Paf calls for ad ban and higher taxes in Sweden – Legal & compliance

The remark was made at the annual Almedalen Week event in Sweden, in a discussion of game policies arranged by Paf, entitled “Industries We Hate” and was one of the most important political forums in the country.

Operator policy recommendations include extending the Swedish self-exclusion program Spelpaus to centralize player limits and require them to function proactively so that they apply equally to all operators. It was.

However, it is even more noteworthy that sponsorship and exposure of television and outdoor gambling ads, as well as sports-related game ads, should be banned.

The discussion included the Center Party and moderate parliamentarians (MPs), and the Swedish Democrats. All politicians on the panel agreed that the situation for licensed online games was better than when the market was unregulated, but they said improvements were still possible.

Catalina Deremar, a member of Parliament from the Central Party, said: And, of course, it needs to be as clear as possible so that the law can be interpreted well. “

He also called for raising the gambling tax rate from 18% to 21%. This is due to the increased income used to make up for the loss of sponsorship funds for sports organizations.

“Our party supports the regulations we have today and wants to appoint an appropriate investigation five years later to fix what we need,” said Sweden Democrats MP Angelica Lundberg. Berg added.

“Today’s regulations give us 2.5 points in five stages, and we need to adjust the margins within that,” said moderate MP Daniel Wickman.

Sweden recently announced rules to reduce the amount of domestic gambling advertising, but the government refused to make attempts to ban all daytime advertising and instead of “adjusted moderation”. Optimized to introduce requirements.

The discussion will take place after the recent ban on all gambling ads in Belgium and all broadcast ads in the Netherlands.