Spelinspektionen revokes Charm Entertainment's casino licence on an interim basis
The Swedish regulator ordered the land-based casino operator to stop at once, citing likely failures under gambling law and tax, accounting and bookkeeping rules.
In brief
- What happened
- Sweden's gambling regulator provisionally revoked Charm Entertainment AB's land-based casino licence, ordering it to stop offering games immediately.
- Why it matters
- The regulator judged it likely that the company no longer meets licence conditions, including compliance with tax, accounting and bookkeeping law.
- Who it affects
- Charm Entertainment AB and its customers: the company must stop its licensed casino activity at once.
Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority, has taken an interim decision to revoke the licence of Charm Entertainment AB for commercial land-based casino gaming. The company must stop its licensed activity immediately.
The decision stays in force until the regulator makes a final ruling, and no later than 1 April 2027.
Spelinspektionen said it is likely that Charm Entertainment no longer meets the conditions for holding a licence. Its assessment covers the Gambling Act and other legislation, for example on tax, accounting and bookkeeping. The regulator described compliance with such laws as a basic condition for a licence to provide gambling.
Key details
- Regulator: Spelinspektionen (Swedish Gambling Authority)
- Company: Charm Entertainment AB
- Licence: commercial land-based casino gaming
- Type of decision: interim revocation, effective immediately
- Duration: until a final decision, and at most until 1 April 2027
- Grounds: likely failure to meet licence conditions under gambling law and other legislation, including tax, accounting and bookkeeping
Why it matters
The regulator treats compliance with tax, accounting and bookkeeping law as a condition of a gambling licence, in addition to the Gambling Act. The interim order has a fixed outer limit of 1 April 2027.
Drafted with AI assistance from the regulator's official notice, fact-checked automatically against that source and reviewed by our editors before publication. How we work