Sweden’s Parliament has updated the Gambling Act of 2018 with granting operators the authority to handle personal data in specific cases, including identifying criminal behavior, monitoring unusual betting activity, preventing match-fixing and upholding legal standards.
The decision, set to take effect on February 1, 2025, faced no opposition. Licensed operators will gain the ability to monitor gambling accounts for irregular betting patterns and assist authorities in identifying cases of match-fixing and sports corruption.
To process personal data, licensees must first detect illegal activity associated with the account. As per current regulations, operators must ensure that data processing is limited strictly to what is essential for the specified purposes. This initiative follows the Swedish government’s launch of a new data-sharing platform aimed at combating match-fixing and corruption in sports.
During the last month, Sweden’s national audit office, Riksrevisionen, delivered report on the country’s gambling regulator Spelinspektionen. It was concluded that the regulator needs to improve its supervision of licensed gambling operations and recommended that the government provide a more precise definition of illegal gambling. One major weakness identified was the lack of regular inspections of licensed operators.
Spelinspektionen has revealed that gambling revenue in Sweden totaled €574m in Q3, which is a 1.3% decrease compared to the same period last year and the lowest figure since Q1 of the previous year. The decline was a result of reduced revenue from land-based gambling, particularly from Svenska Spel’s Casino Cosmopol, which closed two of its three venues earlier this year.
The decision, set to take effect on February 1, 2025, faced no opposition. Licensed operators will gain the ability to monitor gambling accounts for irregular betting patterns and assist authorities in identifying cases of match-fixing and sports corruption.
To process personal data, licensees must first detect illegal activity associated with the account. As per current regulations, operators must ensure that data processing is limited strictly to what is essential for the specified purposes. This initiative follows the Swedish government’s launch of a new data-sharing platform aimed at combating match-fixing and corruption in sports.
During the last month, Sweden’s national audit office, Riksrevisionen, delivered report on the country’s gambling regulator Spelinspektionen. It was concluded that the regulator needs to improve its supervision of licensed gambling operations and recommended that the government provide a more precise definition of illegal gambling. One major weakness identified was the lack of regular inspections of licensed operators.
Spelinspektionen has revealed that gambling revenue in Sweden totaled €574m in Q3, which is a 1.3% decrease compared to the same period last year and the lowest figure since Q1 of the previous year. The decline was a result of reduced revenue from land-based gambling, particularly from Svenska Spel’s Casino Cosmopol, which closed two of its three venues earlier this year.
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