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This week has seen 2015 numbers released by the Spanish and Swedish regulators, with both markets still showing growth. In Spain, the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) reported that overall GGR (gross gaming revenue) was up an impressive 28 percent to Euro 319.6 million on wagers totalling over Euro 8 billion, with sports …
A Swedish Internet Service Provider has revealed the contents of an email indicating that the Swedish government is considering lowering the boom on unlicensed online gambling websites by imposing ISP blocks. Jon Karlung, the chief executive of ISP firm Bahnhof, says he received the email from an investigator who claimed that he had been contracted …
The proactive monitoring of individual gamblers through big data analytics – motivated by the need to identify and protect problem gamblers – has been questioned by Sweden’s Data Inspection Board, even where such surveillance is conducted with players’ implied consent. Focusing on the anti-problem gambling Playscan software developed and deployed by state gambling monopoly Svenska …
With the prospect of new regulatory developments in Swedish online gambling ahead following government’s impending review of the industry (see previous reports), trade associations for the local digital, television, print and publishing media are talking about self-regulation in what appears to be a pre-emptive move. Relations between the media and government regulator Lotteriinspektionen have hardly …
Despite repeated warnings from the European Commission and a referral to the European Court of Justice for non-compliance, Sweden has been dragging its feet on a more liberal online gambling regime for years, but reports this week suggest that Minister of Public Administration, Ardalan Shekarabi may at last be taking tentative steps toward that goal. …
Sweden’s gambling regulator Lotteriinspektionen released Q2-2015 and H1-2015 market statistics this week, reporting overall market NGR in the half-year of SEK 9.92 billion…but around 20 percent of it going to unlicensed offshore operators. In H1-2015 terms, licensed operators in land and online enterprises generated GGR of SEK 7.9 billion, achieving a small 0.03 percent year-on-year …
Last week a review of Swedish online gambling restrictions on advertising published its findings, providing a workaround on earlier judicial decisions that the regulations did not comply with European Union laws, mainly due to the different punitive measures imposed on international transgressors vs. locally-based offenders. Swedish law prohibits any online gambling advertising or promotion by …
Apparently undeterred by being referred to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission for having non-compliant gambling laws, the Swedish government has indicated that its gambling reform laws are on the back burner until mid-2015. Advising that parliament is currently focused on budgetry debates, Public Administration Minister Ardalan Shekarabi said that gambling reform …
Starting just three years ago with three partners, Sweden’s Quickspin online gambling games developer has enjoyed fast growth and now has 35 employees and an annual turnover of SEK 30 million. The company and its CEO, Daniel Lindberg, was featured in this month’s European Gaming and Betting Association newsletter, which applauded Quickspin’s combination of creativity …
Swedish officials are playing their cards close to their chests on the identity of a major Swedish online gambling site that was the subject of massive Distributed Denial of Service attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The attacks were so powerful that much of Sweden’s fixed-line broadband became collateral damage, impacting the broadband connections …
Plans to revise Sweden’s monopolistic online gambling laws, spurred by threats from the European Commission (see previous reports) could be temporarily delayed following the ruling party’s decision this week to call a snap general election. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven of the Social Democrats party has set March 15 next year as the election date following …
Already under pressure over its online gambling policies following the referral of its laws to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission (see previous reports) the Swedish government came in for attack from within last week. Opposition MP Gustav Hoffstedt of the Moderate Party, proposed a motion in parliament that the government should …
The European Commission’s announcement Thursday that Sweden is among the member states it has referred to the European Court of Justice for infringing EU laws in its online gambling enterprises (see previous report) appears to have touched a Swedish government nerve. On Friday the Swedish Minister for Public Administration, Ardalan Shekarabi, revealed that plans were …
The political elections taking place in Sweden this weekend have triggered significant interest in politicians and their activities, and the media has been happy to oblige. On Friday one of the political parties in contention, the Sweden Democrats, was the focus of media reports that some of its members had made racist comments….and that party …
Sweden’s restrictive gambling regulatory regime continues to hobble the industry in the Nordic nation, with Lotteriinspektionen – Sweden’s gambling and lottery authority – reporting this week that in the first half of 2014 revenues declined by 3 percent compared to H1-2013. Only sports betting showed positive results, with all other verticals delivering at best a …
The Swedish online gambling and lottery games developer Yggdrasil Gaming has entered the Swedish regulated gaming market via a collaborative project with Svenska Klubbspel AB – the joint venture between media partner Metro and casino operator Cherry – to deliver bespoke lottery gaming products in support of a number of Swedish beneficiaries and the non-profit …
Swedish online gambling content developer Yggdrasil Gaming has some fun with fungi in its latest slot unveiled Thursday and titled Magic Mushrooms. The game is a fantasy world-themed slot where players can win on an unchronological draw slot – a first for a high performance casino product, a spokesman claimed. The majority of standard online …
Gambling adverts in Swedish publications that are widely read or seen in neighbouring Nordic nations wishing to shield their populations from such incentives to gamble are an increasing source of concern, and the Swedish government is taking steps to address the situation. The government has tasked the SPER (the country’s Council on Gaming Ethics) with …
Sweden’s gambling monopoly Svenska Spel treads a fine line between maintaining its monopolistic advantage in the market place on grounds of customer protection, and the intensity of its marketing efforts that could be construed as a contrary motive by bodies like the European Commission. This week the consequences of the company taking its foot of …
Sweden’s Värmland District Court has handed down sentencing to eight people involved in a major fraud case involving internet poker following a two-year investigation by Swedish authorities and the Swedish gaming authority Lotteriinspektionen. The criminals hacked into and gained private login information from several large gaming companies including state-sponsored gambling monopoly Svenska Spel between 2007 …
Questions around the monopolistic nature of Swedish online gambling are again under the spotlight as the remote gambling industry trade body European Gaming and Betting Association again urges the European Commission to trigger infringement proceedings, and the Swedes stall for more time to comply with EU norms through reform measures, promising that changes might be …
Despite a state-sponsored monopoly and vigorous attempts to stop foreign rivals from advertising, the Swedish market has experienced its third consecutive year of declining turnover, with chief regulator Håkan Bergstedt comparing the calmer environment to a similar, quieter trend in other European national jurisdictions. The national regulator, Lotteriinspektionen disclosed in its latest report that 2013 …
The Swedish gaming market’s decline continues for the third consecutive year following the release of results from the Swedish gaming regulator Lotteriinspektionen. The regulator attributes the 0.3 percent decline in gross turnover to unlicenced online gaming sites who are estimated to have traded over SEK 2.3 billion after winnings in 2013, as well as a …
There’s no love lost between Sweden’s state gambling monopoly Svenska Spel and the Nordic country’s advertising and media industry, thanks to the monopoly’s attempts to have gambling ads for its rivals in other EU nations stopped, and media appeals to the European Commission that Sweden may be in contravention of EU law . Getting 2014 …