Spelinspektionen has ordered Videoslots to pay a sanction fee of SEK12 million (£942,670/€1.1 million/$1.3 million) in Sweden, for failing to counteract excessive gambling.
More than 30,000 people have now signed up to the Spelpaus.se Swedish self-exclusion programme, according to national gambling regulator Spelinspektionen.
Sweden’s leading gambling trade associations Spelbranschens Riksförbund (SPER) and Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) have set out a new code of conduct for members to tackle concerns over excessive advertising in the newly-regulated market.
GVC Holdings and Hero Gaming have become the latest gaming operators to sign up as members of the Swedish industry assocaition Branschföreningen för onlinespel (BOS).
Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has issued fines to Genesis Global and Paf Consulting, a subsidiary of the Åland Islands-based operator, after ruling that the two licensees breached the country's self-exclusion regulations.
The Spelinspektionen has set out plans to crack down on excessive advertising in Sweden’s regulated market, while the national gambling regulator has formalised a cooperation deal with the country’s consumer agency protection agency to aid these efforts.