Tag Archives: Sweden

Five months after its float on the Nordic NASDAQ, Team SBC catches up Spiffx CEO Tobias Fagerlund as the ambitious  risk/arbitrage betting platform looks for European expansion and to bring new trading mechanisms to the sports betting market. Fagerlund details to SBC readers, how Spiffx’s unique platform has been developed for the professional market, as the company seeks to become a …

Having recorded year on year performance declines, Lennart Käll CEO of Swedish state owned gambling operator Svenska Spel has urged the government and national regulator Lotteriinspektionen to introduce new regulations and policies that will toughen Sweden’s gambling framework. Svenska Spel reported a 2.4% net gaming revenue decline to SEK4.3 billion (£330 million) for the opening six months of 2015. The …

Yggdrasil Gaming has signed a deal with BetClic Everest Group to provide three of its brands with access to its entire product suite, including the recently-launched pooled progressive Jackpot game Joker Millions. BetClic, Expekt and Monte Carlo Casino will all receive the leading supplier’s casino games portfolio of 12 video slots, Infinite API for gamification, unique Super Free Spins, and …

This Saturday 23 May, the Vienna Wiener Stadthalle arena will host the 60th edition of Eurovision, the world’s largest international song contest. 27 of Europe’s pop talents will compete to win the song contest awarded to Austrian drag queen sensation Conchita Wurst in 2014. Eurovision heavyweights Sweden have been placed as early favourites with entry Mans Zelmerlow ‘Heros’ leading bookmaker’s …

Sweden joins Ireland, France and Germany as the nations whose runners in Britain are treated in the same way as British-registered horses.All other international runners are required to be sampled prior to running in Britain The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) today announces the addition of Sweden to the list of racing nations whose runners in Britain will be treated, in …

Guts.com is celebrating making its first ever millionaire after a Swedish player called Monica dropped a €2,633,052 jackpot, even if she didn’t initially realise the extent of her win. Monica had been playing late at night on the progressive Arabian Nights slot, saw the five wild symbols but didn’t realise that they triggered the multi-million euro jackpot and went to …

Sweden’s state owned gambling operator Svenska Spel reported a year-on-year 4% decline in revenues to SEK 2.2 billion (€230 million) for its opening 2015 quarter performance (period ending 31 March). The operator cited the impact of increased competition from remote operators and the introduction of new responsible gambling measures as the main reasons for its decline. Svenska Spel recorded a …

Lotteriinspektionen Sweden’s gambling regulator is set to introduce new policies and measures which will toughen the country’s advertising code with regards to online gambling products. The regulator and the Ministry of Finance have proposed a set of amendments to the nations gambling framework, the ‘Lottery Law’ designed to crack down on unlicensed online gambling operators targeting Swedish consumers. The new …

Scandinavian igaming operator Cherry AB, reported that Q4 2014 revenues increased 33% as the company finished 2014 strongly. The operator stated that improved player activity and deposits in Q4 2014 had grown online gambling turnover by 60%. Cherry AB was able to record Q4 group revenues of SEK 99.8 million (up 33% on Q4 2013 – SEK 75 million). Igaming …

Online casino group Mr Green & Co has appointed Per Norman as its new CEO, and will replace Mikael Pawlo after the listed group’s AGM on 23 April. Norman has extensive experience from such positions as CEO and Deputy CEO of Boxer, SES-Sirius and MTG, and he has been a Board member of Mr Green & Co AB since 2014. …