By 
Terry Davis ·
Off-shore gambling operators have proved particularly popular with Swedish gamblers over the past year Accounts registered with international online gambling operators represent 60% of all online gambling registrations made over…
By 
Robert Johnson ·
The recent participation of Casino News Daily team members in several iGaming conferences has, among other things, confirmed what we all expected – Sweden and the re-regulation of its gambling…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, published Tuesday a confirmation that the application process for gaming and betting licenses under Sweden’s new gambling law would begin on August 1, 2018. The…
By Terry Davis ·
The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, announced Wednesday that application forms for interested gambling companies will be available on its website from July 10. The regulator has previously confirmed that the…
By Robert Johnson ·
Sweden’s national legislature, the Riksdag, approved Thursday a proposed legislation for the re-regulation of the country’s gambling market. The law is set to take effect on January 1, 2019 and…
By 
Anthony Huber ·
Sweden’s Committee on Cultural Affairs has backed the proposed gambling bill. The approval of the Swedish parliamentary committee was the latest hurdle to be overcome by the draft gambling legislation…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Swedish gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, has warned 39 online media outlets to stop promoting unlicensed gambling company as the activity is illegal under Sweden’s Lottery Act. The move comes as…
By Robert Johnson ·
Sweden’s gambling market was worth SEK5.63 billion (approximately $631.9 million, €528.4 million) during the first quarter of 2018, up 2.8% from the same three-month period a year ago, the latest…
By Terry Davis ·
The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, could have its funding from the government increased as the country is entering the final stages of re-regulating its gambling market. Once the process is…
By Robert Johnson ·
Online sports betting has been holding the largest share in Sweden’s unregulated online gambling market over the past decade, according to recent data from H2 Gambling Capital and Lotteriinspektionen, the…
By Terry Davis ·
Sweden’s regulated market was worth SEK17.07 billion (approximately $2.09 billion) in 2017, latest figures released by the Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, show. Regulated gambling operations recorded a 1% decrease from…
By Robert Johnson ·
Gambling operators have been ramping up their advertising efforts in Sweden ahead of the regulation of the country’s gambling market, media research firm Kantar Sifo said in its latest report…
By Robert Johnson ·
The government of Sweden collected the total amount of SEK6.4 billion in tax revenue from regulated gambling services in 2017, Lotteriinspektionen, the nation’s gambling regulator, announced earlier this week. Svenska…
By Robert Johnson ·
A few more details about the nearing regulation of Sweden’s online gambling market emerged late last week. In a post on his LinkedIn page, Mark Knighton, Founder and CEO of…
By Robert Johnson ·
A fresh wave of regulatory criticism towards gambling-related ads on Norwegian and Swedish media was unleashed earlier this week. State-run organizations are tasked with the provision of gambling services in…
By Terry Davis ·
This year’s edition of PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker has entered its closing stages with the Main Event now being underway. And while there are players from all around…
By Terry Davis ·
Sweden’s gambling market saw a 3% increase in revenue during the first half of the year, figures released by the country’s gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, showed. An important highlight from the…
By Terry Davis ·
Estimated to around $5 billion, Sweden’s gambling market is currently one of Europe’s largest. Apart from the regulated gambling options provided to local customers by several state-run entities, Svenska Spel…
By Robert Johnson ·
The results from a year-and-a-half-long review of Sweden’s gambling industry were published this spring, recommending the replacement of Svenska Spel’s monopoly over the provision of licensed iGaming services with a…
By Robert Johnson ·
Sweden’s unregulated gambling market grew 57% in the period between 2012-2016, figures reported by the country’s gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, show. Sweden-facing gambling operators without licenses from the local Gambling Authority…
By Robert Johnson ·
Following media reports from earlier this week, the results from a year-and-a-half long probe into Sweden’s gambling industry were published today. Commissioned by the Swedish government and led by Lotteriinspektionen…
By Robert Johnson ·
A government-commissioned report will propose on Friday that the Swedish gambling monopoly system be scrapped, Reuters reported on Wednesday citing an unnamed source. Swedish politicians previously called for a review…
By Robert Johnson ·
International online gambling operators increased their market share in Sweden in 2016, according to local consultancy firm Mediavision AB. Major gambling groups such as bet365, Betsson, and Kindred Group, which…
By Terry Davis ·
Lead generation and online performance marketing company Catena Media has extended its expansion efforts into 2017 with the acquisition of Swedish casino affiliate portal Slotsia and all its assets. Catena…
By Terry Davis ·
The online gambling market has been growing at an exponential rate across Europe. And the need for new regulations has increased with that. Pressured by the European Commission, a number…
By Terry Davis ·
Online gambling operator Kindred Group (recently re-branded from Unibet Group) announced the launch of its newest online casino. The Storspiller brand is live now and is intended for high roller…
By Robert Johnson ·
If a nutshell description of the average Swedish gambling customer could be made, it would necessarily include the important fact that the country’s gambling demographic is mainly comprised of tech-savvy…
By Robert Johnson ·
Major Swedish gambling operator Cherry AB announced another important acquisition after its Game Lounge affiliate network had purchased leading affiliate company Interclick Limited for the amount of $1.5 million, thus…
By Robert Johnson ·
Online gambling brand Betsafe was confirmed to have become the first gaming provider to launch an Apple TV gambling app and that Sweden has become the first country to have…
By Robert Johnson ·
888poker, the online poker division of gambling operator 888 Holdings, and Svenska Pokerförbundet, or else known as the Swedish Poker Federation, have penned a two-year deal, under the terms of…