Sweden and Denmark’s gambling trade body chiefs Gustaf Hoffstedt (BOS) and Morten Ronde (Spillebranchen) expect the gambling monopoly model, seen in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, will be eradicated in the next few years and monopoly operators will be sold to the private sector.

Both Hoffstedt and Ronde agree there is no place for a state gambling monopoly in the commercial gambling sector, as the government’s role causes major conflicts of interest.