Audit concludes Spelinspektionen’s gambling supervision is ineffective

Riksrevisionen, the Swedish National Audit Office, has completed its audit of Spelinspektionen and has determined that the authority’s supervision of the country’s gambling market is ineffective.

In response, the gambling regulator has stated that it welcomes the audit office’s review, noting that “several issues are still awaiting practice in court” and that it has also received increased budget funds for 2024, which were “a decisive factor” in developing its operations further.

‘Not sufficiently effective’

The audit of Spelinspektionen began in November last year, with Riksrevisionen tasked with assessing if the regulator’s management over the Swedish gambling market is effective. Part of the audit’s responsibility was to see how Spelinspektionen had supervised the country’s gambling since the market was re-regulated in 2019.

A licensing system was introduced during that year to allow for gambling to take place under public control, increase channelisation to licensed operators,..