The regulator has also laid out separately its model for detecting risky players in Paris today.

Key points

• Spain’s gambling regulator, DGOJ, confirms first quarter revenue hit €398.1 million, showing a 13.7% year-on-year rise.
• In the first quarter, revenues from casinos and betting both increased, but revenues from bingo and poker declined over the year.
• Today, the regulator introduced their player risk detection model at an international event.

The DGOJ announces that Spain’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) for Q1 2025 reached €398.1 million, equivalent to approximately $466.6 million. Compared to Q4 2024, Q1 GGR has decreased by 2.68%, although it represents a 13.7% increase compared to Q1 of the previous year. The regulator publishes their first quarter report, listing detailed statistics from Spain’s gambling sector. Today in Paris, the DGOJ presented its risk player detection model at an international event led by ANJ, aiming to highlight and support actions against problem gambling in EU markets.

Spain’s Q1 by sector

Casinos made up the largest share of Spain’s gambling revenue in Q1. This figure for casinos rose by 20.6% from the same quarter a year prior, and slot machine revenues increased by 42% on an annual basis. The betting segment followed the casino, contributing €165.9 million in Q1, representing an 11.2% increase compared to the previous year. Poker revenue hit €25.52 million, and bingo produced €3.63 million, falling year-on-year by 10.3% and 13.5%, respectively.

Q1 player statistics

During Q1, player deposits in Spain increased by 23.85% compared to the same quarter in 2024. Withdrawals by players increased by 29.4% year-over-year. Deposit totals and withdrawals both increased by 8.1% and 10.6% compared to the final quarter of 2024.  During this period, spending on marketing was 1.74% higher than in the previous quarter, while the number of new accounts added increased by 14.4%.

For the week, DGOJ released the 2024 executive summary, reporting a year-on-year increase in player numbers of 21.6%. Last month, the regulator sanctioned 14 operators, applying a total of €77.4 million in financial penalties and blocking those businesses from the Spanish market for a period of two years.