Swedish sports betting operators can relax a little, as proposed emergency restrictions are revised to exempt sports betting from deposit limits. 

As we’ve previously reported, the proposed emergency restrictions on gambling in the country had included deposit limits of SEK 5,000, plus other measures, for all gambling for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis.

However, social security minister Ardalan Shekarabi, a leading proponent of draconian restrictions, has now presented adjustments to the measures, which would exempt horse racing and sports betting from the deposit limits.

Although it’s obviously good news for all sports betting operators in the country, BOS, the online gambling trade association, has said it thinks the change of heart has little to do with consumer protection, and is instead “to provide benefits to gambling companies that it [the government] is closely connected to, such as horse betting company ATG, with a majority of its board members appointed by the government.”

AYO.NEWS says:

It really does seem like licensed gambling operators have lost all trust in Swedish politicians. And, as we’ve previously noted, as long as ideologically driven anti-gambling politicians like Shekarabi hold sway, things will only get worse. 

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