3-Barrels of a Swedish flavour including a contract extension between Svenska Spel and International Game Technology; 888Poker to host the live version of the Swedish Poker Championships; and Unibet delay the launch of Unibet Poker 2.0.

Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly, Svenska Spel, has signed a contract extension with the American gaming company International Game Technology (IGT).

The pair has done business together for a decade, and as the weekend broke they agreed to extend that deal for another four years. The agreement will see IGT continue to supply the Swedish outfit with online poker products across the full length and breadth of devices.

Amongst the poker variants heading to the Swedish online market are the U.S patent-pending Poker Challenge tournament format and character based cash games.