There are many changes starting today in Sweden, some are good and can help especially those who want to stop playing, may be some things other countries can follow tooo
1. Every operator who operates in Sweden, must mandatorily have limits that users have to define for deposits per week, month and year
2. Login is enabled using bank id, which is an app you use for your banking identification in Sweden, which connects to your personal number (equivalent of SSN). This takes away all the nonsense of identification crap that some operators throw some times to restrict or prolong withdrawals in the name of verification
3. Every time you login the site has to show what is your net loss or profit for last 1 year
And most importantly once you do a self exclusion it applies to all operators as you will be registered as self excluded in the country wide database
I think this makes gambling more responsible in Sweden
As a result many top ones pulled out of Sweden like Paddypower, William Hill, but a handful adapted
So there are limited operators now and it became more of a controlled free market than being open
You can easily make out illegal operators now. I have logged into 1xbet today and its as usual like earlier. When i chatted and asked them if they are operating legally with in country as they have not made changes they asked me to call hot line and they can explain details