06 September 2018, Stockholm, Sweden – Today, Eventus International opened the inaugural Scandinavian Gaming Show, which is taking place from 5 – 6 September 2018 at the Stockholmsmässan in Stockholm, Sweden.

For months now, the gambling sector has been waiting in anticipation for the first Annual Scandinavian Gaming Show. Thankfully the wait has finally come to end and the Scandinavian Gaming Show kicked off on the morning of the 5th of September, with a good turnout from international gaming sector professionals.

The first day of the summit was tremendously well received by all in attendance. The first speaker, Ismail Vali opened the summit with a presentation about the new regulations in Sweden. He placed the topic in context by starting with a history of gambling regulation and then proceeded to explain how this history has reflected on regulatory attitudes today. He then went on to describe how the Swedish Regulatory Regime is guided by one core principle; Player Protection. He then continued to describe that although this is beneficial to society, it also will place more pressure on licensed operators as apposed to unlicensed operators having no such responsibility to their players.

Ismail then showed the audience statistics relating to issues the Swedish Regulator will face regarding enforcement. The stats show that +/- 50-70 operators will receive licenses next year, compared to the massive illegal market of around 250 to 300 operators who will take a chance and choose to operate illegally.