Player Protection: Spelpaus.se
Sweden's national self-exclusion register
Last verified: 2026-09-24
Spelpaus.se lets players self-exclude from all licensed Swedish gambling for 10 days, 1, 3 or 6 months, or indefinitely; 134,484 people were registered at the end of 2025.
Player protection: Spelpaus.se
Overview
Spelpaus.se is Sweden's national self-exclusion register, run by Spelinspektionen. Every operator licensed in Sweden must check a player's status on the register at registration and at every login, must not offer gambling to an excluded player, and must not send that player direct marketing during the exclusion period.
Players can choose a 10-day, 1-month, 3-month or 6-month exclusion, or an indefinite exclusion of at least 12 months; the fixed periods end automatically, while an indefinite exclusion continues until the player logs back in to end it, which is only possible after 12 months. The 10-day option, added around 1 July 2026, was the register's first change to its exclusion periods since it launched in 2019. At year-end 2025, 134,484 people were registered as excluded, up from about 20,000 at the 2019 launch.
Exclusion periods
| Period | How it ends |
|---|---|
| 10 days | Automatically, after 10 days |
| 1 month | Automatically, after 1 month |
| 3 months | Automatically, after 3 months |
| 6 months | Automatically, after 6 months |
| Indefinite | Player-initiated, earliest after 12 months |
How Spelpaus.se works and operator obligations. [1]
Confirmation of the 10-day exclusion period. [2]
Key facts
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Spelpaus.se is Sweden's national self-exclusion register, run and funded by Spelinspektionen; every operator licensed in Sweden must check a player's status on the register at registration and at every login, must not offer gambling to a player who is excluded, and must not send that person direct marketing during the exclusion period.
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As printed in Spelinspektionen's own 2025 information folder, a player could choose a self-exclusion period of 1, 3 or 6 months, or an indefinite exclusion of at least 12 months; the 1-, 3- and 6-month exclusions end automatically, while an indefinite exclusion continues until the player logs back in to end it, which is only possible after 12 months have passed.
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Spelinspektionen's own manual-handling form for Spelpaus.se lists a 10-day self-exclusion period alongside the 1-, 3- and 6-month and indefinite options, confirming the 10-day period as an official addition to the register; trade press describes it as the first change to the register's exclusion periods since the register launched in 2019, and reports it was introduced around 1 July 2026.
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At year-end 2025, 134,484 people were registered as excluded on Spelpaus.se (101,803 men and 32,681 women), an increase of 13,877 from year-end 2024 (120,607: 90,726 men and 29,881 women) and up from 104,301 at year-end 2023 (78,039 men and 26,262 women); the number of excluded people has risen steadily since the register launched in 2019 with roughly 20,000 registrations.
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Spelpaus.se was translated into Arabic during 2025, alongside its existing Swedish and English versions, continuing work begun in 2024 to make the register accessible to more people.
Sources
- SpelinspektionenPrimary source — Stäng av dig från spel (Spelpaus.se, informationsfolder 2025) — https://www.spelinspektionen.se/globalassets/dokument/ovriga-dokument/spelansvar/folder-spelpaus.se-2025.pdf
- SpelinspektionenPrimary source — Spelpaus.se: Manuell hantering, stänga av, ersätta, avsluta eller begära ny bekräftelse — https://www.spelpaus.se/Media/aphpayj2/spelpaus-manuell-hantering.pdf