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Swedish Gambling Inspectorate (Spelinspektionen) has accepted some recommendations for tighter restrictions, such as further limits on ads in the country’s Gambling Market Inquiry, but has objected to others, including a permanent SEK5000 deposit cap on slot machines.
Calls from Sweden’s Gambling Market Inquiry
Back in December 2020, the Swedish Gambling Market Inquiry (Spelmarknadsutredningen) published a report on the regulation of iGaming after it was legalised in the country in 2019.
The report notably called for tighter restrictions on gambling advertising, for a licensing regime for software providers and for Sweden’s current temporary SEK5,000 (£429) deposit cap for slot machines to be made permanent. This is related to this report that the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate has recently responded to.
ATG hits back in fresh row over Swedish racing levy
3rd February 2021
| By Richard Mulligan
AB Trav Och Galopp (ATG) has cast doubt on the future of Sweden’s equestrian industry as comments made by the head of the racing levy inquiry once again ignited a long-standing row over funding.
Maria Guggenberger, head of corporate social responsibility at the former racing monopoly, which channels its profits to the racing industry, hit back at claims made recently by Anna-Lena Sörenson, head of the Swedish Gambling Market Inquiry, on a webinar hosted by the Swedish Gambling Association (SPER).
In the webinar, Sörenson, who late last year rejected the introduction of a racing levy following her inquiry, reiterated her position that the current model with financing from ATG’s surplus is sustainable. In the webinar, Sörenson, whose interim report is now out for consultation, argued that collecting the levy would cost more than it recoups.