The Swedish government and the country’s gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, have agreed to reinstate temporary restrictions for online gambling.
Temporary restrictions were first introduced in June of 2021 and included a mandatory limit on play time, an SEK5,000 weekly deposit limit for online gambling and an SEK100 cap on any bonus offers.
The measures were put in place by Sweden’s Minister for Health and Social Affairs Ardalan Shekarabi, in an effort to mitigate the possibility of people developing dangerous gambling habits during the country’s pandemic-enforced lockdowns. All measures were lifted in November 2021, but due to the recent spread of the Omicron variant of covid, the government felt that an reintroduction was now required.
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.
Sweden's Spelinspektionen Agrees to Reinstate Online Gambling Limits. Sweden's Spelinspektionen Agrees to Reinstate Online Gambling Limits“The restrictions create incentives for the high-volume consumer to, instead of playing with a single gaming company, instead play with many companies, in order to thus override the deposit limit”
He also added that:
Sweden's Spelinspektionen Agrees to Reinstate Online Gambling Limits Sweden's Spelinspektionen Agrees to Reinstate Online Gambling Limits