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Westernberg & Amp; amp; amp; partner is a Swedish law firm specializing in intellectual property rights and dispute resolution. Westernberg & amp; amp; amp; PARTNERS, which has 23 experts on intellectual property, is one of the markets in Sweden and is regarded as a huge office for intellectual property in Scandinavian countries. Team activities on mental ti e-ups have led to a normative law issue in the strict gambling category. The Westerberry & Amplifier Team, which has two partners and a large number of lawyers, has a wide range of skills in the Gambling market in Sweden that can advise many huge paid players, such as paid operators and media companies. In addition to the daily consultation operations of the Gambling method, the team provides support to paid businesses to enter the Gambling Bazaar in Sweden, subsequently submitted new adjustments in 2019, and have been decorated on new standards. The case of the response was implemented. Swedish ship

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1. Introduction

1.1 Current Outlook and Recent Changes

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Five years have passed since the reorganization of the Swedish gambling market on January 1, 2019, and the more trivial and necessary problems that have been connected from power from the Swedish gambling legislation, the Swedish station) ) It was solved. However, Sweden's gambling Bazar still discovered almost all unresolved adjustments, maintained the invisible inflow of buyers to licensing operators, and among the Swedish population among the Swedish population. In order to improve the reputation of the people, the rights for several years will be related.

Furthermore, the SGA is continuing to work on functional activities, which is an lack of measures, such as a serious layout (RG) for gambling and the provision of illegal gambling by providing payment to unrecognized businesses. It has already given a remarkable result. These issues have raised two very important issues without a powerful precedent, and the gambling industry is looking forward to the results of further exams.

In addition, many of the civil requests submitted by the former buyer to gambling operators are interested in the important concerns of global information. In short, these claims are based on a claim for providing illegal gambling before the reorganization of Sweden and the RG-impact after the reorganization. Perhaps the successful cases in Germany and Central Europe mentioned this focus a while ago in his statement. The current day was not a similar trial that was not crowned by victory.

Finally, it was shown that the latest budget proposal to raise the gaming tax rate from 18 % to 22 %. If this proposal is adopted, the tax rate will be enhanced from July 1, 2024.

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From July 1, 2023, many important changes to the gambling method were implemented. One of them is the introduction of an indiscriminate B2B license in Sweden for those who manufacture, develop, modify, and improve gambling software for Sweden B2C licensei.

Most of the exposed fiv e-year license renewal order will be submitted by the end of 2023, so the SGA has significantly reduced paid online gambling and online betting fees. The new commission is set to 230. 000 Crone, and if the license is applied at the same time, the payment fee is required. It is still unclear whether this will increase the number of businesses to enter the Swedish market and whether the number of licenses to be applied will increase.

Finally, it is noteworthy that the Swedish Court of Administrative Court announced in May 2023 about the first hearing on the use of the gaming method. In this trial, whether the basis for calculating the maximum amount of penalties and the system of the term "sales" correspond to the total gaming sales (GGR) described by the compliant operators, or the total bed indicated by the SGA. Whether it would respond was an issue. The judge concluded that the GGR was on the right line and returned the matter to the SGA to r e-evaluate the penalty. Probably, this fact should be accompanied by a certain amount of sanctions in the future, taking into account that there is a big difference between the total GGR and all beds. Unfortunately, this fact does not justify the motion to abolish past sanctions in line with the previous defective system applied by the SGA and the lower court.

2. Jurisdictional Overview

2.1 Online

Online betting, bingo, poker, and casino games are allowed by approved paid operators. Online lottery is provided only to local government companies.

According to the legislative plan, fantasy sports generally fall into a bookmaker and need a license. A recent opinion on online soccer management games with prize money has ruled that the operation of these games corresponds to a betting offer in the sense of the gambling method, and therefore need a license. No penalties are imposed, and the conclusion is not a complaint.

Social games without bets, prizes and prizes do not necessarily require a license.

2.2 Land-Based

The Swedish government has an exclusive right to transfer authentic casinos. In real time, the stat e-owned company SVENSKA SPEL operates these classic lan d-based casinos (cosmopolicadino) in Sweden. In the competitive market, you can obtain land gambling permission based on specific standards such as bookmaker businesses, games that are not operated by casinos, and commodity machines. No n-profit organizations have the chance to get a license for land bingo and lottery.

3. Legislative Framework

3.1 Key Legislation

The two major legislation regulating the Swedish gambling bazaar is believed to be the Swedish Gambling Law (2018: 1138) and the Gambling of Sweden (2018: 1467). Furthermore, we quote appropriate legislation:

• Gambling tax law (2018: 1139);
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• Swedish marketing method (2008: 486);
• Consumer proposal bill (1985: 716);
• EU General Rules (GDPR) regarding data protection;
• Aid for the General Assembly Regulations on Data Data (2018: 218) ("Data Defense");
• Payment Law (2010: 751).

As part of his own mission, the SGA also performs certain normative acts on contracts and money laundering.site.

3.2 Definition of Gambling

The Swedish gambling method applies to all gambling with funds and foreign exchange prize money. In Section 1, the leaders under Article 2 of the Zar Game Law understand the definition correctly: "Lottery, betting, complex game, pyramid-game".

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• A pyramid game is a game that depends on the proportion of prospect members, which determines whether you can win depending on the number of members who have become members. Pyramid games are prohibited by gambling laws.

3.3 Definition of Land-Based Gambling

Based on the legislative plan of the Law on Gambling, land-based gambling is conducted as a game between a player and a gambling operator, which takes place in a physiological meeting.

3.4 Definition of Online Gambling

According to Chapter 2, Section 1 of the Law on Gambling, gambling on the Internet is conducted as a gambling configuration conducted by a party that provides telecommunication support and provides gambling with a player or multiple players.

3.5 Key Offences

According to Article 19, Section 1 of the Gambling Law, a party that intentionally or with gross negligence conducts unauthorized gambling or unauthorized gambling is punished with a fine or imprisonment of up to two years for illegal gambling (illegal games (illegal gambling)). Gambling Law, Article 19, Section 2: Anyone who follows the leader, pretends to be involved in these illegal gambling games, or assists and accepts the role with severe imprudence, is subject to a fine or imprisonment of up to two years (Encouraging Illegal Gambling). Both crimes do not take into account penalties for minor crimes.

According to Gambling Law, Article 19, Section 4, anyone who has insufficient influence over the final operation of gambling, who expands licensed solicitation in coordination with the gambling law, is subject to imprisonment of up to two years (Fraud).

3.6 Penalties for Unlawful Gambling

Illegal gambling, aiding and abetting illegal gambling, and fraud are subject to a fine or imprisonment of up to two years. For serious violations, the penalty is 6 years. It is also possible to prescribe imprisonment of up to 10 years. When assessing this, special attention should be paid to whether a case of fraud is considered serious, taking into account that it is a crime committed in the context of a crime:

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• particularly acts that are disruptive to public morals (in coordination with Article 19, paragraph 5 of the Gambling Prohibition Law).

3.7 Recent or Forthcoming Legislative Changes

Since July 1, 2023, the SGA has been granted the ability to implement its own proposals and issue court injunctions against creators of software that support the excessive operation of unlicensed operators, for example as candidates for appealing to the police to initiate criminal proceedings.

4. Licensing and Regulatory Framework

4.1 Regulatory Authority

The SGA is considered to be a gambling license and functions as a supervision authority to comply with gambling methods, gambling rules, and SGA rules. The Swedish Consumer Protection Agency will be supervised separately for the marketing provided by gambling, and the Swedish Tax Agency will be considered as the supervision authorities for appropriate tax payments.

4.2 Regulatory Approach

The gaming method has been drained as a normative framework decision. The gaming method gives the SGA the authority to issue a serious game requirements, annual membership fees, technical requests, and which games are subject to different categories licenses.

The only SGA coaches gambling in Swedish or gambling in the Swedish market. Therefore, online gambling, which is not targeted at the Swedish market, is not considered to be provided in Sweden under the Gambling law.

Evaluation of whether the gambling offer is targeting the Swedish market must be conducted using a common evaluation method.

According to the bill, this is to consider, for example, the fact that the site contains the Swedish word and the / or the Swedish currency is accepting beds and payouts. SGA also provides additional guidance on situations indicating that proposals are targeting the Swedish market. This includes the following:

• Use of . se domain
• Customer support contacts must be Sweden's phone number;
• Use of electrical identification system used by almost or everyone in Sweden consumers;
• Marketing in Sweden provided by companies or affiliates.
• Use of the following payment methods and / or payment providers:
  1. Registered or registered in Sweden
  2. It is used only by Swedish buyers or remarkably.

In recent SGA views, regulators have not been approved by Swedish Internet payment providers, using an electronic identification system (Bankid) used by most or all customers in Sweden. He ruled that giving a payment offer was equivalent to assisting gambling that was not approved to comply with the gambling law. The conclusion was appealed to the first instance administrative court.

4.3 Recent or Forthcoming Changes

After July 1, 2023, if a new rule has been set up in the gaming method and an update order is submitted at least four months before the expiration of the validity period, an effective license is effective while the update order is being considered. You can now maintain it.

4.4 Types of Licences

In the case of local governments, a license can be issued to implement gambling games at casinos, gaming machines, some lottery, Internet bingo, computer gambling simulator, regional poolbetting, and funds and products. 。 In the case of organizations that provide gambling for the benefit of local communities, it may be possible to grant a license for lan d-based bingo, some lottery, and poolbetting at the horse racetrack. Gambling with cash and tokens, and the license of games at casinos that are not performed online or casinos can be issued to international ships.

Paid Internet gambling licenses apply to online casino games, Internet bingo, and computer gambling simulators.

Paid figical betting and online betting license applies to sports betting, focusable, and lottery results (the approval of a lottery provider is required).

Landbase paid gambling license may be issued:

• Casino game that is not played at the casino;
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• Card game tournament.

4.5 Availability of Licences

In the Swedish gambling market, there are no restrictions on the number of licenses that can be issued to competitive businesses. However, as stipulated in the "type of license", there is also a license that can be used only by local government companies or charity/ no n-profit organizations.

4.6 Duration of Licences

The license is issued for 5 years. However, in many cases, SGA issued a shor t-term license based on disadvantaged financial situations and violations of the law in other areas.

4.7 Application Requirements

The main requirements for obtaining a Swedish gambling license are as follows:

• Knowledge, skills, organizational structure, and general aptitude to provide gambling services.
• You have the ability to respond to the claim.

The basic documents for applying for a license are the same for any type of license. The license application has 10%or more of the shares or voting rights of all the "qualified owners" (that is, the application company), including all the officers and directors of the application company, and the beneficiaries of qualified property. You must attach the application form filled in by). For each person, the following documents must be attached to the Swedish word for each person:

• A copy of the ID card (passport);
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• A copy of a crime history certificate in the state of all states in the past 10 years (it has not been more than six months at the time of submitting to the SGA).

The following documents must be submitted for all corporations with more than 10%or more direct or indirect ownership (stock or voting rights) of the application organization

• Registration certificate;
• Annual financial statements for the past fiscal year
• A service provider based outside the EEA area must have one expatriate in Sweden.

4.8 Application Timing

Complete applications are usually processed within a few months.

4.9 Application Fees

Swedish commerce (no n-governmental) operators will apply the following rates:

• Online gambling commercial licens e-230;
• Commercial license for lan d-based gamblin g-SEK 230;
• Joint application for commercial licenses for online and lan d-based gambling --230;
• Updated the above licens e-300;
• Gambling software license (B2B license) -120.
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4.10 Ongoing Annual Fees

The following annual membership fee is applied to the license that Sweden's commerce (no n-governmental) operators (no n-governmental) operators:

• Land of land gambling commercial licens e-2. 400 Krone, and
• Online gambling commercial licens e-30. 000-500. 000.

The annual fee for commercial online gambling licenses depends on the expected annual sales of the operator:

• Sales less than 10 million Cron e-30. 000 Crone;
• Sales 10-20 million Cron e-60;
• Sales 20-50 Million Cron e-120. 000 Crone;
• Sales 50 to 1 million SEK --240;
• Sales 100 million to 200 million SEK --300;
• Sales 200-500 Million Cron e-400. 000 Crone;
• 500 million crone or mor e-500. 000 crone.

The annual rea l-time B2B license fee is 3, 000 crone.

5. Land-Based Gambling

5.1 Premises Licensing

There is a chance to acquire a Lan d-based bingo, lottery, and a pool bet license at a lottery, even for charity and no n-profit organizations. In fact, like a paid operator, a Lan d-based casino can have all the possibilities for a specific game:

• Hotels and restaurant owners who have been approved by alcoholic beverages;
• Amusement park owner
• A operator of a ship in the international water area.

For license requirements, the general requirements of gaming are satisfied, referring to "Application requirements".

5.2 Recent or Forthcoming Changes

In the field of physical gambling, it is expected that there are few visible changes recently and there is no near future.

6. Online Gambling

6.1 B2C Licences

As stipulated in section 4. 4 "License Types", paid operators may issue paid Internet gambling licenses, paid Internet and physical gambling licenses (that is, B2C o n-line license). These licenses are essential for providing offer in the Swedish market, even if the offerers are based in other jurisdictions.

6.2 B2B Licences (Suppliers, Software, Etc)

Since July 1, 2023, Sweden will be required to have a B2B license for all organizations to produce, fix, supply, and install gaming software for gaming operators in the Swedish market.

Strict comprehensive contracts for individual organizations in a corporate group are not taken into account. In an environment where multiple companies are involved in the manufacturing and development of gaming software, the SGA usually manages the design and content of License, and accepts a single license agreement with complete ownership.

6.3 Affiliates

A licensed affiliated company is regarded as an unlicensed company and is restricted in the gambling law, like other license companies.

The license holder is related to performing management or functions in his own tasks, under the condition that the license holder will continue to accept proposals related to their work under certain standards. You have the option to sign a contract with a company (or independent). < SPAN> Annual rea l-time B2B license fee is 3, 000 crone.

There is a chance to acquire a Lan d-based bingo, lottery, and a pool bet license at a lottery, even for charity and no n-profit organizations. In fact, like a paid operator, a Lan d-based casino can have all the possibilities for a specific game:

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Hotels and restaurant owners who have been approved by alcoholic beverages;

6.6 Technical Measures

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7. Responsible Gambling (RG), Also Known as Safer Gambling (SG)

7.1 RG Requirements

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• In the field of physical gambling, it is expected that there are few visible changes recently and there is no near future.
• Since July 1, 2023, Sweden will be required to have a B2B license for all organizations to produce, fix, supply, and install gaming software for gaming operators in the Swedish market.

Strict comprehensive contracts for individual organizations in a corporate group are not taken into account. In an environment where multiple companies are involved in the manufacturing and development of gaming software, the SGA usually manages the design and content of License, and accepts a single license agreement with complete ownership.

A licensed affiliated company is regarded as an unlicensed company and is restricted in the gambling law, like other license companies.

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• A operator of a ship in the international water area.
• In the field of physical gambling, it is expected that there are few visible changes recently and there is no near future.

As stipulated in section 4. 4 "License Types", paid operators may issue paid Internet gambling licenses, paid Internet and physical gambling licenses (that is, B2C o n-line license). These licenses are essential for providing offer in the Swedish market, even if the offerers are based in other jurisdictions.

Since July 1, 2023, Sweden will be required to have a B2B license for all organizations to produce, fix, supply, and install gaming software for gaming operators in the Swedish market.

• A licensed affiliated company is regarded as an unlicensed company and is restricted in the gambling law, like other license companies.
• Except for a specific gaming service (such as casinos and gaming machines), a join t-cleaning can apply with other service providers that have been approved to provide gaming services within the EEA area.
• As mentioned in the paragraph 6. 2 B2B license (suppliers, software, etc.), Sweden recently introduced a gaming software B2B license.

7.2 Recent or Forthcoming Changes

Depending on the situation, the SGA may ask the ISP to post a clear and visible warning on a site that provides unreliable gambling services. Such a warning may include a warning that services are provided without license or supervision and that all prizes are taxed in Sweden.

Based on the Swedish gambling law, all licensed holders are obliged to comply with responsible gambling requirements. This includes the following general "caution obligations":

7.3 Gambling Management Tools

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• Suppress excessive excitement
• If there is a reason to do gambling, the player helps reduce the amount of gambling.
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8. Anti-money Laundering (AML)

8.1 AML Legislation

Other factors include past self-exclusion and age (the younger the age, the higher the risk).

The SGA has recently launched monitoring procedures against several operators for suspected violations of RG requirements, which are being challenged in administrative courts. As there is currently no authoritative case law on these issues, the outcome of upcoming cases is likely to set the standard for the level of RG measures required.

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Logos or hyperlinks for self-testing gambling behavior and risk, deposit limits or login time limit settings, and self-exclusion options must be clearly placed on every page of the gambling site and always available.

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• When registering and inputting the system, all licensed owners must confirm that the customer is not registered as a Swedish exclusion of SPELPAUS. Sel f-exclusion days are possible from 24 hours to indefinite. Immortal sel f-exclusion cannot be canceled 12 months ago.

All gambling businesses in Sweden are subject to laws by law on money laundering and terrorism.

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9.1 Regulatory/Supervisory Agency

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9.3 Key Legal, Regulatory and Licensing Provisions

Model risk management procedure (when such a model is used).

If the license owner is part of the corporate group, there is a special provision for general group procedures, including the requirements for the parent company to set the procedures applied to the entire group.

9.4 Restrictions on Advertising

As far as the author knows, the Swedish law on money launding measures has not been prepared recently.

After the license holder's registration, an initial customer check must be carried out. Such a check must also be carried out in the following cases:

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• All license holders must assess their customers for money laundering and terrorist financing risks. As a result of the overall risk assessment of each customer, a risk category of "high", "medium" or "low" is determined, which is monitored and may be changed periodically. The risk assessment should be used as a main part of the work on CD/FT and should include an assessment of how the license holder's products and services could be used for money laundering or terrorist financing. In this respect, the SGA has introduced the following risk factors:
• High risk - abnormal or irrational models of gambling, abnormally large transactions, failure to answer customer questions regarding proper care or failure to provide documents verifying the source of money.
• Normal risk - Customers who set deposit limits of EUR 2. 000 or more and/or gamble for more than 12 months are considered normal risk customers if there are no indications that the customer should be classified in the high-risk category.

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Low risk - Customers who gamble less than 2, 000 euros in 12 months are classified as low risk. However, it is important to take into account high deposit limits. If a customer sets abnormally high deposit limits during registration or during the business relationship, the licensee must ensure that gambling does not escalate sharply - even if the customer was initially a low risk for money laundering.

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10. Acquisitions and Changes of Control

10.1 Disclosure Requirements

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10.3 Passive Investors Requirements

Compliance with requirements and internal control management.

11. Enforcement

11.1 Powers

The SGA and the Swedish Consumer Protection Agency are guided by gambling marketing.

Is provided in the Swedish market. In other words, the SGA supervises advertising issues unique to gambling activities, such as bonus campaigns. The Consumer Protection Agency is monitoring general advertising regulations on gambling offers, such as requests for small marketing of gambling offers.

• According to the Swedish marketing method, the concept of marketing is "advertisements and other paid activities aimed at making products resale and access easier, and sales and sales of purchasers or traders. It is defined as the impact, failure, or other acts or actions by the transactioner after the delivery or after delivery. The concept of advertising is widely explained in the case law.
• It is stipulated in the Swedish Marketing Law and Swedish Gambling Law Chapter 15.
• At the time of this writing (October 2023), there were no precedents of the appeal court on the marketing issue of small gambling, and some of the few opinions in the first institution were about how to actually evaluate them. Includes conflicting rules.
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When deciding on charity contracts, the licensee must observe that no logo or name of gaming goods or offers appear on special merchandise for people aged 18.

• With the exception of non-profit organisations, bonus offers are only permitted if the customer plays the game with the licensee for the first time. Precedent law gives a broad explanation to the concept of prizes, linking commissions, presentations, (non-monetary) prizes, VIP promotions, cashbacks and charity rotations.
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11.2 Sanctions

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In the most lax cases, the SGA has the ability to immediately revoke gambling licenses. These conclusions can be appealed and, if necessary, a stay of execution can be requested to delay the immediate effect.

There are no special amendments in this field.

All legal entities and physiological persons who intentionally or indirectly own more than 10% of the promotion or rights of a licensee must be licensed by the SGA and submit documents on the members and leaders of the board of directors, as well as on the company and legal entities, economic documents.

11.3 Financial Penalties

The structures regarding the direct or indirect ownership of the licensee or key persons, as described in Article 10. 1 "Information disclosure requirements", must be declared to the SGA within 14 days from the claim stage of the contract with these structures. An SGA levy of 1, 000 SEK must be paid in order for these disclosures to be processed.

11.4 Personal Sanctions

Indirect holders of a license-holder (i. e. holders involving promotional or speech rights of 10% or more) are still subject to disclosure requests as described in section 10. 1 "Disclosure Requirements".

12. Tax

12.1 Tax Rate by Sector

SGA has the authority to guarantee the compliance with gambling regulations stipulated in the Swedish gambling rules, ant i-money laundering and ant i-terrorism. The execution of the restriction is performed according to the administrative law. The SGA survey results have all the opportunities to appeal to the Rinshawping Administrative Court. If the appeal is allowed, the results of these surveys are likely to be appealed to the Yon Show Pilling Administrative Court and appealed to the highest administrative court. Except for a limited exception, the legal effect of the SGA view is temporarily stopped until it is determined, that is, until the appeal period expires or all the appeals are exhausted.

SGA includes the following options according to the significance of violating the gaming method or the appointed license promise.

13. Anticipated Reform

13.1 Anticipated Reform

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Trends and Developments

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Westernberg & Amp; amp; amp; partner is a Swedish law firm specializing in intellectual property rights and dispute resolution. Westernberg & amp; amp; amp; PARTNERS, which has 23 experts on intellectual property, is one of the markets in Sweden and is regarded as a huge office for intellectual property in Scandinavian countries. Team activities on mental ti e-ups have led to a normative law issue in the strict gambling category. The Westerberry & Amplifier Team, which has two partners and a large number of lawyers, has a wide range of skills in the Gambling market in Sweden that can advise many huge paid players, such as paid operators and media companies. In addition to the daily consultation operations of the Gambling method, the team provides support to paid businesses to enter the Gambling Bazaar in Sweden, subsequently submitted new adjustments in 2019, and have been decorated on new standards. The case of the response was implemented. Swedish ship

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This may be accompanied by a penalty of 5. 000 crone to 10%of the annual gaming revenue (GGR);

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Completely withdraws the license of the license holder.

If the license holder does not provide information required to be provided based on the gaming law, the SGA has the option to impose a delayed penalty for up to 100. 000 crone. The SGA has the option to exempt the fine of the fine:

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When the other authorities impose sanctions in relation to violations and are considered necessary sanctions.

The Swedish Consumer Protection Agency's execution is under administrative law. However, the agency's conclusion may be filed with the Patent Market Court and the Patent Market Court Court of Court, which is usually processed in accordance with the Swedish Civil Procedure Law. It is believed that the Swedish Public Prosecutor's Office has the authority to forcibly conclude in criminal crimes. This is forced in accordance with the General Criminal Procedure Law, and the prosecutor provides a more invasive defense method compared to the SGA and the Swedish Conservation Agency, which is inexpensive.

• In the meantime, the SGA canceled the gambling license, alleging that RG and AML measures were inadequate in addition to bonus restrictions. The SGA canceled the license to operators who did not start a business even after acquiring a license. The SGA has also issued legal instructions to 31 unlicensed foreign businesses, which are suitable for gambling services in the Swedish market.
• Since 2019, the Swedish consumer protection Agency has not provided special activities in gambling, but has achieved mediu m-level marketing requirements in two cases. In any case, the patent and market court issued a court order to impose a fine, and no case was appealed to the appeal court.

As shown in section 11. 2 "Penalties", the SGA may be fined and fined for payment delays. The sanctions costs are set at 10 % from 5. 000 Crone in the annual SGA by the Azode Game Law.

• Currently, gambling services are taxed by 18 % of monthly profits. The profit is equivalent to the difference between the total bet and the total payment amount. This calculation includes only the rate and payment belonging to the Swedish market.
• The Swedish government suggested that gambling was raised to 22 % in a budget proposal in September 2023. If this tax increase is approved, it will come into effect on July 1, 2024.

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6 months of market development-lessons and opportunities

By the end of 2023, five years will be leaked from the r e-registration of the Swedish gambling market. Without paying attention to the spacing of COVID-19, which has introduced a short-term restriction, it will sort out the first conclusions in accordance with the results of the first few years and set up some monitoring in the right chapter. It was already a considerable time. This explanation distinguishes some more current trends discussed in the Swedish gambling industry.

In the first half of the new fiscal year of the new system, the Swedish Gambling Law basically has many questions and unresolved issues in the fram e-system's strength, which is the Swedish Gambling Agency (SGA). ) He proved that it has led to sufficient trials between the business. As a result, many trials were conducted between the Swedish Gambling Agency (SGA) and the business operator, and some central issues were solved by the appeal court, such as the impact of the priz e-limit and the restriction of betting on youth acts. It was done. However, almost all major issues are still unresolved, and in the worst case, in the worst case, the number of penalties following the trial continues in the worst case, as the SGA switches interest in new unresolved issues. See.

The introduction of temporary regulations during the COVID-19 epidemic indicates that the Swedish government can respond quickly to the expected and unwanted trends in the Swedish gambling market. Furthermore, two amendments in the gambling method have already been adopted, and it has been revised that the legislator is watching the progress of the situation in this field, but it has been implemented to solve existing problems. Many commercial companies think that there are too few things.

Instructions from customers to licensed businesses

In the Gambling world of Sweden, it is one of the most controversial issues on how to guide customers from no n-licensed to licensing operators. According to recent market research, only about 77%of Swedish online gambling are performed on licensed platforms. It should be noted that online casino games are only 72%, whereas this share is 84%at online start. Considering the Swedish government's ambition to 90%and the fact that five years have passed since r e-regulation, the current customer distribution needs to be disappointed and needs to send customers to the license owner. 。

Recently, new SG A-no n-licensed protection products are in this process, which is unlikely that they can eliminate the remaining gap alone. According to many Swedish licenses, bonus restrictions should be canceled for the first time in order to recognize regular customers and use incentives as the main tools of invitation to avoid their losses. be. Regardless of whether new measures are sufficient, what new regulation measures should be taken to compete with gambling on an unrelated platform, and what regulatory measures are counterproductive. Discussions on the possibility are likely to continue to be a highly relevant topic in the Swedish gambling community.

The introduction of temporary regulations during the current image problem < SPAN> COVID-19 can quickly respond to the Swedish governments forecast and unwanted trends in the Swedish gambling market. Shows. Furthermore, two amendments in the gambling method have already been adopted, and it has been revised that the legislator is watching the progress of the situation in this field, but it has been implemented to solve existing problems. Many commercial companies think that there are too few things.

Instructions from customers to licensed businesses

In the Gambling world of Sweden, it is one of the most controversial issues on how to guide customers from no n-licensed to licensing operators. According to recent market research, only about 77%of Swedish online gambling are performed on licensed platforms. It should be noted that online casino games are only 72%, whereas this share is 84%at online start. Considering the Swedish government's ambition to 90%and the fact that five years have passed since r e-regulation, the current customer distribution needs to be disappointed and needs to send customers to the license owner. 。

Recently, new SG A-no n-licensed protection products are in this process, which is unlikely that they can eliminate the remaining gap alone. According to many Swedish licenses, bonus restrictions should be canceled for the first time in order to recognize regular customers and use incentives as the main tools of invitation to avoid their losses. be. Regardless of whether new measures are sufficient, what new regulation measures should be taken to compete with gambling on an unrelated platform, and what regulatory measures are counterproductive. Discussions on the possibility are likely to continue to be a highly relevant topic in the Swedish gambling community.

The introduction of temporary regulations during the current image problem COVID-19 shows that the Swedish government can respond quickly to the expected and unwanted trends in the Swedish gambling market. 。 Furthermore, two amendments in the gambling method have already been adopted, and it has been revised that the legislator is watching the progress of the situation in this field, but it has been implemented to solve existing problems. Many commercial companies think that there are too few things.