Carmen Rodrigo elected president of SAJUCAL at General Assembly

Carmen Rodrigo Martín was elected president of SAJUCAL (Association of Gaming Hall Entrepreneurs of Castilla y León) at the General Assembly held on 7 October 2026 at the Gareus Hotel in Valladolid. The appointment closes the statutory term of the previous president, Isabel Fernández, who led the association for eight years. During the session the previous minutes, the accounts for the 2025 fiscal year and the budget for 2026 were approved.

## Election of Carmen Rodrigo and composition of the new board of directors

The General Assembly ratified Ms María del Carmen Rodrigo Martín as President of SAJUCAL. The new Board of Directors is constituted as follows: President: Ms María del Carmen Rodrigo Martín; Vice President: Ms Mónica Palomares Rincón; Treasurer: Mr Rafael Pérez Briz; Technical Secretary: Mr Luis González Rodríguez-Sobrón; Board members: Ms Isabel Fernández Rodríguez, Mr Jesús Jiménez Calvo, Mr Juan José Diego Rodríguez, Mr Antonio Fornés Cervera, Mr David Ballesteros Casas and Ms Blanca Marta Varas Aragón.

The election process was conducted within the association’s statutory framework and took place at the Gareus Hotel in Valladolid, the venue for the meeting.

## Approval of accounts and budget: figures and scope

Assembly attendees approved, unanimously or by the procedure associated with the statutory convocation, the minutes of the previous meeting, the accounts for the 2025 financial year and the projected budget for 2026. The agenda also included specific matters affecting the gaming-hall subsector in Castilla y León, although the Assembly did not publish detailed line items in the minutes provided to the press.

## Institutional actors and closing of the session

The session was closed by Ms Ruth Andérez Alonso, Director General of Institutional Relations of the Ministry of the Presidency of the Junta de Castilla y León. Her institutional remarks emphasised the continuity of dialogue between the regional administration and the brick-and-mortar subsector, consistent with the usual format of sectoral meetings in the community.

## Topics addressed and upcoming responsibilities of the board

Agenda items included issues of interest to the region’s gaming halls, from day-to-day operations to sectoral representation before public authorities. The new President and the Technical Secretary, Mr Luis González Rodríguez-Sobrón, will be formally responsible for implementing the adopted agreements and representing the association at forums and meetings with the Junta de Castilla y León.

The election places Carmen Rodrigo at the head of the association that groups the gaming-hall subsector in the region, and it is now the responsibility of the new Board of Directors to implement the approved 2026 budget and the lines of work agreed at the Assembly.

## Social close of the meeting

The institutional event concluded with the traditional reception offered by the Association, a protocol closing that allowed informal exchanges between members and institutional representatives.

For operators and suppliers in the bricks-and-mortar sector, the renewal of SAJUCAL’s Board of Directors marks the practical start of a new cycle of engagement with the regional administration and of implementing the budgetary agreements adopted for 2026. The subsector will continue to present proposals and demands within the framework of its relationship with the Ministry of the Presidency.