ComeOn under-18 betting sanction: Allegations, Court Orders and Status

What this case is about

Förvaltningsrätten i Linköping (the Linköping administrative court) decided case 7732-19, ComeOn Sweden Ltd against Spelinspektionen, on 1 April 2020: the appeal was partly allowed and the sanction fee was set at SEK 5,500,000. The case is one of the Regulators and Attorneys General in Court matters on this site.

In 2019 Spelinspektionen, the Swedish gambling inspectorate, issued ComeOn Sweden Ltd a warning and a sanction fee of SEK 6,000,000 (decision 19SI998). The allegation was that ComeOn offered betting on matches where most participants were under 18. This was in the first enforcement wave after the 2019 re-regulation.

ComeOn appealed. The legal basis was chapter 8, section 2, point 2 of the Gambling Act (spellagen 2018:1138) and licence conditions.

Who is covered

The judgment concerns one licensed operator, ComeOn Sweden Ltd, and the regulator. It does not involve a class of players.

The regulator's other court cases are collected under Spelinspektionen Lawsuits. ComeOn was one of eight operators whose first-wave sanctions the same court ruled on that day.

Is there a payout?

No payout exists in this case for players. The SEK 5,500,000 is a regulatory sanction fee, not a consumer fund, and no claim process exists.

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What the court decided

The court partly allowed ComeOn's appeal and reduced the fee from SEK 6,000,000 to SEK 5,500,000, a cut of SEK 500,000. The warning issued by Spelinspektionen is part of the same 2019 decision. As of 14 November 2026 the case is at judgment stage, and the record shows no later step.

The same court gave eight judgments on 1 April 2020. Their outcomes, counted from the eight published judgments, were:

Why it matters

ComeOn's result sits in the middle of the first-wave outcomes: the sanction stayed in force, with a reduction. Courts upheld the finding of a breach while trimming the amount in most of these appeals.

Later Swedish penalties of SEK 100 million had mixed results: Spooniker's was reduced to SEK 30 million (final in 2024), and Svenska Spel's 2024 sanction was annulled by the Linköping court on 2 June 2025, with an appeal by the regulator. See other enforcement cases against gambling operators.

Questions people ask

How much was ComeOn's sanction reduced?

From SEK 6,000,000 to SEK 5,500,000 by the Linköping administrative court on 1 April 2020, in case 7732-19.

What was ComeOn accused of?

Offering betting on matches where most participants were under 18, contrary to chapter 8, section 2, point 2 of the Gambling Act (2018:1138), according to the court record.

Did other operators get the same result?

No. On the same day, two operators lost in full, five received reductions of about 10%, and one had its sanction downgraded to a remark.