Important Facts to Know About Education in Spain

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Spain has invested a lot of money to make reforms in its educational system. According to various reports, the system has improved greatly in the last few decades. Most reforms have been in both primary and secondary education to ensure … Read More

Gambling law and barriers in Spain

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Taxes The national lottery is exempted of operational taxes, so is the National Blinds Organization 912. For other gaming, Spanish law imposes a tax on gaming (tasa fiscal sobre el juego). Although this is a central State’s tax, the cession … Read More

Economics of Gambling in Spain

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Spain’s gaming industries are substantial, with the exception of betting, which is not supported by a domestic horseracing industry and an absence of legal structure conducive to a sports betting sector. Bingo, gaming machines, casinos, and lottery are all well … Read More

Gambling in Spain

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In the field of gambling (juego) and betting (apuesta), the Spanish legal system has remarkably changed in the last decades, going from a centralized system to a decentralized one. Gambling was decriminalized in 1977, by the enactment of the Royal … Read More

Gambling Restrictions upon Arts. 43 and 49 EC Treaty in SPAIN

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Justification National measure Compatibility with EC law, in particular with the principle of proportionality Public order, money laundering, crime Monopoly attributed to the National Blinds Association to operate a new game (Resolución de 29 junio 2004 National Blinds Organization) The … Read More

Spain Translation Style Guide

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Full name: Kingdom of Spain. The 17 political/administrative units into which Spain is divided are called Autonomous Communities in English. Translate Presidente del Gobierno as Prime Minister (of Spain). Official language: Spanish. The regional languages Catalan, Galician and Basque are … Read More

Barcelona

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Mayor Xavier Trias (CiU) Municipality 101.9 km2 (39.3 sq mi) • Urban 803 km2 (310 sq mi) Elevation(AMSL) 12 m (39 ft) Population (2009) • Municipality 1,621,537 (city limits), 3,218,071 (Greater Barcelona) • Density 15,991/km2 (41,420/sq mi) • Urban 4,223,000 … Read More

Straperlo

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Straperlo or Stra-Perlo was the brand of a fraudulent electric roulette game, promoted by Strauss and Perlowitz.In 1935 during the Second Spanish Republic, they tried to introduce the Stra-Perlo in the San Sebastián and Formentor casinos in Spain. Corruption connected with the prohibition of the game reached … Read More

Lottery jackpot records

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Lottery jackpot records are a matter of some interest to both participants and observers of this form of gambling.It is often said that the annual Christmas lottery in Spain, dubbed El Gordo (The Fat One), is the largest in the … Read More

Kosovo, the Pandora’s box

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France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, the states of the old USSR… almost all the European countries have provinces in the same situation with the Serbian province Kosovo. The European Union would be a solution. But the independence of the provinces … Read More

Gambling predictions, 2008

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It seems that it is very hard to make predictions on gambling, this year even more difficult than the other years, and online gambling much more difficult than the classical gambling. 2008 will be a very good year for the … Read More

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