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The Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA) has issued government-owned Svenska Spel a warning and a 2m Swedish krona (€176,000) penalty fee for violations linked to gaming machines at bingo halls.
Svenska Spel had obtained licences to operate gaming machines at bingo halls in the communities of Duvgatan and Hagfors in 2018, but they moved to other locations, the regulator said on Wednesday (September 4).
The moves meant that the gambling company was operating gaming machines, which it calls Vegas machines, at locations other than specified in its licences, the SGA said, infractions that led to the warning and penalty.
Svenska Spel closed two of its three land-based casinos, in Gothenburg and Malmo, in February, and the last Casino Cosmopol is scheduled to close in January 2026.
Svenska Spel has gaming machines in about 1,400 restaurants and bingo halls throughout Sweden.
The gambling regulator also said it has issued penalty fees to two bingo associations for operating outlets without a licence.
Bingoringens Paraplyförening has received a warning and fine of SEK300,000, and VGIF Lotteriförening got a warning and penalty fee of SEK700,000, the authority said.
The SGA said that both companies have licences to operate bingo halls, but were instead offering bingo games in venues not licensed for bingo.
