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Former NHL player has quit his casino affiliate business. Sami Helenius was contacted by The Police of Finland. Helenius launched his first affiliate site Kasino Curt in the end of October, but he quit his business after the Police of Finland contacted him. Helenius run his business from Finland, where only three organizations, which merged […]
Internationally licensed online gambling operators now control one-quarter of Sweden’s overall gambling market. Figures released this week by the Lotteriinspektionen gaming regulatory body show Sweden’s overall gambling market was worth SEK 16.5b (US $1.95b) through the first nine months of 2017, a sum roughly 3% greater than the market generated in the same period […]
There’s been a slow but steady decline in the number of Swedes who admit to gambling in the past year, according to the latest survey by the country’s gambling regulator. On Wednesday, the Lotteriinspektionen gaming regulatory body released its annual snapshot of the average Swedish gambler, which showed that 66% of the 1,044 adults surveyed […]
The Swedish Government has appointed Camilla Rosenberg as Director-General of the Swedish Gambling Authority. Speaking from Stockholm, Governance Associates CEO, Alan Pedley, said “This is great news and likely indicates Sweden’s intention to modernise its regulation of the gambling industries”. Having authored the standards for The Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, Alan Pedley is positive about similar opportunities […]
Most people have flocked to Unibet these past few years for cash games action and promotions. Now, the Swedish-operated online poker site is throwing their hat into the ring to offer online poker tournaments. Starting Oct. 2, players on Unibet can start firing up multi-table tournaments (MTTs) with the flagship Sunday Majors to begin on […]
Whilst the online gaming market is growing in Sweden, the unauthorised activities tend to achieve better results than legal operations. The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, released the latest report on the industry, which shows the local sector is one of the biggest in Europe. However, international operators seem more likely to offer their platforms without […]