Sundsvall casino

Casino Cosmopol is a Swedish company, a subsidiary of Svenska Spel, owning a casino. All the profit of the company goes to the national treasury of Sweden.

It was in in the old Customs House, Gothenburg (now Casino Cosmopol) that it was decided to open four state-involved casinos.

The four casinos opened in:^{[citation needed]}

1. Sundsvall opened on July 1, — closed in
2. Malmö opened on December 8, ^[1] - closed in
3. Gothenburg opened on August 31, ^[2] - closed in
4. Stockholm opened on March 13,

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The casino at Sundsvall was Sweden's first international casino, opened in July It was housed in the refurbished old central railway station, built in In , it was voted Europe's best casino,^[3] but it was closed in since it wasn't profitable.^[4]

In Malmö in Skåne County, the casino was located in the center of the city in Kungsparken, and was opened in December Kungsparken is a large park that surrounds Malmö Castle.

The casino in Gothenburg was opened at the end of August It was housed in the old Customs House at Packhusplatsen.^[5] The building had earlier been used as a poker lounge and had a seating area called Loser's lounge.

In March , the fourth casino was opened in central Stockholm. The casino is located near the Kungsbron (King's bridge) — a continuation of the long street Kungsgatan (King's road).^[6] The casino in Stockholm offers table games (including roulette, blackjack, baccarat and sic bo) as well as poker cash-game with limits 10/10 (min buy-in /) and up to / (min buy-in –).^{[7][non-primary source needed]}

In the start of , it was announced that Svenska Spel will close down their casinos in Malmö and Gothenburg. These casinos closed on 24 February ^[8] The reasoning for the decision seems to be the lack of demand from players as more players move online to gamble.

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