Sweden gambling regulator Spelinspektionen is not doing enough to monitor licensed operators, according to a new report from the National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen). It also calls for the government to improve the law surrounding what is considered an illegal operator.
The report considers the current activities of Spelinspektionen and its performance since Sweden opened its regulated market in 2019. The 97-page publication raises some concerns about the gambling regulator, saying that, at present, it is “not effective enough”.
Primary issues relate to Spelinspektionen’s supervision of the market. According to the report, these efforts are not effective enough to meet the expectations of the government, as it set out when the market was launched in January 2019.
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However, the report does not limit its concerns solely to Spelinspektionen. It also raises some criticism over how the government has acted in the period since r..
