It follows a 12% rise in fraudulent identity complaints during 2025 in Spain, reaching 8,675 in total.
The country’s gambling regulator, the Directorate General for Gambling Regulation (DGOJ), has embarked on a sweeping overhaul of compliance and governance within the sector.
This latest measure comes after the DGOJ’s note that identity impersonators frequently used payment methods that are difficult to verify in real-time, and the warning that identity theft is becoming increasingly linked to organised crime and money laundering.
Introduced via Real Decreto 813/2026, the policy mandates that licensed operators must ensure the person registered for a gaming profile matches the owner of the associated payment method.
New accounts must comply with the payment ownership verification immediately upon creation.
Meanwhile, for existing accounts, operators have a six..