{"id":11031,"date":"2020-09-15T09:26:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=11031"},"modified":"2020-09-15T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:26:50","slug":"spain-to-proceed-with-suspension-of-existing-sports-betting-pacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/spain-to-proceed-with-suspension-of-existing-sports-betting-pacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain To Proceed With Suspension of Existing Sports Betting Pacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/spain.jpg\" alt=\"Spain\" title=\"Spain To Proceed With Suspension of Existing Sports Betting Pacts\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4897\" \/>The Spanish government has announced an impending ban on sports betting firms\u2019 logos being displayed on their partner sports clubs\u2019 digital assets by October 2020. The government has not given details regarding a potential grace period, but analysts believe that sports clubs will be the first to be briefed in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alberto Garz\u00f3n<\/strong>, Spain\u2019s minister for Consumer Affairs, is a known antagonist towards the country\u2019s gambling industry. Garz\u00f3n has confirmed that a brief transition period will be imposed before the ban, but did not provide more details. Garz\u00f3n has long been an advocate of consumer safety, scrutinizing the widespread deals between Spanish sports clubs and sports betting firms.<\/p>\n<p>The ban explicitly targets the online gambling market. Before the ban takes effect, sports clubs and sports betting companies are expected to coordinate in removing all traces of gambling firm logos across all of their sports clubs\u2019 digital assets\u2014including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/spain-to-impose-new-regulations-that-will-restrict-gambling-advertisements\/\">advertising and marketing campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/boe\/dias\/2020\/04\/01\/pdfs\/BOE-A-2020-4208.pdf\">Royal Decree was released in April 2020<\/a> outlining these changes. The Spanish government subsequently forwarded their action plan to the European Commission for their approval.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the impending ban, a number of local sports clubs have continued to attract deals from gambling firms. Sports betting firm <strong>Betway<\/strong> recently inked a deal with the Spanish football club <em>RC Celta de Vigo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Around the same period, <strong>MarathonBet<\/strong> announced that they closed a deal with <em>Sevilla FC<\/em> to serve as their sports betting partner. MarathonBet is also a partner of <em>Real Madrid<\/em>, securing the deal in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/reviews\/william-hill\">William Hill<\/a><\/strong> extended their contract with <em>M\u00e1laga CF<\/em> and inked a fresh deal with <strong>UD Logro\u00f1\u00e9s<\/strong>. The Grupo Orenes-owned <strong>Versus<\/strong> also ironed out a multi-year contract with <em>Atletico de Madrid<\/em>. <em>UD Ibiza<\/em> inked a deal with the up and coming sports betting firm <strong>Betsson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>La Liga has taken a different approach by signing a deal with an Asia-facing sports betting firm, <strong>M88<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>State Lotteries Unaffected by Ban<\/h2>\n<p>Once the law comes into effect by October 2020, sports clubs will be prohibited from signing partnerships with sports betting firms that involve online advertising. Garz\u00f3n also stated that the ban will not affect the state-owned lotteries SELAE and ONCE, arguing that lotteries are a more benign form of gambling, with much less evidence on the harms it produces. <\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\">sports betting industry<\/a> has continued to perform well despite the impending ban and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the first quarter of 2020, Spain\u2019s gambling revenues rose by 12.5%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish government has announced an impending ban on sports betting firms\u2019 logos being displayed on their partner sports clubs\u2019 digital assets by October 2020. The government has not given details regarding a potential grace period, but analysts believe that sports clubs will be the first to be briefed in the coming weeks. 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