The Spanish Gaming Regulatory Authority (DGOJ) recently held a special meeting in collaboration with the Responsible Gambling Advisory Committee's Science Department and the Madrid City Council's medical representatives, focusing on the increasingly rampant issue of identity theft in the online gambling sector.
The meeting thoroughly analyzed the effectiveness of the "Impersonation of Taxpayer Action Protocol," a mechanism specifically designed to combat the act of third parties using taxpayer identities to evade gambling taxes.
The experts present particularly warned of the social harm caused by so-called "gambling informants"—groups that profit by providing paid betting advice, which is contributing to the normalization of gambling among adolescents.
The DGOJ's director, Mikel Arana, leading the regulatory team, has reached a transnational cooperation consensus with European counterparts (including regulatory bodies from France, the UK, and Germany), to develop a more efficient identity theft early warning system and enhance the ability of medical and scientific professionals to recognize data security risks.
It is noteworthy that the current educational system's screen use prevention plan has significant loopholes, failing to specifically prevent gambling risks.
This meeting marks a critical step for Spain in building a multidimensional protection system, integrating tax regulation, medical alerts, and international collaboration to fully curb the persistent issue of identity theft plaguing the online gambling industry.
