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Svenska Spel has published its interim report for the second quarter of 2026. The second quarter of the year is characterised by increased net gaming revenue, improved operating profit and strengthened operating margin. Eurojackpot, Oddset and casino drive growth, while the FIFA World Cup and the partnership with Swedish football contribute to high customer […]
Svenska Spel has appointed Katarina Borstedt as its Chief People & Culture Officer. She most recently came from the role of VP People & Culture at Munters FoodTech and has extensive experience in developing organizations, leadership and working methods in companies that are undergoing change and growth. Katarina Borstedt will be part of the Group […]
Svenska Spel has published its interim report for the first quarter of 2026 (January – March 2026). The first quarter of the year is characterised by increased net gaming revenue, improved operating profit and strengthened operating margin, driven by brands such as Lotto and Oddset. The quarter is also characterised by successes for Swedish sports, […]
Scientific Games has strengthened its position in the European digital lottery market after being selected as a strategic digital partner by the Lotteries Entertainment Innovation Alliance (LEIA). The alliance brings together five of Europe’s most prominent lottery operators: Danske Spil (Denmark), FDJ United (France), Norsk Tipping (Norway), Svenska Spel (Sweden), and Veikkaus Oy (Finland). The […]
Svenska Spel, the state-owned gambling operator in Sweden, has witnessed a dip in gambling revenue. This could be alarming for the operator as it has been enjoying monopoly of the market and it is bracing for new competition as the country is poised to liberalise it online gambling market. Svenska Spel reported an earnings of […]
July 2, 2018 – Evolution Gaming, leading provider of Live Casino solutions, announced today that it has been selected by Svenska Spel to provide a complete Live Casino solution for the re-regulating Swedish market. According to Evolution, the new Svenska Spel Live Casino service will go live the moment Sweden’s new gambling law comes into […]
Svenska Spel, the state-owned gambling regulator in Sweden, has appointed Patrik Hofbauer as its new CEO. The outgoing CEO Lennart Käll resigned to focus on his own business and board assignments. The 49-year-old Hofbauer is currently the CEO of Telenor Sweden. He will assume charge at Svenska Spel by mid-December 2018. Patrik Hofbauer has held […]
The inaugural edition of Mare Balticum (Baltic Sea) Gaming Summit Riga will be held on the 8th of May at Astor Riga in Latvia. The Baltic and Scandinavian region provide a great wealth of knowledge when it comes to online gambling. The regulations in the region have been carefully adjusted and the current status […]
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 […]
Gaming industry in Sweden will face new legislative conditions, once the draft is approved by the government. A new framework for the gaming industry in Sweden has been introduced and it could soon end the iGaming monopoly under the control of Svenska Spel. The updated legislation could take effect by 2019 modifying the current […]
The results from a year-and-a-half-long review of Sweden’s gambling industry were published this spring, recommending the replacement of Svenska Spel’s monopoly over the provision of licensed iGaming services with a more liberal licensing system that would admit international operators to the local market. It is now up to Sweden’s Riksdag (the country’s legislature) to […]
Betting on the internet has drastically expanded during the last 15 years, as a massive percentage of players turned from betting shops to online operators to quench their everyday betting needs. This trend brought with it the need for new iGaming legislation that would allow for the fairer competition among the various betting sites, protect […]
The organizers are proud to announce that Pieter Remmers(Assissa), a true veteran who since 1989 has been involved and reached great success in the areas of responsible gaming, consultancy and training of gambling industry professionals . Pieter will give a presentation about the New developments of Responsible Gambling in Central Europe, but will also moderate the panels which are dedicated to […]
Pieter Remmers is a veteran in the area of responsible gaming, consultancy and training of gambling industry professionals. He has been involved in projects with the gambling industry already since 1989. Pieter started his career as the director of an outpatient clinic for addiction problems of Jellinek in the early 80’s. Peter is one of the […]