{"id":10797,"date":"2026-05-20T22:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/sweden-online-gambling-share-hits-66-5-in-q1-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:05:34","slug":"sweden-online-gambling-share-hits-66-5-in-q1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/sweden-online-gambling-share-hits-66-5-in-q1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden Online Gambling Share Hits 66.5% In Q1 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Sweden recorded SEK6.68bn in licensed gambling revenue in Q1 2026, according to Spelinspektionen, with online casino and sports betting taking a larger share of the market.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Good to Know<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Online casino and sports betting generated SEK4.44bn in Q1 2026.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The online share rose to 66.5%, up from 64.8% in Q1 2025.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nearly 138,000 people were registered with Spelpaus.se by the end of March.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Online Growth Offsets Weaker Retail Segments<\/h2>\n<p>The Swedish gambling market grew only 0.8% year on year in Q1, but the split between online and offline gaming kept changing. Commercial online gambling, covering online casino and sports betting, rose 3.4% to SEK4,439m from SEK4,295m a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>That performance gave digital betting and casino the clear lead in the licensed market. Since Sweden re-regulated gambling in 2019, online operators have taken a growing share of revenue, while several retail-led categories have lost ground.<\/p>\n<p>State lottery and slot machine gaming fell 3.4% to SEK1,274m. Public benefit lotteries and games also declined, dropping 2.6% to SEK863m. 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Land-based commercial gaming, mainly restaurant casinos, increased 3.6% to SEK57m from SEK55m in Q1 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Casino Cosmopol no longer adds revenue to the market total. State-run casino revenue disappeared for a third straight quarter after the final venue closed in early 2025. The segment had produced SEK26m in Q1 2025 and SEK8m in Q2 2025 before exiting the figures.<\/p>\n<p>Spelinspektionen said full-year 2025 licensed market revenue across all segments reached SEK28.2bn. The regulator does not publish operator-by-operator figures, so the quarterly data only shows totals across licensed operators.<\/p>\n<p>Player protection data also increased. By the end of March 2026, almost 138,000 people had signed up to Spelpaus.se, the national self-exclusion register. That was 2.6% higher than at the end of Q4 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/sweden-online-gambling-share-hits-66-5-in-q1-2026\/\">Sweden Online Gambling Share Hits 66.5% In Q1 2026<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden recorded SEK6.68bn in licensed gambling revenue in Q1 2026, according to Spelinspektionen, with online casino and sports betting taking a larger share of the market. Good to Know Online casino and sports betting generated SEK4.44bn in Q1 2026. The online share rose to 66.5%, up from 64.8% in Q1 2025. 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