Sports Betting in Spain

The Spanish Gambling Act regulates sports pool betting, fixed-odds sports betting, sports betting exchanges, horse-race pool betting, fixed-odds horse racing betting, other forms of pool betting, other forms of fixed-odds betting, other forms of exchange betting, raffles, Competitions, other games and random combination games. Regulated online sports betting company BWIN has sponsored Spanish team Real Madrid since 2008, 바카라사이트 and other football clubs are attempting to follow suit by attracting sponsorship from a range of online gambling firms.

The Spanish football team, known as La Furia Roja, has some of the best players around, and has claimed both the Euros and World Cup in recent years. Football betting has always been a popular market in Spain, with La Liga attracting millions of viewers each week. The sport achieved even more coverage after Spain's victory in both the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2012 European Championship in Poland and the Ukraine.

The Act does not include either live in-play betting or bingo games so they are, in principle, not allowed. However, live in-play betting and bingo are permitted and operated legally in some autonomous communities, one of which is Madrid. The lack of definition of bingo games is likely to benefit LAE and ONCE provided that they can successfully argue that bingo falls within the scope of their lottery license. Under Spanish Gambling Law, many types of electronic and physical betting were restricted, including fixed odds such as pool gambling, sports betting, horse race betting. Nevertheless, Spain's bingo matches and in-play gambling are not allowed by the law, though some autonomous regions like Madrid permit them.