Tag Archives: Spelinspektionen

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s Gambling Inspectorate, has been ordered by the government to examine the effectiveness of national gambling self-exclusion scheme Spelpaus.se. The command has seen Spelinspektionen launch a ‘dedicated survey’ to secure lived-experience feedback from Spelpaus users. The inspectorate informed: “We turn to those of you who are or have been banned from Spelpaus.se with the question of whether you want …

Sweden’s Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, has granted three B2B firms a gaming supplier licence under a newly-launched framework. Programutvecklarna i Norrköping AB, Skill On Net and Synot Games will become the first licenced gaming suppliers in Sweden as of 1 July 2023, with the permits covering an initial five year period. Further applications will be accepted from 1 March, and Spelinspektionen …

Spelinspektionen – Sweden’s gambling inspectorate, has called on all gambling policy stakeholders and industry leadership of Nordic gambling markets to join its ‘Live Seminar’ on 21 March 2023.  The event will be hosted at the Stockholm Waterfront from 10am-to-5pm and will provide the most comprehensive analysis of Nordic gambling market’s policy developments and wider issues impacting regulatory affairs. “Together with …

The Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, has issued an update to B2B companies active in the national market. According to the Inspectorate, some five-year B2B supplier licences are due to expire soon under the new framework introduced back on 1 January 2019. Licence holders are encouraged to reapply for a new licence before the expiry date in order to keep providing …

Following a judgement in one of Sweden’s Administrative Courts, the country’s Gambling Authority, Spelinspektionen, has revoked its previous decision on the importance of negative equity.  The regulator had previously outlined a lack of negative equity as a condition when firms apply for a Swedish betting and gaming licence, but the Court ruling regarding Avento’s application has prompted the charge.  In …

The European Commission (EC) has been notified of ‘Gambling Ordinance’ reforms submitted to safeguard Sweden’s online gambling marketplace further. The reforms are carried by Finansdepartementet, Sweden’s Ministry of Finance, with a desire to ‘minimise unlicensed gambling’, ‘counter match-fixing’ and provide “greater regulatory controls against black market threats”. The amendments are principally focused on strengthening the authority and direct controls of …

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling inspectorate, has published new guidance on  ‘Duty of Care’ requirements which licensees must provide to customers.  All Swedish licensed operators must ensure Spelinspektionen that they have prepared an “action plan on how duty of care is to be fulfilled”.   Duty of Care requirements are outlined in Chapter 14 of the Gambling Act 2018, in which all licence …

Finansdepartementet – the Swedish Ministry of Finance – has issued a radical proposal to allow licensed operators to share individual player data in a bid to ‘counter gambling abuse’. The Riksdag has been informed of a memorandum, in which customer data-sharing measures are endorsed by Niklas Wykman, Minister of Financial Markets who is tasked with overseeing Swedish gambling reforms.    The …

Kindred Group faces further choppy regulatory waters to navigate in Scandinavia this week, receiving a sanction fee and warning from Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA). The SEK 10.9m (€998,000) penalty was handed out to the Stockholm-listed group’s Spooniker subsidiary – which operates the bingo.se, mariabingo.se, mariacasino.se, storspelare.se and unibet.se sites. Spooniker’s operations between January 2019 and February 2022 were …

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s Gambling Inspectorate, will host a meeting on 7 December to inform operators, technology suppliers and relevant stakeholders about the requirements of a new B2B software licensing scheme. The regulatory reform, which was endorsed by the Ministry of Finance (Finansdepartementet), recommended that a new B2B licensing framework should be added as a new requirement of the Swedish Gambling Act. …