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Spelinspektionen calls for clarification on COVID-19 gambling restrictions

AffPapa, April 23, 2021

Earlier this month, the government suggested that an extension of these restrictions within the gambling sector was needed, such as the deposit limit for iGaming. These were...

Sweden warns of rising money laundering risk in gambling

AffPapa, April 22, 2021

This national report is composed of many discoveries by the country’s group for Coordination Function Against Money Laundering, which was brought together by the local...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic faced with three-year ban over FIFA rule breach

AffPapa, April 16, 2021

His involvement with the Maltese company has been well known by the Swedish Association since 2018, when he was revealed as the co-owner and ambassador of the firm.

Five arrested in Sweden as match-fixing investigation continues

AffPapa, April 14, 2021

This match-fixing has allegedly involved significant amounts of money, but the exact amount was not disclosed. The country’s police force had previously described...

Betmaster handed blocking order by Spelinspektionen

AffPapa, March 30, 2021

What this order means is that if Reinvent does not manage to withdraw from the Swedish market, it will be fined. If it fails to leave the market even after paying the fine,...

Spelinspektionen rescinds Svenska Spel licence

AffPapa, March 26, 2021

Spelinspektionen revealed that the police in Västernorrland county, which is where the city is located, had stated that from the months of January until September of last...

COVID-19 alters Sweden’s online casino market

AffPapa, December 3, 2020

Sweden's Gambling Authority (Spelinspektionen) has released some interesting new data which shows that online gambling rates in the country have been decreasing since the...

Sweden starts ‘Larsson Inquiry’ on issues with black market

AffPapa, December 1, 2020

Larsson’s appointment was announced by Ardalan Shekarabi, the Swedish Social Affairs Minister and lead advocate of recent ‘temporary player restrictions and controls’ that...

Swedish casino Kindred violates Gambling Act goals

AffPapa, November 25, 2020

Kindred designated, in its consultation response, that when the Swedish online gambling market was first opened at the start of 2019, the Government was very much against the...