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The changes in the market rules never end

Published: 10 November, 2009

The Spanish Market has always been surprising and at the very least unique. It is one of most important in Europe but also surely one of the most difficult in which to operate. Whoever wants to do so must comply with the particular legislation that breaks down into different regulations within each of the different autonomous regions and the end result is a constantly changing set of gaming regulations. Take this example. Hardly had the Regulations for the Madrid autonomous region been approved than the first amendments had appeared. Something like "where it says... it must say" which qualifies several of its articles and forces a revision of its conclusions. For its part the Valencian autonomous government has approved a new Regulation for Amusement Arcades.

Among the modifications is one modifying the requirement for the minimum surface area of the premises, to be worked out as a function of the number of people living in the town or village in which it is going to located. Likewise it widens the possibilities for interconnecting machines of type B including the special machines within the same arcade, and it also considers the possibility of interconnecting machines located in different arcades unless the arcade has an admission control policy. Lastly the autonomous government of La Rioja has approved various rules covering the game of bingo, arguing that "Beyond the assumption of managing the competition in this area, the changing contextual circumstances and the consideration of private gaming as a true economic and leisure activity, without detriment to the necessary control and protection measures set up to protect the more vulnerable social groups, means that the overall regulation of this popular and socio-economically significant form of gaming certainly cannot be delayed".

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