The Swedish Gambling Authority (Spelinspektionen) has decided to lodge an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision to reduce the fines issued to gambling operators Genesis Global and AG Communications. The court’s decision would see the penalties reduced by more than half.
The fines were issued in 2019 for what Spelinspektionen described as a breach of the operators’ obligation to connect their services to Spelpaus, Sweden’s self-exclusion tool.
Swedish Gambling Authority Appeals Reductions for Fines Issued to Genesis and AG CommunicationsHowever, both operators decided to lodge a further appeal to the Jönköping Court of Appeal. This second appeal then resulted a further reduction leaving the companies each with an SEK1M fine for their breaches.
Swedish Gambling Authority Appeals Reductions for Fines Issued to Genesis and AG Communications Swedish Gambling Authority Appeals Reductions for Fines Issued to Genesis and AG Communications released on the Spelinspektionen website, the regulator said:“The penalty fees decided by the Court of Appeal are too low in relation to the seriousness of the infringement and the companies’ turnover. In order for penalty fees to be dissuasive and proportionate, it is necessary to take the companies’ turnover into account when determining the size of the penalty fee.”
The news of Spelinspektionen’s appeal comes shortly after a court ruled that regulator cannot enforce an SEK20M fine it issued to online operator Betsson for an alleged violation of the Swedish Gaming Act.
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