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Why operators must look beyond bonuses in Sweden
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There’s been a lot of talk about the limitations of the newly regulated Swedish market due to operators only being allowed to offer one introductory bonus to players.
But bonuses are not the only thing players are looking for in today’s highly competitive online gambling marketplace. Today many users are more concerned about better service and faster withdrawals.
I believe if operators focused on these they would more than make up for any player churn being experienced due to the inability to offer regular bonuses.
One of the big trends taking off in the Swedish market over the past year has been the so-called ‘no-account’ casino. This term is something of a misnomer as there is indeed an account, but it is created in the background with very little effort required of players.
It would perhaps be more accurate to call it ‘automated registration’ and this would certainly be more popular with regulators, who are understandably concerned about any description that implies inadequate checks are being carried out.
This simplified registration process, made possible by Trustly, is particularly suited to the Swedish market, where consumers are racing towards a cashless society but are at the same time very protective of their privacy.
And, crucially for operators struggling to adapt to the new bonus regime in Sweden, customers using this automated registration process do not expect bonuses.
They do, however, expect to receive their money immediately when they win. One of the big frustrations among players is operators that hold onto their money for longer than they should, sometimes under the guise of doing KYC.
KYC is, of course, very important, but it shouldn’t be used as an excuse to delay payouts to players.
At Altenar we’ve recently launched our first sportsbook client in the regulated Swedish market, LuckyCasino.com, which offers Trustly to players.
While we recognised the attraction of the system and the importance of immediate withdrawals, we also saw the need to adapt the process to account for the fact that compared with casino, in sports betting there is a greater risk of fraud due to the potential for misuse of inside information.
We therefore designed a feature so that limits can be set, varying from operator to operator and segment to segment, and that when payouts go over that limit we have to manually approve the settlement.
By putting such thresholds in place, players can still enjoy the services of Trustly when betting, but there are protections in place to make sure the system is robust.
Operators using the automated registration process have reported huge success so far and I believe in the next 12 months almost all operators in Sweden will have implemented this. We’re shortly about to launch our second Swedish licensed operator using the same feature.
New entrants to the market should look to compete with the more established players by getting ahead of the curve in this way rather than trying to attract customers with huge first-time bonuses.
While many in the industry have complained about the bonus limitations, I believe we will have a better market without the constant slew of bonus offers.
I’ve been involved in the Swedish market for many years, going right back to my time at Expedt in 2002 through to working with Altenar’s partners both before and after the market regulated.
If we look back to the early 2000s, the bonuses that companies were offering their users were simply tools to help them learn the systems. Over time, this evolved into more and more operators throwing large sums of money at players to attract or retain them.
As a marketing tool this simply isn’t sustainable over the long term. It’s time operators started looking at other ways to attract and retain players and automated registration is certainly a good place to start.
Written by Dinos Stranomitis COO Altenar.
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Football fans can expect goals galore on the final day of the Premier League season, according to historical data.
The final round of top-flight matches – gameweek 38 – take place on Sunday with 10 games all kicking off at the same time.
It’s a big day for bookies with all 20 teams in action and the both teams to score (BTTS) accumulator is a popular bet for supporters on the final day as goals fly in at both ends.
And now stats compiled by UK sportsbook Midnite highlight the facts behind the last-day blow out.
Midnite looked at stats since the Premier League became a 20-team division in 1995-96 to compare gameweek 38 with the averages from gameweeks 1 to 37 and found:
- A 14.5% increase in goals per game
- A 10.7% increase games where both teams score
- A 7.3% increase in over 1.5 goals
- A 15.9% increase in over 2.5% goals
- A 30.1% increase in over 3.5 goals
- A 13.3% increase in home wins
- An 18.2% decrease in draws
A 15-year scoring streak
In 24 of the past 29 seasons – 82.8% – gameweek 38 has produced more goals than the average produced in previous gameweeks.
For the past 15 consecutive seasons, there have been more goals per game in the final gameweek than the goals per game stat throughout the season.
And for the past nine seasons, there have been more than three goals per game in gameweek 38.
This season so far, there’s been an average of 2.95 goals per game, so we would expect to see more than that in Gameweek 38.
The historical average tells us to expect a 14.5% increase – therefore a prediction of 3.38 goals per game on Sunday.
Last season saw a record 3.28 goals per game and was the first Premier League season to be higher than 3 goals per game.
In fact the last time we saw a top division of English Football have back-to-back seasons with more than 3 goals per game as an average was the 1966/1967 and 1967/1968 seasons.
We are unlikely to see that again as so far we have 1091 goals, to reach a season average of 3.00 we would need to see a total of 1,140 goals, so 49 goals would be needed on the final day, which would be 4.9 goals per game which would be highly unlikely.
The handbrakes are off
Midnite VP of Sportsbook Zach Amin said: “The last gameweek of the season often has a more open, unpredictable feel to it. “A mixture of teams playing with the handbrake off and teams desperate for points to win the title, qualify for Europe or avoid relegation, usually makes for great entertainment.“Although this season, the title and relegation are already sewn up, there’s still teams vying for European places and, as the historical data shows us, fans can look forward to goals galore.”
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