Online casino continues to drive Spain gambling surge

The online gambling market in Spain continued its huge upswing in 2025 with casino and betting takings and marketing expenditure surging.

In results for the three months to 30 September 2025, the General Directorate for Gambling Regulation (DGOJ) reported that gross gaming revenue across Spain’s online gaming sector reached €405.36 million. This was up 16.49% compared to the same period in 2024, and slightly down on Q2 2025.

Of the other main metrics, player deposits and withdrawals saw year-on-year increases of 18.19% and 16.82%, respectively. Compared to the previous quarter, deposits were pretty much flat, up by 0.03%, with withdrawals growing by 2.7%.

Marketing expenditure of €154.84 million was up by 17.89% compared to a year ago but fell by 6% on Q2. Meanwhile, new accounts grew by 16.82% but were down by 2.7% on the previous quarter.

Marketing expenditure was boosted by a 23.47% year-on-year increase in promotions to €82.03 million. Promotional spending for this quarter was broken down into €28.57 million in bonus funds released as prizes and €53.46 million not included in prize funds.

Affiliate spending grew by 19.77% to €15.86 million, while advertising was up by 8.42% to €54.65 million.

Online casino leads growth in Spanish market

Casino accounts for 56.98% of the online gambling market in Spain, with its GGR of €230.97 million growing by 22.93% compared to Q3 2024. This year-on-year growth is driven by slot machines, which saw a 27.78% increase. Compared to the previous quarter, slot machines experienced an 8.54% increase, and live roulette a 4.2% increase. Conventional roulette saw a decrease of 8% and blackjack a decrease of 3.22%.

The betting segment, which makes up 36.88% of the market, experienced a decrease of 13.02% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 10% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Conventional fixed-odds sports betting decreased by 42.98%, while live betting increased by 32.82% compared to the previous quarter. Other fixed-odds betting increased by 23.85%, and fixed-odds horse racing betting decreased by 9.07%.

Bingo experienced a decrease of 5.92% compared to the previous quarter and was down 13.48% compared to the same quarter of 2024.

While accounting for just 5.36% of the market, poker increased by 13.59% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter and 5.8% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.