(AsiaGameHub) – The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) has announced a new European initiative, allocating €950,620 for research focused on gambling-related harm, prevention strategies, and the risks associated with gambling for players in Spain.
This funding, unveiled by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumers and Agenda 2030, coincided with a public consultation launched by the Directorate General for Regulating Gambling concerning proposed amendments to Spain’s current Gambling Regulation Act.
The funding programme, published in the BOE, will be administered by the DGOJ and is open to various types of research organizations.
To be eligible for funding, applicants must demonstrate significant experience in research pertaining to gambling-related issues. In recent years, the DGOJ has particularly emphasized research into gambling-related harms, especially within youth populations and the increasing convergence between gaming and gambling mechanics.
In addition to the research funding programme, the DGOJ initiated a public consultation over the weekend aimed at tightening gambling advertising restrictions. Proposals include further limiting the visibility of gambling advertising by permitting ads for gambling products only when users are actively searching for gambling brands online.
Research published last year indicated that recent reforms had a substantial impact on the acquisition of new players, with the total number of new online gambling accounts falling from 3.01 million in 2020 to 1.35 million in 2023, resulting in a drop greater than
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