(AsiaGameHub) – Sweden’s licensed gambling revenue for the first quarter of 2026 reached SEK6.68 billion, as reported by Spelinspektionen, with online casino and sports betting capturing an increased market portion.
Good to Know
- Online casino and sports betting revenue amounted to SEK4.44bn in Q1 2026.
- The online segment’s market share increased to 66.5%, rising from 64.8% in the first quarter of 2025.
- Close to 138,000 individuals were registered on the Spelpaus.se self-exclusion service by the end of March.
Online Growth Offsets Weaker Retail Segments
The Swedish gambling market saw a modest 0.8% year-on-year growth in Q1, while the balance between online and offline channels continued to shift. Revenue from commercial online gambling, which includes online casino and sports betting, grew 3.4% to SEK4,439 million from SEK4,295 million the previous year.
This result solidified the dominant position of digital betting and casino within the regulated market. Since the re-regulation of the Swedish gambling market in 2019, online operators have consistently gained revenue share, whereas several retail-focused categories have contracted.
Revenue from the state lottery and slot machine gaming decreased by 3.4% to SEK1,274 million. Public benefit lotteries and games also saw a decline, falling 2.6% to SEK863 million. Hall bingo revenue remained unchanged at SEK47 million.
One smaller land-based category showed improvement. Land-based commercial gaming, primarily consisting of restaurant casinos, rose 3.6% to SEK57 million from SEK55 million in Q1 2025.
Casino Cosmopol no longer contributes to the overall market revenue. Income from the state-run casinos has been absent for three consecutive quarters following the closure of the last venue in early 2025. This segment had generated SEK26 million in Q1 2025 and SEK8 million in Q2 2025 before being removed from the statistics.
Spelinspektionen reported that the total licensed market revenue for the full year 2025 across all segments was SEK28.2 billion. The regulator does not release figures for individual operators, meaning the quarterly data presents only the aggregated totals from licensed companies.
Data related to player protection also rose. By the close of March 2026, nearly 138,000 people had registered with Spelpaus.se, the national self-exclusion registry. This figure represented a 2.6% increase from the end of the fourth quarter in 2025.
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