Swedish gambling revenue rises slightly in Q1
Online gambling growth made up for the absence of land-based casino revenue.
Sweden.- The Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has reported that operators with a Swedish licence generated gaming revenue of SEK 6.7bn (€615m) in the first quarter of the year. That’s a rise of 0.8 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2025, which suggests a continued softening of the growth curve after growth of 1.3 per cent in full-year 2025 and 2.65 per cent in 2024.
The preliminary Q1 figure contemplates players’ stakes minus amounts paid out in the three months ending March 31. Commercial online gaming and betting generated SEK 4.44bn (€407.5m), up from SEK 4.30bn in Q1 2025. State lottery and slot machine games generated SEK 1.27bn, down from SEK 1.32bn.
Lotteries for public benefit was fairly steady at SEK 863m while charity bingo revenue was flat at SEK 47m and land-based commercial gaming revenue was up very slightly at SEK 57m.
The year-on-year comparison was also affected by the closure of the last Casino Cosmopol venue in Copenhagen, which had generated SEK 27m in Q1 of 2025.
At the end of the quarter, almost 138,000 people were excluded from gambling in Sweden via the self-exclusion platform Spelpaus.se. That’s an increase of 2.6 per cent from the previous quarter.
Meanwhile, the government of Sweden has appointed Mattias Pleiner, vice-chairman of the Svea Court of Appeal, as a new member of Spelinspektionen’s board of the Swedish Gambling Authority. The appointment is valid until March 31 2028.
