Swedish regulator appoints new coordinator

The local gaming regulator continues with structural changes ahead of its new regulations.

Sweden.- Lotteriinspektionen, the Swedish gambling regulator, has announced that Katarina Abrahamsson is the new match-fixing coordinator of the entity. The local industry is in the middle of a reorganisation process as it nears its new regulations.

In light of the current reorganisation of the Swedish gaming market, the authority, which changes after the turn of the year to the Spelinspektionen, recruited the match-fixing coordinator, who took office on October 15, 2018.

Patrik Gustavsson, Operations Manager, said: “Katarina has extensive experience from previously coordinating issues between authorities, organisations, but also from working both nationally and internationally with regulation and coordination issues. This experience is very important in the work done by the Spelinspektionen as of January 1, 2019, with regard to the work against match-fixing.”

With the new game rules, the Game Inspectorate plays a central role in the fight against match-fixing, among other things, through its mission to lead the council against match-fixing. The Council’s task is to promote strategic and operational cooperation in issues of counter-match fixing.

The anti-match-fixing council to be led by the Spelinspektionen consists of representatives of the Public Prosecutor, the Police Office and the Government Offices (Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Social Affairs). The Spelinspektionen may also include representatives from the Riksidrottsförbundet and in particular the relevant sports federations, trade organisations representing license holders who organise betting and other especially involved organisations.

“Through the new game missile introduced in the game act, the Lotteriinspektionen hopes that police and prosecutors will now have better opportunities to claim manipulation of events with regard to game results,” said Patrik Gustavsson.