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Europe Gambling Update: Key Changes and Regulatory Shifts

This Europe Gambling Update is part of our new'Gambling Update' series. It covers important regulatory changes expected to bring headwinds for multinational online operators over the coming year or so. Operators should be prepared for the proposed new frameworks in Europe, and the tightening of existing ones. Italy The online gambling regulatory…

Law ・ 02 May 2023

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Nordic Gambling Seminar to be Hosted on March 21

Spelinspektionen, the Swedish gambling inspectorate, has called on all gambling policy stakeholders and industry leadership of Nordic gambling markets to join its "Live Seminar" on March 21. The event will be hosted at the Stockholm Waterfront from 10 am to 5 pm and will provide the most comprehensive analysis of Nordic gambling market's policy…

Industry ・ 01 March 2023

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Sweden: only 10% of gamblers can identify licensed sites

A report by consultancy Skopm commissioned by regulator Spelinspektionen, included a survey of 1600 adults in Sweden about their gambling habits in 2021. Among the questions were ones about unlicensed gambling. The survey found that 53% of past-year gamblers believe that there are advantages to playing with licensed sites, and only 2% said they had…

Law ・ 15 December 2022

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Advertising Laws For Foreign Gaming In Sweden

Over the years, the government of Sweden has introduced new regulations on the operations of online casinos in the country. This includes rules regarding online gambling sites licensed by Swedish authorities and foreign ones. While there have been discussions about banning such advertisements completely, it has yet to happen. In this article, read…

Law ・ 14 November 2022

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BOS Hopes New Gov Would Ease up Regulations

Swedish vote counters will soon announce the results of September 11's elections. According to the latest reports as of the time of this writing, the right-wing has a slight edge over its competition. This means that Sweden might soon have a new right-leaning government that may lift certain gambling industry restrictions. One of the possible…

Religion ・ 13 September 2022

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Sweden’s Moderaterna Party to Overhaul Gambling

The Moderaterna Party in Sweden has submitted its provisional mandate in which it lays out its plans to overhaul the gambling industry in the country if it wins the elections this autumn. The mandate has been submitted to the Riksdag, the highest-decision-making assembly in Sweden. Gambling laws in Sweden were lastly changed in 2019 and now, the…

Politics ・ 14 June 2022

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Swedish gaming revenue up to SEK6.54bn in Q1

Despite being a year-on-year increase, revenue was down 6.8% from the previous quarter. Online betting and gaming made up most of this total, with revenue growing 7.2% to SEK4.20bn. This was also up 0.3% quarter-on-quarter. The state lottery - run by Svenska Spel - as well as Svenska Spel's Vegas brand of slot halls - brought in a combined…

Finance ・ 18 May 2022

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Sweden Scraps Proposal to Cap Online Casino Deposits

Gambling trade body BOS scored a big win after the Swedish government decided against implementing COVID-19-based restrictions on online casinos. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Pressure from the Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling, known locally as Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), seems to have paid off after the government tossed plans…

Covid ・ 28 January 2022

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Lower Deposit Limits for Swedish Players

Covid-19 has been the culprit of many restrictions over the last two years - gambling in Sweden is one of them. Weekly deposits at online casinos were capped at SEK 5000 from June 2020 to November 2021 in an attempt to control online gambling. While this was originally supposed to be a short-term measure, the cap was repeatedly extended due to the…

Covid ・ 21 January 2022

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Swedish government plots new casino deposit cap

The country's Minister for Social Security Ardalan Shekarabi revealed today (4 January) that a consultation had been launched as a result of the worsening Covid-19 situation, in order to protect vulnerable players. The consultation will run until 17 January, with the new measures then implemented from 7 February, until 30 June. "In a welfare state…

Covid ・ 06 January 2022

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BOS Opposes Stricter Online Casino Cap Plan in Sweden

The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling, known locally as Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), has warned the government against bringing back a deposit limit on online casino play. limit players' weekly online casino deposits to SEK4000 ($440.49) The Swedish Ministry of Finance launched a consultation Tuesday proposing a new measure…

Covid ・ 05 January 2022

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Sweden to end online casino restrictions on 14 November

The Swedish government will end its temporary restrictions on online casinos from 14 November. According to Swedish media reports, the government will no longer enforce its policy that had been applied since 1 July 2020 as a protective measure for Swedish citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic. Licensed operators had been forced to impose a…

Covid ・ 27 November 2021

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Sweden to remove online gambling restrictions by November 14

Changes are coming to the online gambling industry in Sweden. The government has announced that the current online gambling restrictions set in the country will come to an end on November 14. Such restrictions include a cap on monthly deposits of SEK5000 ($600). Details of the Announcement While the government is allowing the set measure to end,…

Industry ・ 29 October 2021

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Sweden Removing Temporary Online Casino Restrictions

The Swedish government has announced an end to the nation's temporary pandemic online gambling restrictions starting November 14. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The Swedish government is getting rid of its controversial online gambling limits on November 14. This includes the weekly deposit limit for online casino players of SEK5000 ($586.73). However,…

Covid ・ 28 October 2021

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Sweden: Spelinspektionen to Evaluate Online Gambling Restrictions

Sweden's gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, announced in a statement on its website today that the government has requested a review of the gambling market in the country. The regulator also confirmed restrictions on online gambling operators will be lifted on November 14, 2021. The Swedish government instructed the regulator to evaluate the…

Covid ・ 28 October 2021

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European Safer Gambling Week, 1-7 November 2021

Fostering a Stronger Culture of Safer Gambling in Europe 1-7 November 2021 The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), and its partners, invite you to join us for the inaugural European Safer Gambling Week (ESGW) on 1-7 November 2021. The theme of this first ESGW is "Fostering a Stronger Culture of Safer Gambling in Europe". ESGW is an…

Law ・ 18 October 2021

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BOS Wants Early End to Sweden's Online Casino Curbs

Fair play? A Swedish gambling trade body has called on its national government to lift online casino restrictions on the same date the country lifts its general COVID-19 measures. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling, Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), has posited a September 29 end to Swedish online…

Covid ・ 08 September 2021

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Is Political Tension Changing Sweden’s Gambling Laws?

Sweden has had a hectic year in the political world, with the coronavirus, the government drama, and backlash from the online gaming industry. Sweden started in 2019 with a prime minister that barely made it into office. Facing a pandemic and then heavy restrictions of gambling, he quickly began to lose support. It finally came to a head when his…

Politics ・ 02 August 2021

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BOS Claims Swedish Banking Institutions Have Suspended Services Provided to Licensed Gambling Operators

Gustaf Hoffstedt, secretary-general of the Swedish trade association Branscheforenigen för Onlinespel (BOS), has claimed that all of the country's major banking institutions have suspended services they provide to licensed gambling operators. BOS said that "all major Nordic banks" - including SEB, Swedbank, Nordea, Handelsbanken, DNB Nor and Danske…

Law ・ 27 April 2021

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Sweden's restrictive gambling rules handing market to int'l sites

Sweden's regulated online gambling market is losing ground to internationally licensed rivals due to its increasingly restrictive rules, according to a local industry group. On Sunday, the Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) online gambling industry group published an op-ed slamming the Swedish government's proposal for strict limits on online…

Gambling Sites ・ 19 January 2021

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