1. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
Responsible Gaming Summit
Åland 2015
Carin Kappe
Ministry of Finance

2. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
Current legislation
• a sound and safe gaming market
- legal, safe and reliable
• exclude private profit

3. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
Infringement cases
3 cases
- betting on sports events (reasoned opinion)
- online poker (reasoned opinion)
- land based and online casinos (formal
notice)

4. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
COM press release 16 October 2014

5. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
Changes in the Lotteries Act
• make the existing licensing process more
transparent
• demands on social responsibility
• marketing rules
• report from Ministry of Finance out on
consultation with stakeholders until December

6. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
Prohibition of promoting participation
in lotteries
• Committee report presented to the Minister for
Public Administration on the 30 March 2015
• SOU 2015:34
• Equal sanctions for the prohibition of
promoting participation in lotteries regardless
where they are arranged
• Committee report out on consultation with
stakeholders until December

7. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
Public inquiry for a new legislation
• Government decision on the 24 September
• One-man Committee
• Recover control over the Gambling market
• 31 March 2017

8. Ministry of Finance Sweden
Government Offices of Sweden
Tack!
Carin Kappe
+46 8 405 20 93
+46 72 727 29 14
carin.kappe@regeringskansliet.se