Has Swedish Minister for Public Administration Ardalan Shekarabi been lying about an increase in online gambling during the COVID-19 crisis?

Shekarabi has been one of the loudest advocates for further emergency gambling restrictions on licensed operators, despite an industry-wide consensus that such measures would make it impossible for legitimate sites to compete with unlicensed offshore sites. 

Now, Swedish news site Di.se is saying Shekarabi has been reported to the country’s “Parliament Constitutional Committee” by the opposition for allegedly lying about the increase in online gambling during the crisis at a press conference on 23 April. 

AYO.NEWS says:

As we have said before, we strongly suspect Shakarabi’s support of further draconian restrictions on the gambling industry are ideologically driven, rather than pragmatic, so it really wouldn’t surprise us if it does turn out that he lied to drum up support for his proposals. 

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