888poker in Sweden — licence, games and what the welcome offer actually is

With every Swedish casino closed and no lawful poker cash game left in the country, online is where Swedish cash-game poker now lives. 888poker is the licensed room this site links to for Sweden, and its licence is printed on its own site rather than implied.

Is 888poker licensed in Sweden?

Yes, and the detail is published on the operator's own Swedish site. The right to offer commercial online gaming and betting in Sweden was granted to 888 Sweden Limited by Spelinspektionen under case number (diarienummer) 23Si2198, and the site states the licences are valid from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028. The company's registration number is given as C87403. Spelinspektionen is named as both the licensing and the supervisory authority for all forms of commercial online gaming and betting in Sweden.

That matters more in Sweden than in most markets. A Swedish licence is what brings an operator inside Spelpaus, the national self-exclusion register, and the site links to spelpaus.se, to a spending-limits page and to a PGSI self-test. The required responsible-gambling wording appears on the page: gambling can be addictive and lead to loss of money.

What you can play

Texas Hold'em and Omaha are the headline games, with Omaha Hi-Lo also listed. Beyond the standard multi-table tournaments and sit-and-gos, the site names online poker series, PKO (progressive knockout) tournaments and cash games, and three of 888's own formats: BLAST, the hyper-fast jackpot sit-and-go; Jackpot Sit & Go; and SNAP, its fast-fold cash-game pool where you are dealt into a new hand immediately rather than waiting out the table.

For a Swedish player this is the practical replacement for what the casinos used to offer. The licence governing land-based clubs in Sweden permits tournament poker only, so a cash game — SNAP or otherwise — is now an online proposition by default rather than by preference.

The welcome offer, stated plainly

The headline is a 150 kr free play bonus for poker and casino on your first deposit, advertised as requiring a deposit of 150 kr or more.

The terms published alongside it say something slightly different, and it is worth knowing before you deposit. They state a minimum deposit of 100 kr, which conflicts with the 150 kr figure in the headline. The bonus itself is not cash but tournament tickets: one ticket worth $5, five worth $1 and fifteen worth $0.10. The tickets must be claimed within 14 days and are valid for 60 days after claiming, while the free play bonus is valid for 14 days. The offer is for new players only, is a one-time bonus, applies only to selected games, cannot be combined with other offers, and runs with no end date.

We are reporting that discrepancy rather than resolving it, because only the operator can. Read the terms on the deposit page before relying on either figure, and treat the offer as a small ticket package rather than 150 kr of playable money.

Signing up

Expect identity verification, because a Swedish licensee is required to do it, and expect to be asked to set deposit limits as part of registration. If you are registered with Spelpaus you will not be able to open or use an account at any Swedish-licensed operator, which is the system working as designed.

The operator's page does not state a minimum age or anything about Swedish tax on winnings. For tax, check Skatteverket's own guidance rather than any affiliate summary, including ours. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice.