Swedish gambling regulator bans duel.com
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Swedish Spelinspektionen bans duel.com over local targeting

Sweden’s gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, has banned Immortal Snail LLC, the company behind duel.com, from offering gambling to Swedish consumers without a license.

Swedish Spelinspektionen bans duel.com over local targeting

Announced on October 28, 2026, the decision found the site was aimed at Sweden, offering Swedish as a language and SEK as a payment currency, with Swedish-language websites promoting it. The regulator found nothing stopping Swedish players from opening accounts. Immortal Snail is registered in Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and duel.com cites a license from Anjouan in the Comoros.

In its response, the company said Swedish is an international language, that Sweden would be IP-blocked, and that it could not control payments made in SEK. It also said it would keep offering Swedish on the site. A follow-up check on October 28 showed the block had not been put in place.

Spelinspektionen stated:

“The Swedish currency SEK and Swedish as a language still appear when logging in from a Swedish IP address.”

No conditional fine was attached to the ban. On the same day, the regulator also barred Lufilight Ltd, operator of ivibet.com, hellspin.com and slotsgem.com, and in September it acted against the operator of stakes.com. Spelinspektionen’s latest report puts Sweden’s channelization rate at 84% for 2025, with online casino at 81%.

Alla Basentsyan
Content Writer

As a content writer at AffPapa, Alla focuses on daily coverage of iGaming news, writes in-depth articles on the most relevant topics of the sector, and presents insights from industry professionals through dedicated interviews. She combines her background in research with an engaging and informative approach to help readers stay up-to-date with everything that’s happening in global iGaming markets.