Sweden's state-owned gaming operator, Svenska Spel, has reported a 1.7% fall in gross gaming revenues to SEK22.17 billion for 2009, which the company attributed to lower spending by customers as a result of introducing mandatory deposit limits for all players.
The company said that the mandatory limit on the amount of money that players can transfer to their online gaming account each week, along with the discontinuation of its bingo business, caused gross gaming revenues [...]