Deal: GameArt put a selection of its premium slots live on Solcasino on 25 May 2026.
Operator: Solcasino is the Spanish brand of the Belgian Starcasino Group, founded in 1997.
Company: the licences are held by Estrella Sol Interactive, S.A., formerly Genting Spain PLC, which moved its registered office from Malta to Madrid (resolution of 11 October 2023).
General licences: “Otros juegos” (other games) and “Apuestas” (betting), granted on 26 June 2019.
Singular licences: slots, roulette, blackjack and fixed-odds sports betting (7 June 2023), then other fixed-odds bets (14 November 2024).
Platform: a deal with Gaming Innovation Group signed on 1 December 2022 for player account management and the Sportnco sportsbook.
Competition: Stakelogic announced its arrival on Solcasino on 26 May 2026, with more than 260 titles.
Verification: in the DGOJ search tool, look up the company name rather than the brand.
Juego seguro: the DGOJ's safer gambling policy, not a licence.
2027 limits: joint deposit caps of €700, €1,750 and €3,300 (day, week, four weeks) from 25 March 2027.
Market: €539.19 million in gross gaming revenue in Q2 2026, including €261.25 million from casino.
GameArt in Spain: certified in 2019, then CasinoBarcelona.es, PASTÓN, Paf and Solcasino.
GameArt at Solcasino: the Spanish brand of the Starcasino Group
On 25 May 2026, a selection of GameArt slots lit up on Solcasino. The name of this Spanish online casino promises sunshine, but its roots run far to the north, all the way to Belgium. The brand belongs to the Starcasino Group, a Belgian operator founded in 1997. Spain is hardly virgin territory for the studio, though. Certified for this market since 2019, it had already signed a strategic content partnership with Paf Casino in March 2024. That deal opened its reels to players in Finland, Estonia and Spain. Behind the family photo of the two logos, the Spanish regulator's register tells a far richer story than the official announcement.
What does the 25 May 2026 deal between GameArt and Solcasino cover?
The press release GameArt published on 25 May 2026 boils down to one useful sentence. A selection of the studio's premium slots is going live on Solcasino, described as one of Spain's growing online casino and sportsbook platforms. The release places the move within the provider's European strategy: GameArt wants more weight in regulated jurisdictions and sees Spain as an important market for its growth. Nothing exotic about the formula. It is the usual grammar of a content distribution deal: the operator gains games without building them, and the provider gains a shop window without opening a casino.
Alejandro Casanova, Director of New Markets at the Starcasino Group, says he is “delighted to welcome GameArt to the Solcasino family”. He also stresses “shared values such as responsible gaming and content excellence”. Across the table, Katja Bizaj, Account Manager at the Maltese studio GameArt, wants to “bring our games to their growing player base in Spain”. Predictable words, admittedly, but they say what matters: Solcasino wants a richer offer, GameArt wants Spanish players. Founded in 2013, the provider has held a B2B licence from the Malta Gaming Authority since February 2023.
Why a selection rather than the whole game library? In Spain, every game must pass the certification required by the DGOJ before it lands in a lobby. GameArt announced 25 titles certified for this market in June 2023. Solcasino, for its part, is not betting on a single provider. The day after the announcement, the trade press reported Stakelogic's arrival on Solcasino, with that studio's full catalogue of more than 260 titles. So GameArt is not the headline act of a single-brand casino. It is one more card in a hand that Solcasino is building patiently, mixing the suits. For players, that is rather good news: a lobby is judged by its variety far more than by how often the same logo returns to the screen.
Who is behind Solcasino?
Solcasino is the Spanish brand of the Belgian Starcasino Group. It is run by Estrella Sol Interactive, S.A., the company holding the licences issued by the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), Spain's national online gambling regulator.
Starcasino: a Belgian group founded in 1997
The group is no newcomer to Spain. As early as 1 December 2022, it signed a Spanish deal with Gaming Innovation Group. At the time, the platform provider described it as a private group founded in 1997. It was active in land-based and online gambling, with offices near Liège and Brussels. The contract ran for an initial three years and covered player account management (the PAM) and the Sportnco sportsbook. Back then, Alejandro Casanova signed as Country Manager of Starcasino Spain. Today, his title is Director of New Markets for the group.
Spain is not the group's only venture abroad. Starcasino also runs Starcasino.nl in the Netherlands, licensed by the Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch gambling authority. The path recalls that of another Belgian group, Liège-based Ardent. Its Casino de Spa runs Casino777.nl, the site that became GameArt's Dutch gateway in July 2023. I'll admit a soft spot for this very Belgian paradox: two houses with a foot near Liège, both chasing growth behind Dutch dykes or under the Spanish sun.
Estrella Sol Interactive: the company on the register
The regulator's register reads like a bank statement, line by line, date by date. Estrella Sol Interactive's entry in the DGOJ register links the solcasino brand and the solcasino.es domain to this public limited company. Its two general licences, “Otros juegos” (other games) and “Apuestas” (betting), were granted on 26 June 2019 to an entity then called Genting Spain PLC. The singular licences followed on 7 June 2023, on a provisional basis: slots (“Máquinas de azar”), roulette, blackjack and fixed-odds sports betting. The technical system was approved on 17 November 2023.
Meanwhile, a resolution dated 11 October 2023 recorded the transfer of Genting Spain PLC's registered office from Malta to Madrid, along with its new name. Next came an “Otras apuestas de contrapartida” licence (other fixed-odds bets) on 14 November 2024. The roulette and blackjack licences were then extended on 18 March 2026. Estrella for star, Sol for sun: it is hard not to read the name as a Spanish translation of Starcasino, with a wink at the local weather. Finally, the company has joined the DGOJ's Phishing Alert service, which warns a registered citizen when someone tries to open a gambling account with their identity.
How do you check an online casino licence in Spain?
The Solcasino case makes an excellent practical exercise, and it works for any Spanish casino. The legal market has been running since 6 June 2012, the date of the first online gaming authorisations. Only licensed operators may offer gambling online there. The system has two tiers: a general licence for each broad family of games (including betting, contests and “otros juegos”), then a singular licence for each type of game actually offered. Here is the method I use:
Search for the company: the DGOJ operator search tool responds better to the company name than to the brand. On 21 October 2026, I typed “solcasino”, then “www.solcasino.es”: no results. With “estrella”, the right entry appeared straight away.
Read the singular licences: a general licence is not enough to offer slots; the entry must also list “Máquinas de azar”.
Check the domain: an authorised operator runs its offer on a .es site, the one shown in the domain list of its entry.
Follow the dates: grant, approval, extension. A recent provisional licence does not tell the same story as an operator established since 2012.
One last trap, and a very common one: “juego seguro” is not a licence. On the DGOJ website, the phrase heads the section on safer gambling, covering deposit limits, risky behaviour and advertising. So a casino does not hold a “Juego Seguro” label. It holds licences, and it applies safer gambling rules.
How big is Spain's online gambling market in 2026?
Big, and getting bigger. The second-quarter 2026 figures published by the DGOJ and reported by Focus Gaming News show the size of the playing field. Between April and June 2026, gross gaming revenue (GGR, meaning stakes minus winnings paid back to players) reached €539.19 million, up 31.16% year on year. Casino accounted for €261.25 million, or 48.4%, and slots grew 22.4% year on year. Betting almost caught up with casino at €253.6 million, in a quarter that saw the football World Cup kick off on 11 June.
The regulator counted an average of 2.04 million active accounts per month over the period. Across 2025 as a whole, casino made up 52.51% of €1,700.55 million in gross gaming revenue, and slots made up 69.11% of casino. In other words, the slot machine is still the queen of Spanish online casino, and that is exactly the corner of the floor where GameArt plays its hand.
The studio's Spanish journey since 2019
The studio moves through this market like a cautious player who never pushes all their chips in at once. The known milestones:
July 2021: first deal with CasinoBarcelona.es, for up to 16 slots, extended to 18 titles in March 2023;
August 2022: arrival at PASTÓN;
June 2023: 25 titles certified for Spain;
March 2024: deal with Paf, also covering Finland and Estonia;
May 2026: launch on Solcasino.
Seven years and four known Spanish operators: the pace may look slow, but it mostly resembles a regular who picks their tables instead of sitting down everywhere. Elsewhere in Europe, the other casinos that carry its slots draw a much wider map, from Belgium to Italy. Spain, on the other hand, has to be earned one file at a time.
What deposit limits will players in Spain face in 2027?
The next turn will come from the regulator, not the studios. Royal Decree 520/2026 (Real Decreto 520/2026) of 24 June 2026 creates a joint deposit limit system: a player's caps will no longer apply operator by operator, but across all of their accounts. By default, they will be €700 per day, €1,750 per week and €3,300 every four weeks. Players will be able to lower, raise or remove them, and every operator will have to query the DGOJ system before accepting a deposit. The scheme applies from 25 March 2027, after a six-month test period for operators.
Some will call it paternalism. I mostly see a measure aimed at the player who opens a third account to dodge their own limits, and the caps stay adjustable. It also forces every casino, Solcasino included, to plug in one more technical connection before the deadline. For GameArt, nothing changes in how the games are made: it is the green baize that shrinks, not the reels that change. The real test will come in spring 2027, when Spanish lobbies have to keep players who count every euro they deposit. That is where a well-chosen game library will make the difference.
FAQs: Solcasino and GameArt
What is Solcasino?
An online casino and sports betting site for Spain's regulated market. It is the Spanish brand of the Belgian Starcasino Group, run by Estrella Sol Interactive, S.A. under DGOJ licences.
Who is the Starcasino Group?
A private Belgian group founded in 1997, active in land-based and online gambling. Besides Belgium, it runs Starcasino.nl in the Netherlands and Solcasino in Spain.
Which company holds Solcasino's licences?
Estrella Sol Interactive, S.A., formerly Genting Spain PLC. It has held the “Otros juegos” and “Apuestas” general licences since 26 June 2019, and singular licences since 2023, including the one for slots.
When did GameArt slots arrive on Solcasino?
GameArt announced on 25 May 2026 that a selection of its premium slots had gone live on Solcasino. Stakelogic announced its own launch on the platform the next day.
Is Solcasino a legal online casino in Spain?
Yes. Estrella Sol Interactive appears in the DGOJ register of authorised operators, with the solcasino.es domain and a “Máquinas de azar” singular licence for slots.
How do you check an online casino licence in Spain?
Search for the company name in the DGOJ operator search tool, then check the singular licences, the .es domain and the dates of the resolutions. The brand name alone is not always enough.
Is “juego seguro” a licence?
No. On the DGOJ website, “juego seguro” refers to its safer gambling policy: deposit limits, risky behaviour and advertising. Licences are checked in the operator register.
What deposit limits will apply in Spain in 2027?
From 25 March 2027, Royal Decree 520/2026 sets default joint caps of €700 per day, €1,750 per week and €3,300 over four weeks, across all of a player's accounts. Players can change them.
Which other Spanish operators offer GameArt games?
Before Solcasino, GameArt signed with CasinoBarcelona.es (2021, then 2023), PASTÓN (2022) and Paf (2024, in a deal that also covered Finland and Estonia).
Can you play at Solcasino from outside Spain?
Solcasino is licensed in Spain and aimed at players in Spain, on its .es domain. If you live elsewhere, your own country's rules apply: check which online casinos your local regulator has licensed.
