Operators in Sweden generated SEK6.75bn (£545.5m/€626.2m/$617.9m) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) during the second quarter of 2022, according to Swedish regulator Spelinspektionen.
This was up by 3.0% from revenue in the first quarter and up 3.9% year-on-year.
Online betting and gaming contributed SEK4.22bn of this, exactly the same as was recorded in the first quarter of 2022. However, this was up 2.8% from Q2 2021.
Combined revenue from the state lottery – operated by Svenska Spel – and from slots from Svenska Spel’s Vegas brand was SEK1.41bn, increasing by 9.7% from Q1 2022 and 1.0% year-on-year.
Charitable lotteries took in SEK868m in revenue during the quarter, staying fairly steady from the previous quarter – when revenue was SEK863m – but falling by 7.7% year-on-year.
Sweden’s state casino operator – Casino Cosmopol, also a subsidiary of Svenska Spel – generated SEK145m in Q2. This was 40.7% more than in the first quarter of the year, however there was no comparable figure f..