The Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s Gambling Inspectorate, has revealed national gambling revenue for Q2 2022 , which totalled SEK 6.75bn (€622m). This represents a 4% YoY improvement on 2021 Q2 figures of SEK 6.5bn (€598.9m), and a £% quarterly increase from Q1 (SEK 6.55bn/(€603.3m). However, although indicative of long-term growth, this did mark a downward trend on Q4 figures of SEK 7bn …
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The Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, has provided an update on the development of a B2B licensing framework in the country. This morning, the regulator revealed that it plans to hold an information meeting in Stockholm on 7 December for Swedish gaming stakeholders, provided that lawmakers make a decision regarding B2B gaming software licences. The “Strengthened gambling regulation” Bill is currently …
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Grey areas surrounding judgements by Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court have been clarified according to Gambling Inspectorate Spelinspektionen. Over the past four years, 80 of the authority’s decisions have been tried against in court by the operators involved, with many related to offering betting markets on fixtures involving participants under 18 years old. Notable examples include Zecure Gaming who in 2019 …
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Spelinspektionen – Sweden’s national gambling regulator – has notified that the Spelpaus self-exclusion programme has surpassed 80,000 registrations. Spelpaus was initiated in January 2019 to coincide with the re-launch of Sweden’s online gambling marketplace, ensuring that licensed operators provide self-exclusion to at-risk and vulnerable consumers. Swedish online gambling operators are required to connect their databases with Spelpaus programme which ensures …
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The Swedish regulator is working towards introducing a B2B licensing system from March 1, 2023, despite current legislative steps still having to be made regarding the process. Earlier this year, the country’s government submitted a number of proposals, which included B2B licensing, however, this has yet to be fully passed into law. The Spelinspektionen acknowledged that the requirement for a gaming software licence is …
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The Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, has charged horse racing betting provider AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) SEK 2m (€187,000) due to a failure with its self-exclusion function. Licensed to provide commercial betting and gaming services under the provisions of licence covering 2019 to 2023, ATG is one of the most well-established operators in Sweden, having held a monopoly on the …
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An appeal to Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court by Zecure Gaming has been dismissed by legal authorities, upholding a previous ruling which reduced an imposed penalty. Zecure had been fined SEK 3.5m by the Spelinspektionen – the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate – in 2019, for offering betting on an under-17 football match between Georgia and Slovakia. As detailed by the Inspectorate, this …
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A Swedish court has upheld three separate penalties imposed in 2019 by the national regulator against SkillOnNet, Betway and Betfair. The fines were issued by the Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, for violations of licensing conditions relating to bonus provisions and underage gambling, and combined they hit a total of SEK 23.2m (£1.84m).. In the case of SkillOnNet, the company …
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Lagrådet – Sweden’s Law Council – has submitted its proposals to strengthen the safeguards of Sweden’s gambling marketplace against current and future threats. The legal advice submitted to the Ministry of Finance has called for new measures to be introduced into Swedish law by 1 July 2023. The proposal is focused on market integrity, in which the council seeks to …
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Spelinspektionen – Sweden’s gambling inspectorate has achieved a major 2022 directive by upgrading Spelpaus – Swedish gambling centralised self-exclusion scheme. Yesterday, the inspectorate relaunched the Spelpaus.se website, that had been redesigned with new functionalities and clearer guidance on self-exclusion. Spelpaus serves as Swedish gambling’s compulsory self-exclusion system that was launched in January 2019 to coincide with the relaunch of Sweden’s …
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