In the middle of the match, Svenska Spel stopped the possibility of live betting on the match, which ended 4-8.
Deviating odds movements gave rise to suspicions of gambling fraud, which will now be investigated by both Svenska Spel and the Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
- This is incredibly unusual, especially connected to Swedish ice hockey, and you have to be extremely happy and grateful for that.
Then, of course, you should take it seriously and investigate what is actually the basis for this.
We now need to come to facts to understand what has happened and what caused it and if there is any justification for the suspicions that exist, says Dan Korhonen, head of sports betting and game safety at Svenska Spel to SVT Sport.
What are you doing then?
- The first step is to go through all our game transactions to possibly find something that could not be found in real time.
Then of course we have a dialogue with the ice hockey association and their investigation.
Then we try to collect as much information and help in the investigation work as we can to reach conclusions.
- The importance of information sharing in cases like this is incredibly important.
Information from us as a gaming company and the insights we make linked to the gaming market and odds movements are important, but we also need information from clubs and people in close proximity to the associations that help solve the whole puzzle.
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Svenska Spel has contacted the police with the information they have, but they have not currently started a preliminary investigation, announces Crime Commissioner Fredrik Gårdare, who leads the police's work against sports-related crime.
- Ice hockey has such a well-updated safety structure around all forms of unauthorized impact.
Everything they make an assessment that the police should know about or make an assessment of or if something is obvious that the police should investigate, we get it from the ice hockey association or SHL, he says.
Despite the investigations and the suspicions that emerged yesterday, it is still possible to play in Björklöven's upcoming matches.
- But it depends on what the future shows what we do in the future, says Dan Korhonen, and continues:
- As long as there is no suspicion that there would be irregularities linked to players or the association as such, we will continue to offer games on them, absolutely!
Should it prove otherwise, we will have to make a decision about it then, if we are not to offer games at their matches.
So right now it is possible to play as usual at Björklöven's upcoming matches?
- Yes exactly!
Right now and until the offer proves otherwise.