According to a survey by Spelinspektionen 2023, 75 percent of Swedes have gambled for money in some form in the past 12 months. The absolute majority have control over their gambling and these account for healthy revenues for the gambling companies. But there are also those who play risky and develop gambling problems.
– By reporting our share of healthy revenue and our work to counter gambling problems, we show that it is possible to run a gambling company in a sustainable way. It is an important step in the work to increase trust in the gaming industry in general, says Anna Johnson, president and CEO of Svenska Spel.
Svenska Spel’s accounting is based on risk models in the company’s own analysis tool Playscan. These have been developed in collaboration with Sustainable Interaction who are independent specialists in gambling responsibility.
– All serious gambling companies work to protect their customers and reduce the number who get into trouble. In order to increase transparency in the gambling industry, it is important to report the percentage of healthy revenue, which is a central part of the work with responsible gambling, says Erik Strand, chairman of the board of Svenska Spel.
A few other gambling companies with a license in Sweden today report, in different ways, the percentage of healthy or unhealthy income. For several years, Svenska Spel has worked for the gambling industry to agree on a common measurement method and definition of what constitutes a healthy income. However, the industry has not been able to agree on the issue.
SOURCE: Svenska Spel.
