Spanish Spat Threatens Gibraltar's Online Gaming Industry Spanish Spat Threatens Gibraltar's Online Gaming Industry
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Key Takeaways
  • Increased border checks over the weekend have slowed down workers’ passage onto the rock.
  • Change to the law so online gaming companies operating in Gibraltar have to use Spanish servers and come under the Spanish tax system threatened.
  • Tax inspections on 6,000 houses in Spain owned by Gibraltarians also put forward.

The Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Garcia-Margallo has mooted various punitive measures which, if enacted, would threaten the critical online gambling industry in Gibraltar.