Tag Archives: Svenska Spel

Svenska Spel vows to deepen monitoring of ‘at-risk behaviours’ as Swedish cost-of-living concerns have grown since the start of the year.  Sweden’s state-owned gambling operator announced that it had registered no increase in problematic gambling behaviours in its business activities during the first two months of 2023. The assessment comes despite the ongoing financial challenges Swedish citizens face due to …

The Swedish Football Association and Svenska Spel revealed a survey stating almost 50% of respondents, consisting of players and coaches, believe that menstruation is ‘difficult to talk about’.  Svenska Spel – the governing body’s main sponsor – highlighted how the pair want to ‘break the taboo’ about menstruation and get more girls to stay in football during puberty, which is …

As revenues remain steady and amid a renewed focus on safer and sustainable gambling, Svenska Spel has appointed a new HR lead. Anna-Clara Fredriksson has been named as the Swedish state-backed betting group’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), set to take up the role on 8 May.  Specifics of Fredriksson’s position will include responsibility for fostering corporate culture and development …

Svenska Spel maintains its state dividend of SEK 2bn (€155m), despite facing challenging 2022 compliance adjustments across its Swedish business portfolio. Publishing its full-year 2022 accounts, Sweden’s state-owned gambling group saw its net gaming revenues (NGR) stand at SEK 8bn (€722m), registering a 1% decline on FY2021 NRG results of SEK 8.1bn. The stagnant revenue performance reflected stricter customer compliance …

The Board of Review of the Swedish Press and Broadcasting Authority (MRPT) has ruled that Svenska Spel lottery and keno draws broadcast on TV4 Sweden should be recognised as advertising.  MRPT judges were ordered to review Svenska Spel’s programming of lottery draws following a complaint submitted by Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) – Sweden’s trade association for online gambling. BOS had …

Kindred Group, ATG and Svenska Spel have published their first ‘key metric report’ on Swedish problem gambling rates and interventions related to their individual businesses. In Autumn 2022, the businesses pledged to openly report on four key gambling harm metrics, with an update provided every six months and presented to Spelinspektionen, Sweden Gambling’s Inspectorate.   A commitment was made to “contribute …

Swedish senior clinicians have highlighted that data-lags are impeding Sweden’s healthcare network from treating problem gambling addiction effectively.  Last week, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet featured an editorial by psychiatric clinicians citing concerns that the country’s healthcare network required deeper resources to treat and identify gambling harms.  Concerns were cited by Dr Anders Håkansson of the Malmo Addiction Clinic, who cited that …

Swedish state-backed operator Svenska Spel has been named as the main sponsor of the popular Fotbollsmorgon football programme. An online sports media platform, Fotbollsmorgon will be sponsored by Svenska Spel Sport and Casino’s Stryktipset and Oddset brands. The programme covers a range of football topics, and is broadcast between 7.00am and 09.00am Monday to Friday, and 10am to 12pm on …

Svenska Spel’s future as a Swedish state-owned enterprise must be settled in 2023, according to Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), Sweden’s online gambling trade association.  BOS Secretary General, Gustaf Hoffstedt, issued the demand by writing an op-ed on Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest newspaper. Hoffstedt maintains BOS stance that Svenska Spel holds no remit to participate in commercial gambling (sports betting and online casino).  The trade body …

Sweden’s Riksdag has voted on new measures to be applied to the Gambling Act 2018, allowing the government to continue its reform of Swedish gambling’s standards, protections and market safeguards.  Policy proposals were reviewed and recommended by Kulturutskottets, Sweden’s Cultural Committee, which submitted the ‘Enhanced Gambling Regulation Bill’ to the Riksdag for regulatory approval. This will see certain existing caveats …