VinnaPengar.com is a Swedish editorial site covering the regulated gambling market. This English section is a small set of reference pages written for non-Swedish-speaking journalists, analysts, regulators, and operators who need a clean factual overview of Sweden's gambling regime. The Swedish parts of the site are our primary publication; these English pages are kept up to date alongside their Swedish equivalents.
All English pages are published under Creative Commons BY 4.0 — you are welcome to cite, quote, adapt, and republish with attribution.
VinnaPengar.com is edited by Markus Lindström and fact-checked by Anna Bergh. For operator reviews, we use practical checks such as registration, deposits, withdrawals, terms review, and responsible-gambling tools where relevant. We have no affiliate relationship with Spelinspektionen or Swedish public authorities. Commercial operator reviews on the Swedish site may contain affiliate links and are disclosed separately. For full editorial methodology, see our Swedish page redaktionen.html.
A factual overview of the market in 2026: regulator, license framework, total turnover (~28 bn SEK GGR), number of license-holders (~60), channelization remains debated and varies by estimate, and the two major regulatory changes of 2025–2026 — the closure of land-based casinos and the extended credit ban. Includes citations to the underlying government bills and parliamentary committee reports.
Plain-English reference on Sweden's regulatory framework: the 2018 Gambling Act, the six license categories, the duty of care (omsorgsplikten), the Spelpaus.se self-exclusion register, marketing rules, the credit ban in its 2019 and 2026 forms, the four-level sanctions framework, and player taxation. Includes a legislative timeline 2019–2026.
The full history of Casino Cosmopol, Sweden's state-run land-based casino chain (1999–2025). All four venues — Sundsvall, Malmö, Gothenburg, Stockholm — with opening and closing dates, the commercial decline that drove closures, and the 2026 legislative change that abolished land-based casino licensing as a category. Covers Svenska Spel's 25 April 2025 announcement that Stockholm was closed to guests and would not reopen (following ownership instructions received 24 April), and aftermath.
We plan to add a structured Swedish-language archive of Spelinspektionen enforcement decisions later. Until then, readers should use Spelinspektionen's official website for current enforcement decisions.
For consumer-facing information on disputing an outcome with a licensed Swedish operator (which uses ARN, the National Board for Consumer Disputes, as the primary channel), see our Swedish page casino-tvist.html.
For citation queries, fact-check requests, or interview availability, please contact the editorial team via kontakt.html. We aim to respond to journalist enquiries within one working day.