Betway, the flagship sportsbook brand of Super Group (SGHC), has renewed its Spanish .es online gambling licence for a further three years.
The extension of the licence was disclosed by the registry of Spain’s Directorate General of Gambling (DGOJ), which granted Betway Spain authorisation until the end of 2029.
The renewal of Betway Spain’s license also extended roulette, blackjack, and fixed-odds horse racing.
The DGOJ’s licensing framework requires operators to hold individual authorisations for specific gambling products, alongside their general licences.
The renewals support Betway Spain’s continued provision of sportsbook and online casino services to Spanish consumers, with its licensed portfolio covering sports betting, horse-racing betting, slots, roulette and blackjack.
The renewals come as Betway parent Super Group continues to grow its European business. The NYSE-listed gambling group recorded European revenue of $360m for the first nine months of 2026, up 15% year on year.
Super Group did not disclose individual results for the Spanish market, but in a previous Q1 statement, Chief Executive Officer Neal Menashe marked Spain as a market of interest with market-share potential for the company.
Betway targets Spain market share
Betway’s presence in Spain dates back to 2012, when it secured its initial sports and blackjack licenses under the DGOJ’s new licensing framework, the Gambling Law 2011 for online gambling incumbents.
The sportsbook began an aggressive push to promote its brand through Spanish football in 2018, securing principal shirt sponsorships with Levante UD, CD Leganés and Deportivo Alavés.
It expanded its portfolio in 2020, adding Real Betis and RCD Espanyol as shirt sponsors and becoming Celta Vigo’s official betting partner.
However, Spain’s Royal Decree on gambling advertising subsequently prohibited gambling sponsorship of sports teams, forcing Spanish-facing agreements to end after the 2020/21 season.
The restrictions curtailed Betway’s football marketing strategy alongside wider limits on gambling advertising.
Since 2024, Super Group has revised Betway’s market-by-market presence, exiting the “non-profit effective markets” of Portugal, Italy and Sweden.
The licence extensions also come as Spanish operators prepare for the introduction of the DGOJ’s centralised deposit-limit system in March 2027, following a six-month technical adaptation period.
The system will apply default limits of €700 per day, €1,750 per week and €3,300 over four weeks across a player’s accounts with all licensed operators.
Operators must connect to the central system to check whether a proposed deposit falls within the player’s available allowance. Players can request changes to their limits, subject to applicable safeguards.
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