Spelinspektionen (The Swedish Gambling Authority, SGA) will now be able to wager under a disguised identity in order to better monitor gambling enterprises.

Along with the ability to monitor providers anonymously, payment service providers will be allowed to reject bets and payments to and from unlicensed gambling operators. The provisions comprising revisions to the Gaming Act will take effect on July 1, 2023.

Gambling companies will be required to submit information to the police as part of the investigation into gambling-related offences. The capacity to keep and transmit personal data will be implemented to prevent match-fixing when a sporting event is modified for betting purposes. 

The idea to change the Gaming Act stems from a desire to build a healthier and safer gaming market in Sweden.

Some examples of social responsibility measures for responsible gambling currently found in the Swedish Gambling Act are: self-imposed gambling limits (Spelpaus.se), minimum age (persons under the age of 18 cannot gamble, and those under the age of 20 cannot enter Casino Cosmopol), prohibition on offering credit, bonus offers, and licence holder social responsibility, which ensures that social and health considerations are observed and taken into account.

The SGA recently granted supplier licences to Relax Gaming, Yggdrasil, Wazdan, and Blueprint Gaming, as well as B2B licences to Booming Games and Hacksaw Games.