Who owns Paf?

As of 14 Oct 2026: Paf is run by Paf International p.l.c., Malta. It holds licences from Spelinspektionen (Sweden) for betting and online gaming, valid until May 2030. The company is state-owned (Government of Åland).

Ultimate owner	Paf (Ålands Penningautomatförening) (state-owned (Government of Åland))
Operating company	Paf International p.l.c., Malta
Licences	Sweden — Spelinspektionen (×2)
Products	Casino, Sports betting
Sportsbook	Kambi reported
Website	paf.se
Also runs as	paf.com, paf.ee, pafcasino.lv, paf.es
Companies of the other sites	Ålands Penningautomatförening (paf.com) · Åland — Government of Åland (Ålands landskapsregering) Aktsiaselts PAFER (paf.ee) · Estonia — EMTA HKL000490 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000394 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000272 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000228 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000191 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000190 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000125 · Estonia — EMTA HKT000014 · Estonia — EMTA HKT000005 · Estonia — EMTA HKT000002 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000015 · Estonia — EMTA HKL000007 SIA "PAF Latvija" (pafcasino.lv) · Latvia — IAUI E-02; TI-09 Paf Games, SA (paf.es) · Spain — DGOJ
Sister casinos	11
Fines and actions	Paf’s own company: 0 · whole Paf (Ålands Penningautomatförening) group: 2
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	14 Oct 2026

In numbers

Paf (Ålands Penningautomatförening) owns 12 casino and betting brands (22 websites) in our data.
2 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2025, about €75,000 in total (converted to euros).

Finnish gambling licence

Paf (Ålands Penningautomatförening) has applied for a Finnish gambling licence (20 July 2026). Licensed gambling can start on 1 July 2027 at the earliest. (source: MTV Uutiset)

Finland licence tracker: who applied and who owns them → · What changes for players on 1 July 2027 →

Licences

Regulator	Type	Valid	Check it
Sweden — Spelinspektionen	Kommersiellt online (betting)	2025-05-03 – 2030-05-02	register
Sweden — Spelinspektionen	Kommersiellt online (online gaming)	2025-05-03 – 2030-05-02	register

What these licences mean for you

What a Spelinspektionen licence means · self-exclusion: Spelpaus

About Paf (Ålands Penningautomatförening)

Gaming association owned by the autonomous Åland government. Holds Swedish licences via Paf International, PAF MT and PAF New Tech; bought the Speedy companies from Hero Gaming in 2021.

Headquarters: Finland (Åland) · Founded: 1966 · Ownership: state-owned (Government of Åland)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: Listed under Paf International p.l.c. in the Spelinspektionen licence register (URL paf.se).

We have no company registration number for Paf International p.l.c..

11 sister casinos

Same owner often means the same terms, the same support team and the same payout rules. A self-exclusion at one brand may not cover its sister sites.

Does self-exclusion at Paf cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work

Paf (Ålands Penningautomatförening) sister sites, fines and sources →

Fines and regulator actions

None of these 2 names Paf’s own company; they concern other companies of the Paf (Ålands Penningautomatförening) group. The company column names who was fined.

Fines from the 40 regulators, prosecutors and courts we track, online gambling only; fines against land-based casinos are out of scope. How we count fines.

Date	Company	Regulator / court	Amount	Reason
2025-12-03	Speedy Ltd	Spelinspektionen (Sweden)	—	Remark over consumer information duties. source
2025-01-29	PAF International PLC	Spain — DGOJ	EUR 75,000	Used technical systems that were not approved, e.g. moving gambling data to a new data centre without approval. Nominal fine €125.000; reduced to €75.000 after the firm admitted liability and paid early. Case ES/2025/004; DGOJ lists it under 2025. source

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