Kindred/Spooniker SEK 10M AML fee upheld: Allegations, Court Orders and Status

What this case is about

Spooniker Ltd v. Spelinspektionen, docket 4340-25, is a Swedish administrative court case in which the Förvaltningsrätten i Linköping (Linköping Administrative Court) upheld a warning and a SEK 10,000,000 fee on 2 July 2026. Spooniker Ltd is the Kindred group company, now part of FDJ United. Spelinspektionen is the Swedish Gambling Authority.

The case sits among the Regulators and Attorneys General in Court matters, where an operator challenges a regulator instead of a player suing an operator.

The warning and fee, dated 5 May 2025, rest on the Swedish gambling act (spellagen) and the anti-money-laundering act, lagen (2017:630) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt. The authority's case was that the company did not act on large deposits and transaction patterns that required enhanced due diligence.

Who is covered

This is not a class action. The judgment binds Spooniker Ltd and Spelinspektionen, and no player is a party.

It is one of three anti-money-laundering judgments of 2 to 3 July 2026 against licensed operators. The same court confirmed warnings and fees totaling SEK 22 million against Spooniker, Snabbare and Betsson Nordic. Readers tracking gambling lawsuits in Sweden will find the other two judgments in the related list below.

Is there a payout?

No payout exists in this case for players. The SEK 10,000,000 fee is a regulatory sanction imposed on the operator, not compensation, and the record shows no fund, no claim form and no claim deadline.

A fee exists, but no consumer claim process comes with it. Filing a settlement claim is free wherever one exists, and none exists here.

What the court decided

On 2 July 2026 the Linköping Administrative Court confirmed the warning and the SEK 10,000,000 fee in full (mål 4340-25). As of 14 November 2026 the record shows this judgment as the latest step, and it shows no further appeal.

The result differs from Spooniker's earlier fight with the regulator. In 2020 Spelinspektionen imposed a SEK 100 million sanction on Spooniker, which courts reduced to SEK 30 million, final in 2024. This time the fee was not reduced.

The wider picture is on the Spelinspektionen lawsuits page.

Why it matters

Three judgments in two days, all upholding anti-money-laundering sanctions, show Swedish courts backing the regulator when operators miss enhanced due diligence on large deposits and transaction patterns. The combined SEK 22 million is small beside the SEK 100 million sanctions of earlier years, but the pattern is consistent.

For the full set of court fights between regulators and operators, see the enforcement cases against gambling operators hub.

Questions people ask

What did the Linköping court decide?

It confirmed the warning and the SEK 10,000,000 fee against Spooniker Ltd on 2 July 2026. The court did not reduce the fee.

Can players claim money from this ruling?

No. The case is between an operator and a regulator. No fund, class or claim process exists, and GamblingLawsuits.org is not a law firm or a claims administrator.

What conduct was at issue?

The record describes failures to act on large deposits and transaction patterns that required enhanced due diligence. A regulator's finding is not the same as a criminal conviction, and the court judgment is the controlling document.

Related cases

• Snabbare Ltd v. Spelinspektionen, FR Linköping 5474-25: a sister anti-money-laundering judgment, status judgment.
• Betsson Nordic Ltd v. Spelinspektionen, FR Linköping 5093-25: the third judgment of the same July 2026 group, status judgment.