Spelinspektionen has opened preventive supervision of Swedish gaming venues offering slot machines and land-based commercial casino gaming, extending its current enforcement focus beyond online gambling and anti-money laundering controls.
The review covers all licensees holding permits for slot machines under Chapter 5, Section 3 of the Gambling Act and land-based commercial casino gaming under Chapter 9, Section 2.
The Swedish regulator said the inspection will examine how licensees ensure their gaming venues continue to meet statutory requirements after licences have been granted. It will publish the results once the process is completed.
Where the supervision results in an intervention, Spelinspektionen said it will also publish and link the relevant decision under its inspection and decisions section.
The licensees included are AB Svenska Spel, Azalee Restaurang AB, Baltic Casino AB, Charm Entertainment AB, Cherry Spelglädje AB, FC Casino AB, FT Diva Casino HB, Kasinum AB, Kis-Casino/Vuvvén Dagge, Mjölby Konferens & Event AB, Players Casino AB, Restaurang China Malaysia AB and Royal Casino HB.
The review comes during a period of structural change for Sweden’s land-based gambling sector. Casino Cosmopol, the state-owned casino business operated by Svenska Spel, closed its final venue in Stockholm in April 2025, ahead of legislative changes phasing out state-owned casinos from 1 January 2026.
Sweden’s venue-based gambling framework remains split between state-controlled products, restaurant and venue-based commercial casino gaming and other licensed land-based formats.
This makes ongoing venue compliance a separate supervisory issue from online licensing, where enforcement has more often centred on AML, player protection and illegal market access.
Spelinspektionen’s 2025 money laundering risk assessment also raised the relevance of physical gambling controls, citing cash use, venue availability and agent oversight as factors in parts of the land-based sector.
Although the new supervision notice is framed around Gambling Act venue requirements, it follows a broader pattern of the regulator testing whether licensed operations remain compliant after approval.
The latest venue supervision follows another Swedish enforcement action this week, after Spelinspektionen ordered Vbet operator SCGO Limited to correct deficiencies in its AML risk assessment by 30 November 2026.
Spelinspektionen said enforcement decisions will only be linked if the completed supervision results in an intervention
