Sweden’s gambling revenue rose 1.9% year on year to SEK7.02 billion in Q2 2025, according to Spelinspektionen figures. The regulator also announced that director general Camilla Rosenberg will leave on 31 October; its chairman said operations would continue while a successor is appointed.
The figures track Sweden’s gambling market, while the planned leadership change concerns the regulator overseeing it.
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Sweden’s Kammarrätten overturned an administrative court ruling and upheld Spelinspektionen’s rejection of an association’s application to offer bingo at 297 retail locations. The regulator had refused the application in March 2024, citing the public interest and the unsuitability of venues primarily used for purposes other than gambling.
Sweden’s Spelinspektionen has started inspections of physical lotteries run by licensees for state-reserved and public-benefit games when prizes exceed a threshold set by law. Checks cover technical requirements, fixed prize plans, ticket conformity and player information; the authority said it will publish the results after the inspections.
Researchers commissioned by ZonMw and the KSA reviewed scientific evidence on preventive interventions for people showing risky, but not severe, gambling behaviour. They selected 13 studies covering feedback, imposed gambling breaks and information; feedback sometimes reduced spending and playing time in the short term for moderate-risk players, but showed no convincing effect for high-risk players.
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) has opposed a proposed ban on bonuses in Sweden, which Svenska Spel and ATG chief executives proposed in an opinion article on 7 November. BOS argued that a ban could push customers towards unlicensed gambling and benefit the two former monopoly operators; the proposal’s proponents said bonuses could contribute to gambling problems and attract younger people.
Sweden’s Spelinspektionen reported gambling revenue of SEK6.71bn in Q3 2025, up 0.5% year on year. Online gambling revenue increased 3.5% to SEK4.51bn, while revenue from Svenska Spel’s state lottery and slot machines fell 7.2% to SEK1.26bn. The figures exclude no stated categories and come as a credit-gambling ban is due to start on 1 April 2026.