{"id":1371,"date":"2019-12-07T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T10:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:38:26","slug":"gambling-participation-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gambling-participation-sweden","title":{"rendered":"Gambling participation down in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The gambling regulator from Sweden has revealed that there was a 6% decrease in participation this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sweden.- Spelinspektionen, the gambling regulator from Sweden, has carried out a report along with Novus. The information shows that since the re-regulation of the local industry has brought a 6% decline in gambling participation in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 60% of Swedish people said that they\u2019ve participated in gambling activity over the past 12 months. This figure represents a 6% setback when compared to the same period a year ago. Compared to the first report from 2013, the decline rises to 16%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regulator said that 4% of all online gambling players said that they played on a site without a Swedish licence. 18% said that they don\u2019t know about their licences and 78% said that they\u2019ve never played on a site without a Swedish licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, 50% of all players that participated in the survey said that they\u2019re familiar with spelpaus.se, the gambling authority\u2019s national self-suspension register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish regulated market reports millionaire sales in Q3<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary information released by the\u00a0Swedish Tax Agency<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0shows that\u00a0net turnover<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the third quarter of 2019 amounted to \u20ac551 million. The agency said that the information will be further adjusted in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of suspended people in\u00a0spelpaus.se<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0amounted to 41,703 at the end of the third quarter. This represents an increase of 11% compared to the previous quarter. At the beginning of November, the number had increased to just over 44,000.
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