Spain introduces deposit limits that add up across all operators
Real Decreto 520/2026 creates a national system that aggregates a player’s deposits across every licensed operator, with default ceilings of EUR 700 a day, EUR 1,750 a week and EUR 3,300 per four weeks - in force from 25 March 2027.
What happened
Real Decreto 520/2026, dated 24 June 2026 and published in the Boletin Oficial del Estado on 25 June 2026, creates a national joint deposit-limit system for online gambling in Spain. On top of the existing per-operator limits, it aggregates a player’s deposits across all licensed operators, with default ceilings set in the new Annex III at EUR 700 per day, EUR 1,750 per week and EUR 3,300 per four-week period. The limits are defaults that the player can lower, raise or remove. The decree amends both the licensing regulation (RD 1614/2011) and the safer-gambling-environments regulation (RD 176/2023). The joint-limit provisions enter into force on 25 March 2027, nine months after publication, with operators given test versions six months ahead.
What it means
A per-operator deposit limit only constrains spending at one site, so a player can reach the ceiling at several operators at once. A cross-operator, aggregated limit is designed to close that gap by tracking total deposits across the licensed market. It is a significant step in player-protection architecture and technically demanding to implement, which is why the regulation gives operators a long lead time and staged testing. It is announced, not yet in force.
Who it affects
All Spanish-licensed online operators and the central systems that will have to aggregate deposits across them, their compliance and technical teams, and players whose combined deposits across sites will be capped by default.
Sources
Primary sources last checked 8 August 2026.