(AsiaGameHub) – Growth in the online gambling segment offset the gap left by lost land-based casino revenue.
Sweden.- Spelinspektionen, the Swedish gambling regulator, has announced that operators holding a valid Swedish licence brought in total gaming revenue of SEK 6.7bn (€615m) in the first quarter of this year. This marks a 0.8 per cent rise compared to the same quarter in 2025, pointing to an ongoing slowdown in growth momentum following full-year growth of 1.3 per cent in 2025 and 2.65 per cent in 2024.
The preliminary Q1 figure is calculated as total player wagers minus total payouts over the three-month period ending March 31. Commercial online gaming and betting recorded revenue of SEK 4.44bn (€407.5m), up from SEK 4.30bn in Q1 2025. State lottery and slot machine games generated SEK 1.27bn, a drop from the SEK 1.32bn posted in the same quarter last year.
Lotteries for public benefit remained largely stable at SEK 863m, while charity bingo revenue stayed flat at SEK 47m, and land-based commercial gaming revenue saw a negligible increase to reach SEK 57m.
The year-on-year comparison was also impacted by the closure of the last remaining Casino Cosmopol venue in Copenhagen, which had generated SEK 27m in revenue during Q1 2025.
By the end of the first quarter, nearly 138,000 people were blocked from accessing gambling services in Sweden via the self-exclusion platform Spelpaus.se. This marks a 2.6 per cent increase from the figure recorded in the previous quarter.
Separately, the Swedish government has appointed Mattias Pleiner, vice-chairman of the Svea Court of Appeal, as a new member of the board of Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority. The appointment will remain in effect until March 31, 2028.
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