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Swedes restrict online gambling advertising

29 Oct 2013

Following complaints against Unibet and Vera&John Casino for flighting advertisements “without a due sense of social responsibility” earlier this month , the Swedish Gaming Industry Ethical Council has issued new guidelines restricting bonus offers to the equivalent in Swedish Kronor of around $32. The online gambling operators were criticised by the Swedish advertising ombudsman at …

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Swedish advertising authority clamps down on online gambling ads

7 Oct 2013

According to the Swedish Lotteri Inspektione, the advertising authority Reklamombudsmanen has ruled that a Unibet outdoor advertising campaign featuring the text “play for $100 risk free at Sweden’s largest gaming site” is socially irresponsible as it gives the impression that it is safe to play and that Unibet is the largest operator in Sweden. Similarly …

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Swedish newspaper subpoenaed for carrying links to offshore operators

24 Sep 2013

The Swedish gaming authority Lotteriinspektionen has subpoenaed local newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen for providing links to offshore gambling operators via their websites. The subpoena focuses on the clickable links which it says promote participation in offshore lotteries, but does not focus on advertising as such. According to the authority, the two newspapers face a fine …

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Tain and Betting Promotion Sweden to merge?

27 Aug 2013

Sportsbetting solutions supplier Betting Promotion Sweden and gaming software developer Tain have confirmed they are in talks over a possible merger, but cautioned that negotiations were still at the preliminary stage and would not be completed until October, when a final decision will be taken at a Betting Promotion Sweden Extraordinary General Meeting. Betting Promotion …

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Swedish media profits from advertising ‘illegal’ online gambling operators

14 Jul 2013

The Swedish Supreme Court recently acquitted two media editors – from the Aftonbladet and Expressen newspapers – who were prosecuted for promoting foreign gambling operators in violation of the Swedish Lotteries Act. The case ultimately went to the European Court of Justice, achieving heavy media coverage, before the editors were let off the hook. The …

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Swedish online gambling regulation in 2014?

3 Jan 2013

A statement by the Swedish government indicates that the online gambling industry could soon see that nation emulating its Nordic neighbours in proposing legislation to regulate and licence internet gambling…perhaps as early as this year. The statement, signed off by the prime minister and the finance minister, acknowledges a study undertaken last year by the …

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Microgaming enters Swedish market through Genera Networks

17 Oct 2012

Online gambling software provider Microgaming has gone live with a new operator, Kombispel, through a first time agreement with Genera Networks, a games provider in the regulated Swedish market which is supplying Kombispel with Microgaming’s bingo, scratchcard and lottery games. “This is the first time that Microgaming has set up an arrangement with a member …

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Swedish National Audit Office on gambling

3 Jul 2012

The Swedish National Audit Office Riksrevisionens has termed the country’s existing gambling framework as inadequate and is calling for a newly-regulated environment that includes an efficient licencing system and mechanisms to counter illegal and unregulated gambling as well as a clear framework on marketing and advertising. The audit declared a growth in gaming volume of …

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Tough luck for Swedish lottery loser

4 Jan 2012

A 32-year-old Swedish woman lost out on winning a share of 80.5 million kronor ($11.7 million) due to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) having her registered at the wrong address, the English-language Swedish newspaper The Local.se reported this week. The nightmare started for Linda Nyqvist when she changed her address on moving to the village …

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Politicians liken Sweden´s gambling market to the wild west

31 Aug 2011

While online gaming in Sweden is restricted to state monopoly Svenska Spel, which offers lotteries, casino games, bingo, poker and sports and horse wagering via both internet and mobile channels, the country’s politicians have again voiced their opinions on liberalization of the market that would see it include foreign operators amongst other proposals. Sweden’s Social …

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Swedish health professionals warn on young problem gamblers

4 Aug 2011

General levels of problem gambling in Sweden have remained stable over the past decade, but a marked increase in the male 18 to 24-year-old demographic has prompted the Swedish National Institute of Public Health (Folkhälsöinstitutet – FHI) to issue a warning. The results of the latest FHI study of problem gambling in the Scandinavian country, …

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Swedish u-turn on internet gambling monopoly?

27 Apr 2011

According to a report this week in the English language Swedish newspaper TheLocal.se, the ruling Christian Democrat political party is actively considering a U-turn on its traditional policy of support for the country’s state monopoly on internet gambling.

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Online gambling a major element in Swedish Gambling

21 Mar 2011

A key element in Sweden’s busy gambling industry is the online sector, which accounts for 26 percent of all gambling in the wealthy Scandinavian country, according to new research by the Stockholm-based Research Institute of Industrial Economics.

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Online gambling site repays gambler´s stolen cash

28 Dec 2009

In Sweden an unidentified online gambling company has voluntarily paid back 4.9 million kronor (around $673 000) stolen by a gambling addict from her employer and wagered at its website.

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Online casino Mr Green the best in Sweden

21 Aug 2009

In a major test of Swedish online gambling websites, the relatively new Mr Green.com achieved full marks and was awarded “Best Web” by Internetworld magazine this week. Mr Green is the brainchild of two of the original Betsson founders, Fredrik Sidfalk and Henrik Bergquist.

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EGBA slams Sweden for failure to comply with EU law

1 Apr 2009

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has not minced its words in contributing comments to the public consultation on a report initiated by the Swedish Ministry of Finance into the gambling market in Sweden (the Nyren report), which expired today.

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Swedish online gambling blocks under discussion

30 Mar 2009

It didn’t work in Italy, and it is creating major waves of protest in Australia at present – the prospect of governments forcing Internet Service Providers to impose blocks censoring online gambling websites.

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Swedish players beware

15 Jan 2009

Swedish fraudsters masquerading as tax officials are the latest threat to online gamblers in the Scandinavian country, several websites reported this week.

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Gambling companies challenge Swedish inquiry findings

17 Dec 2008

The Swedish recommendations released earlier this week suggested some modification to the monopolistic structure which restricts gambling to the state owned Svenska Spel, but confined this to licensing sports betting products to private operators by 2011.

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Not a popular report

16 Dec 2008

It did not take long for Scandinavian and other online gambling companies to react to the publication of a Swedish commission report on loosening the stranglehold that the Svenska Spel state monopoly has on Swedish gambling.  Criticism of the recommendations came almost immediately, aimed mainly at the suggestion that only sportsbetting should be liberated.

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End in sight for Swedish monopoly?

16 Dec 2008

Sweden’s state-owned Svenska Spel gambling monopoly may find itself at the centre of some dramatic policy changes if the authorities accept the recommendations of a public commission appointed to study and report back on the subject.

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