A Swedish court has overturned a 2024 decision by the Swedish Gambling Authority to issue state-owned operator Svenska Spel with a SEK100m [$10.4m] penalty fee and an official warning.
In March 2024, the regulator issued Svenska Spel with the penalty fee for failings in its duty of care and responsible gambling procedures.
Following a review into Svenska Spel’s 10 biggest-spending customers during a set period in 2021, the regulator found those players showed signs of excessive gambling.
It further determined in its assessment that Svenska Spel had “not taken sufficient measures to protect the players against excessive gambling and helped them to reduce their gambling when there was reason to do so.”
