The Swedish Supreme Court has said that operators ComeOn, PokerStars and Bet365 have been fined up to 10 million SEK (£ 799,108 / € 942,304 / $) by regulator Spellinspektionen for betting on events featuring minor players. 941,978) refused to sue for a fine.
In total, the court has tried proceedings on appeals from eight companies, four of which are run by the ComeOn Group: Casinostugan, ComeOn Sweden, Hajper and Snabare.
The remaining operators are Bet365, Zecure Gaming, PokerStars and Polar.
All operators were handed various penalty fees and warned that they would be allowed to bet on matches featuring minor players.
This violates Chapter 8 Section 2.2 of the Swedish Gaming Act, which prohibits betting on events where the majority of participants are minors.
All then filed an appeal with the administrative court, which was eventually dismissed. As a result, they appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court. However, the court will not hear these appeals.
Bet365 and PokerStars each received the highest penalty fee at SEK 10m. Snabbare has to pay SEK 8m.
ComeOn Sweden pays a SEK 5.5 million penalty. This was reduced from SEK 6.5m during the first appeal. Hajper was ordered to pay SEK 4m.
Both Casinostugan and Zecure will each be issued a SEK 3m penalty and Polar will have to pay SEK 600,000.
The four ComeOn brands that tried to appeal the sentence were also fined a total of SEK 175m in February 2021 for violating the bonus regulations upheld in May this year.
