Total gambling revenue in Sweden increased 1.9% year-on-year during the second quarter of 2025, while regulator Spelinspektionen has confirmed Camilla Rosenberg is to step down as its director general.
Revenue for the three months to the end of June amounted to SEK7.02 billion ($744 million). This edged ahead of Q1 last year and was 5.9% above Q1 this year, according to figures from the regulator.
Commercial online gaming, covering areas such as internet-based casino and sports betting, drew the most revenue. In total, revenue from online gaming topped SEK4.63 billion, a year-on-year rise of 1.4%.
The increase in online gaming revenue came despite the sports betting market having been impacted by a tough comparable period in 2024. Q2 included the early stages of football’s Euro 2024, which led to increased betting activity in Sweden.
Double-digit growth for state-owned lottery and slots in Sweden
Away from online gambling, revenue from state-owned lottery and physical slot machines also increased. The SEK1.42 billion was 10.2% ahead of the previous year, with this sector seeing more growth than any other segment.
Meanwhile, revenue from lotteries classed as “gaming for public benefit” was 5.3% lower at SEK846 million. However, bingo games under the public benefit umbrella reported SEK49 million in revenue, level with last year. A further SEK63 million came from land-based commercial gaming, including restaurant casinos.
Finally, the remaining SEK8 million was generated from the final few weeks of activity at the last Casino Cosmopol land-based venue. Svenska Spel closed its final physical casino in April, just a few weeks after Sweden’s government voted to abolish land-based casinos.
Casinos are set to be banned from 1 January 2026. Technically, Svenska Spel could have kept the venue open until the end of 2025. However, it closed ahead of time following a change in ownership instruction in Stockholm.
Rosenberg exits as director general of Spelinspektionen
In other news, Spelinspektionen announced that Camilla Rosenberg is to step down as its director general.
Rosenberg will exit the regulator on 31 October, ahead of her becoming director and head of the Swedish Real Estate Agents’ Inspection Authority. She has led Spelinspektionen as its director general since 2017.
“I would like to thank Camilla for her meritorious work at Spelinspektionen during a time of profound changes in the gambling market,” Spelinspektionen Chairman Claes Norgren said. “I congratulate her on her new position.
“Operations will continue as planned and at an unabated pace while waiting for a new director general to be appointed.”
Revenue for the three months to the end of June amounted to SEK7.02 billion in Sweden.