Swedish court warns operators

The Swedish Administrative Court has issued two warnings and penalties over the lack of control against Spelpaus.

Sweden.- The Swedish Administrative Court in Linköping announced this week two judgements regarding warning and penalty fees to Genesis Global and AG Communications Ltd’s lack of control of players against the self-suspension register on spelpaus.se.

The court says that a check against Spelpaus is an important gaming liability measure and considers that the violations are so serious that Spelinspektionen has the right to decide on warning and issuing a penalty fee against the companies.

The Administrative Court also said that the regulator did the right thing at calculating the penalty fees based on the companies’ gross turnover. However, it estimates that the turnover is lower than what Spelinspektionen calculated and therefore decided to lower the penalty fee in both cases.

Sweden works against illegal gambling

Spelinspektionen has announced that it will implement new measures to fight illegal gambling. The goal is for all who conduct gaming operations in the country to have a Swedish licence.

The regulator has issued a number of relevant points that identify a legal gambling operator in the country. The company must offer deposits, withdrawals and wins in Swedish currency, and information in Swedish or the conditions for participation must be in the same language. Companies must also have a Swedish customer service or FAQ in the local language and its affiliates must direct marketing to Swedish consumers.

Moreover, the regulator said that the fact that Swedish consumers are not allowed to register or create an account on a website that offers game means that they cannot be considered a provider in Sweden and the Gaming Act is not applicable.