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    Default Sweden to reinstate online gambling limits

    The Swedish government and gambling regulator Spelinspektionen agreed to reinstate temporary restrictions for online gambling, which were first introduced in June 2021 and included a mandatory limit on play time, a SEK5,000 weekly deposit limit for online gambling and an SEK100 cap on any bonus offers.

    The measures were lifted in November 2021, but due to the recent spread of Omicron, the government decided to reintroduce the restrictions.

    From Gambling Industry News:

    Spelinspektionen had no cause to oppose the reinstatement of the measures and the matter is now open for consultation. The proposed start date for the new restrictions is February 7th with an end date of June 30th 2022.

    The government has also recommended that the new measures include a lower weekly deposit limit of SEK4,000.

    Yet while the gambling authority is not opposed to the new restrictions, the Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) has voiced its disapproval.

    Gustaf Hoffstedt, BOS Secretary General, has argued that the new limits are making it tougher for operators to ensure that their players are protected from the harms of problem gambling. His reasoning is that players are now opening new gambling accounts in order to circumvent the measures.
    Read more here: https://gamblingindustrynews.com/new...ts-reinstated/

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    The limit on play time seems a bit arbitrary to me in the sense that I'd think it would be more based on total amounts of wagers made or something like that.
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