Tag: Sweden Gambling Regulator
Sweden’s Gambling Regulator: No Comment on Possible EU Sanctions
January 24, 2014
Poker News – Svenska Spel, a state-owned gambling regulator in Sweden, has denied the accusations made this month by Tidningsutgivarna CEO Per Hultengård that it is not doing enough to fight gambling addiction. “Svenska Spel has for many years been very active, and still is, to prevent compulsive gaming,” a representative of Sweden’s gambling regulator told PokerNews, adding more fuel to the debate over the future of Sweden’s national monopoly. After the criticism Per Hultengård moved against Svenska Spel’s operations in Sweden’s leading financial newspaper, Dagens Industry, the regulator decided to talk to PokerNews and explain its views on some…