Best bookmakers in Spain

How betting works in Spain

The DGOJ, part of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, licenses operators and publishes the list; licensed sites run on .es domains and verify every customer’s identity against the national ID database at registration, so only residents with a Spanish tax number can play. The 2020 royal decree on advertising confined gambling ads to late night and banned promotions for new customers: bonuses can be offered only to customers verified and active for at least a month, and are small. RGIAJ, the national self-exclusion register, is checked at registration and login; our DGOJ page covers the rules.

The market is shared between the European groups, bet365, Bwin, Betfair, Unibet, Betsson and Betway all hold licences, and strong Spanish brands: Codere, with casinos and betting shops across the country, Sportium and others. Margins on La Liga sit between four and six percent. Net winnings over the year are declared with income tax, with losses in the same year deductible; the operator does not withhold.

Payments are Bizum, the bank-run mobile payment most Spaniards use, cards, PayPal, Paysafecard and bank transfer. Bizum withdrawals arrived within hours in our tests.