A Swedish Administrative Court handed Kindred Group a big victory last week when it overturned a Spelinspektionen ruling regarding casino and sports betting account deposit limits. Thanks to some clever legal maneuvering, the licensed gambling operator has slipped through a loophole that may well be closed in the future. At the heart of the matter…
Spelinspektionen, the Swedish gambling regulator is issuing a warning to Bet365 for offering odds on a football match that included a large number of underage players. Company officials say that the odds were posted in error, but the hard minds at Spelinspektionen were not in the mood to hear argument, no matter how reasonable, and…
One of the biggest issues/burdens for online gambling operators, particularly those who serve European players, is staying in line with compliance rules. These regulations are designed to prevent fraud and problem gambling but can also border on the edge of Kafkaesuqe. That's what Bayton, a Malta-based operator, is finding out as it deals with an…
Swedish gambling regulators at the Spelinspektionen are hopping mad this week at the owners and operators of Videslots for allegedly running afoul of Swedish deposit rules for online gamblers. Company officials say that the Spelinspektionen's got it all wrong and that they're really not doing anything wrong at all. It's a game of he-said-she-said that's…
A group of Swedish players are causing headaches for the Kindred Group after finding a way to circumvent the country's onerous casino deposit limits. The all-too-clever players caused a big headache for the operator, while pointing out the absurdities of the hastily written, and hastily applied, casino deposit limit rule. At the heart of the…
Swedish gambling regulators are taking the offensive against black market operators in an effort to steer customers towards regulated operators. It's a move that speaks to intense desire by governments of all kinds to preserve whatever revenue streams they can during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent report by SBC News, Gunnar Larsson, Director…
The world of online casinos is a lot more like your sophomore year of high school than most folks in the industry would care to admit. That's partially because an operator's perceived credibility is also often linked to its popularity among consumers. So it was that the Kindred Group's Maria Casino was recently taken to…
The Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen is looking to limit wagers on top-tier football matches as part of a larger plan to curb match-fixing. It's a dire solution to a problem that has vexed professional soccer in all parts of the world for a very long time. Soccer is one of those sports that's uniquely vulnerable…
The Kindred Group (formerly Unibet), a multinational online gambling operator is being hit with a $100 million SEK ($9.7 million USD) fine by the Spelinspektionen regulatory agency for offering unauthorized bonus offers to its players. It's yet another sign that European and UK gambling regulators are dead serious about enforcing new rules and regulations that…
Gambling operators in Sweden may soon have a lot more in common with their UK counterparts than they'd prefer. That's because Swedish lawmakers are discussing a major regulatory crackdown on the Swedish-facing gambling industry. In particular, members of Sweden's legislative body and cabinet members, led by Minister of Social Security, Ardalan Shekarabi, are discussing how…
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