The regional government of Murcia in Spain has approved the draft of the Gambling Regulation Act in the region, which includes rules for betting shops.
Announced by Immaculada Garcia, Councillor of Economic Affairs of Murcia, after the meeting of the Governing Council, the legislation includes betting as a new game, which will develop once it has entered into law.
The future law will replace the current Law 2/1995 of March 15. The Murcia Council is backing the idea of modernising gaming administrative procedures with this law. In addition, the rules strengthen the degree of protection to players and users and the proceedings related to pathological gamblers by creating databases and penalties and considering obligations of companies to inform players of the dangers of compulsive gambling.
It also introduces a more comprehensive definition of the elements and gaming devices and furthermore the technical conditions for approval or authorisation - all with the goal of providing greater agility and control to the industry and to enhance the safety of users and gaming companies.
