In late January, the state-owned playing firm Svenska Spel introduced the closure of its land-based casinos in Malmö and Gothenburg, Sweden. This is an ongoing pattern for the reason that regulation got here into impact in early 2019, as extra gamers are likely to play on-line, the place income is stagnating at land-based casinos.
This impacts staff, the place over 100 staff have been terminated, but additionally a number of bodily poker tournaments, as Svenska Spel was the one operator within the nation arranging them. Players from Sweden that desires to take part in poker tournaments can solely achieve this at a Swedish regulated casino online or go overseas to play on worldwide tournaments.
The Trend For Online Poker Is Growing
The ongoing pattern in Sweden is shifting extra in direction of playing on-line, and Poker is among the quickest rising. In 2018 it was reported by Folkhälsomyndigheten that 36% of the members performed on-line, in comparison with 2021 the place an entire 53% of members performed on-line.
This is among the the explanation why the land-based casinos of the state-owned Svenska Spel are closing, focusing extra on delivering a greater product and following the pattern of its gamers.
