Operator Type:. Any EU/EEA operator
SLOVAKIA
SWEDEN
can apply to be granted a licence for online
Regulated Gambling Products: Sports betting,
Regulated Gambling Products: Sports betting,
gambling. Lottery games and land-based
horse race betting, poker, casino, bingo, lottery.
horse race betting, poker, bingo and lottery.
fixed odds sports betting remain reserved for
Operator Type: All products are operated
Operator Type: Only public benefit
a monopoly.
by the monopoly save that land-based sports
organisations, the horseracing industry and
Status: Portugal’s online gambling legislation
betting operators can offer services online due
the state lottery may obtain a licence. No local
was passed by Parliament in late February
to a legal loophole.
licences for private operators.
2015 and came into force on 29 June 2015.
Status: The government notified draft
Status: The Swedish government is
While operators can now apply for licences,
gambling law amendments to the European
under pressure to update its regulations.
their Portuguese revenue streams will be
Commission which would introduce ISP and
The commencement of infringement
subject to comparatively high tax rates,
payment blocking of illegal online gambling
proceedings by the EC appeared to mobilise
particularly sports betting, the subject of a
offerings in the Slovak territory. Whether these
the Government but recent statements have
8-16% tax on turnover. The RGA recently
amendments will also introduce a formal
suggested that updated regulation to permit
filed a state aid case with the EC challenging
licensing system is not clear at present.
private operators to obtain a licence may not
the Portuguese betting tax as breaking EU
trade rules.
There is no deadline for the licensing
emerge in the short-term. The Government
SLOVENIA
has confirmed it is proceeding with an
Regulated Gambling Products: Sports betting,
investigation into reforming the law with a
window or limit on the number of licences that
horse race betting, poker, casino, bingo, lottery.
view to potentially opening the market to
may be issued. Delayed technical standards
Operator Type: Online gambling must be
private operators in due course. The review
were introduced on 23 December, paving the
operated by land-based casinos or lotteries
will conclude at the end of March 2017.
way for operators to certify their online systems
and, as a result, only the monopoly holds
to obtain a licence. The regulator is known to
online licences in Slovenia.
have granted thre