Swedish Gambling Regulator, Spelinspektionen, has released data from a public survey revealing that as many as 72% of adults over the legal gambling age have gambled in the past 12 months.
The survey, led by survey company SKOP, was carried out at the end of November 22 and was commissioned by the regulator as a yearly overview of the gambling habits of the Swedish public.
Some key findings of the survey include:
- 72% of all Swedes have gambled for money in the past 12 months – This is largely the same level as data recorded for the same period in 2021.
- 38% have gambled in the past week – this represents an increase of 4% compared to the previous survey.
- 71% of players have played lotteries and number games making it the most common form of gambling in the market.
- 85% of all players surveyed play at home – the same level as in 2021.
- 62% of those who played in the last year are aware of the self-exclusion register Spelpaus.se. This is a small increase of 3% from the previous survey.
Spelinspektionen recently announced that it would introduce new measures to clamp down on software suppliers that supply technology to unlicensed gambling websites in the Swedish market. Meanwhile, earlier in the year the regulator also reinstated online spending limits in a bid to combat problem gambling.
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