarat notably surged 33.77% from This fall 2024, whereas dwell and conventional roulette fell by 2.85% and three.62%, respectively.
The sports activities betting phase adopted intently, contributing €165.9 million or 41.67% of the overall income. Year-on-year, this vertical noticed progress of 11.17%, although it dropped 6.35% from the earlier quarter. Fixed-odds sports activities betting elevated modestly by 3.50%, however dwell betting fell by 15.62%. Other fixed-odds wagers dipped 34.09%, whereas horse racing bets grew by 16.62%.
Poker accounted for €25.52 million in GGR, representing 6.41% of the market. Despite a quarterly decline of simply 0.11%, the phase shrank 10.31% in comparison with Q1 2024. Tournament poker fell 1.70% from the earlier quarter and 6.28% yearly, whereas money poker posted a 4.54% quarter-on-quarter improve however dropped 19.81% year-on-year.
Bingo recorded the bottom contribution, at €3.63 million or 0.91% of the market. It noticed a quarterly rise of 4.23% however was down 13.47% from the identical interval final yr.
Player Activity and Marketing Budgets on the Rise
Q1 2025 noticed notable will increase in each participant engagement and operator spending. Deposits grew by 23.85% in comparison with Q1 2024 and eight.13% over the earlier quarter. Withdrawals climbed even larger—29.38% year-on-year and 10.64% quarter-on-quarter.
The common month-to-month variety of energetic gaming accounts reached 1,748,252, a 12.63% improve from This fall 2024 and up 30.82% in comparison with Q1 2024. New account registrations averaged 190,456 per thirty days—14.39% larger than the final quarter and up 38.05% year-on-year.
Operators ramped up advertising and marketing efforts, spending €164.86 million in complete. This represents a 1.74% improve from This fall and a pointy 43.97% rise over the yr. Sponsorship investments surged 60.33% quarterly and 238.67% yearly, whereas promotions rose by 14.70% quarter-over-quarter and 58.32% year-on-year. Advertising spend dipped 10.63% from the earlier quarter however nonetheless grew 38.13% yearly. Affiliate bills fell in each timeframes—down 16.57% from This fall and seven.19% from Q1 2024.
The breakdown of promotional bills included €34.34 million in launched prizes and €54.21 million in unreleased prizes.
Of the 77 licensed operators in Spain, 64 held at the least one energetic license in Q1 2025. These have been divided throughout segments as follows: 52 in on line casino, 41 in betting, 9 in poker, 4 in bingo, and a couple of in contests.
DGOJ Highlights Player Protection at International Forum
In addition to publishing monetary information, the DGOJ took half in a global convention held in Paris by France’s playing regulator, the ANJ. At this occasion, the Spanish regulator launched its new danger detection mannequin geared toward figuring out weak gamers. The presentation highlighted Spain’s rising emphasis on accountable playing practices throughout the European Union market.
Earlier in the yr, the DGOJ additionally introduced sanctions towards 14 operators, ensuing in €77.4 million in fines and non permanent market bans lasting two years.
Source:
Summary T1-2025, ordenacionjuego.es, June 27, 2025.
