Sweden bans Stakes.com from operating in the Swedish market

Sweden's regulator Spelinspektionen banned the people behind Stakes.com from offering unlicensed gambling in Sweden on 14 September 2026. The decision took effect immediately.

The authority determined that the site targets players in Sweden. For a user who registered from a Swedish IP address, Sweden had already been preselected as the country.

Apart from Stakes.com, the authority has announced nine more bans since January 2026. The two most recent were announced on 28 October against Lufilight Ltd and Immortal Snail LLC. Bans are not always final. The ban on Claymore Malta Ltd was lifted in March, and the ban related to Dracula.casino was lifted in July. The authority also reports that some companies changed how they operated while their cases were under review, and these files were closed without a ban.

The Swedish Gambling Act has been in force since 1 January 2019. It requires a licence for gambling offered to the Swedish market, whether the operator is based in Sweden or abroad. A licence from another country does not change this. The authority looks at where the site is directed. Swedish-language text, deposits and winnings in Swedish kronor, and similar signals are important in this assessment. Players can check whether a company holds a valid licence in Spelinspektionen's licence register.