Sweden online casinos

Sweden Online Casinos

The Swedes always enjoyed their gambling games. Sweden is a small country with a rich gambling tradition and according to historians can be dated back to the 11th century when the Swedish and Norwegian kings settled a land dispute using a game of dice.

There are four land casinos operating in Sweden and dozens of race courses. The Swedes love their sports betting and are avid poker players. The Swedish government for a long time tried to keep strict controls of gambling in the country to ensure no foreign operators can gain access to the fertile Swedish gambling market.

While it is perfectly legal to gamble in Sweden, advertising gambling remains illegal although the law that prohibits advertising of gambling services is constantly challenged as it violates EU laws.

Online gambling by the state-owned Svenska Spel is the only online gambling that is allowed and even that is for poker, bingo and lottery games. Online casinos are barred from operating in Sweden. This law is also constantly challenged by the European Commission as being in violation of EU laws.

However, it is not illegal for Swedish players to play online casino games. The prohibition merely relates to the operators and Swedish players keep playing in numerous online casinos that offer Swedish players their services.

Swedish players have a selection of online casinos that cater to them by offering their software in Swedish and support for Swedish players in their native tongue.