In the third quarter of 2025, online casino grew by 22.93% year-on-year.
With casino and betting takings and marketing expenditure surging, the online gambling market in Spain continued its huge upswing in 2025.
The DGOJ or General Directorate for Gambling Regulation reported that gross gaming revenue across the online gaming sector of Spain reached €405.36 million in results for the three months to September 30, 2025. This was up 16.49% in comparison to the same period in 2024, as well as slightly down on Q2 2025.
Player deposits and withdrawals saw year-on-year increases of 18.19% and 16.82%, respectively, of the other main metrics. Withdrawals grew by 2.7%, while deposits remained nearly flat compared to the last quarter, rising just 0.03%.
Marketing expenditure of €154.84 million was up by 17.89% in comparison to a year ago but fell by 6% on second quarter. For the meantime, new accounts grew by 16.82% but were down by 2.7% on the last quarter.
Marketing boosted expenditure with a 23.4% year-on-year rise in promotions to €82.03 million. This quarter, promotional spending included €28.57 million in bonus funds given as prizes and €53.46 million spent outside prize funds.
While advertising was up by 8.42% to €54.64 million, affiliate spending grew by 19.77% to €15.86 million.
With its GGR of €230.97 million growing by 22.93% compared to the third quarter of 2024, casino account for 56.98% of the online gambling market in Spain. Slot machines drove this year-on-year growth, posting a 27.78% increase. Slot machines experienced an 8.54% increase compared to the last quarter, and live roulette a 4.2% increase. Conventional roulette saw a decrease of 8% and a blackjack a decrease of 3.22%.
The betting segment makes up 36.88% of the market. It experienced a decrease of 13.02% compared to the last quarter and an increase of 10% in comparison to the same quarter of the past year. Conventional fixed-odds sports betting decreased by 42.89%. On the other hand, live betting increased by 32.82% compared to the last quarter. Other fixed-odds betting increased by 23.85%, and fixed-odds horse racing betting decreased by 9.07%.
