Licensed gaming corporations in Sweden reported a turnover of SEK 7 billion within the second quarter of 2025, a rise from the yr earlier than.
Gaming corporations with a Swedish license shared a turnover of SEK 7 billion ($740 million) within the second quarter of 2025, a rise of 1.9 per cent in comparison with the identical quarter of 2024. That’s calculated broadly by taking the full winnings paid out away from the full gamers’ stakes.
Though it’s value noting that these figures are preliminary and might be topic to vary, it highlights the thriving setting for the licensed gaming companies in Sweden.
On the finish of the quarter, the report, printed on September 4, from the Swedish Gaming Authority additionally confirmed that nearly 128,000 individuals had been suspended through Spelpaus.se. That’s one other improve of two.2 per cent, when in comparison with the earlier quarter.
Sweden’s push to assist licensed gaming
These figures come only a few days after the Swedish Gaming Authority additionally reported that the majority of Swedish gambling came through licensed operators. Authorities within the nation had been struggling to curb unlicensed operators earlier within the yr, when, regardless of 86% of playing happening throughout the regulated market, roughly one in seven players were still going to unlicensed sites.
The regulator had taken sturdy motion in opposition to these breaking the licensing guidelines, even taking up some betting giants for AML breaches. There are additionally plans to shut down all land-based casinos by 2026, one more avenue the place Swedish authorities are cracking down on playing and associated providers.
Traditionally, however particularly lately, Sweden has taken the social impression and potential dangers of on-line gaming critically. 2025 has seen a number of new laws launched, after the Swedish National Audit Office criticized the Swedish Gaming Authority earlier this yr, claiming that the group hadn’t met the expectations set when the market was re-regulated in 2019.
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