The degree of channelisation is described by the Swedish gambling authority as measuring “how much of Swedes’ gambling takes place at gambling companies with a Swedish license”, referring to the competitive market which mainly consists of online casinos and bookmakers.
In regulatory letter FI2023/03130, Spelinspektionen was commissioned by the Swedish government to develop a new method to determine the degree of channelisation in the country’s gambling market, as well as propose an indicator for reporting in the budget bill.
As such, the authority evaluated several methods to figure out which method or methods should be used.
Through its research, Spelinspektionen’s new method determined that four indicators need to be used to calculate the channelisation rate: a questionnaire survey for players, measurement of internet traffic, estimati..