Swedish regulator temporarily revokes Charm Entertainment’s casino licences

Spelinspektionen on 1 October issued an interim revocation covering all of Charm Entertainment AB’s gambling licences and gaming venues, requiring the company to stop licensed operations immediately while the regulator pursues a final revocation case. [1]

The decision applies to the licences and venues listed in the order under references 21Si2597, 22Si2306, 23Si924 and 23Si1317. The measure is interim rather than final, but it already takes effect across Charm’s licensed estate. [1]

Spelinspektionen said it opened its supervisory case into Charm Entertainment AB on 27 May. In the interim decision, the regulator said it had reviewed the company’s annual reports for 2023, 2024 and 2025 and noted that two annual reports had been registered for the 2023 financial year. [1]

The regulator also referred to material from the preliminary investigation in Södertälje District Court case B 1563-24. Spelinspektionen said that material showed current and former Charm management figures had been charged with several offences, including aggravated accounting offences, in Lucky 21 Casino AB. [1]

In the same decision, Spelinspektionen said Lucky 21’s former gambling business was almost identical to Charm’s current business, with largely the same gaming venues and overlapping personnel. That formed part of the regulator’s suitability assessment in the Charm case. [1]

The criminal allegations cited by Spelinspektionen remain charges in the court matter rather than final convictions on the evidence available here. The licensing decision therefore does not settle the criminal case, but it does require Charm to cease operating under its Swedish licences pending the regulator’s final revocation process. [1]

Sources

• [1] Spelinspektionen: Charm entertainment AB - återkallad licens interimistiskt beslut, 2026-10-01