“Te Covid-19 restrictions have two obvious consequences. Te first consequence is that high volume gamblers who play within the licensing system increase their number of accounts to several different gaming companies in order to avoid the deposit limit of SEK5,000.” Gustaf Hoffstedt, Secretary General of BOS


Jenny Nilzon at trade association SPER explains: “SPER shares the government’s concern that social isolation and economic vulnerability due to Corona risks increasing mental illness for vulnerable groups. SPER therefore understands that under the current circumstances, with the alarming spread of the virus and the consequences of that, the government is extending the ordinance on temporary liability measures due to the disease Covid-19.


“Having said that, SPER wants to emphasise that it needs to be investigated whether or not it can be seen that a change in risk behaviour or increased gambling problems have occurred due to the pandemic. It is also important to analyse


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whether applied gambling liability measures have had the desired effect and protected consumers. For SPER, gambling responsibility is long-term work where the measures need to be based on facts and impact assessments.”


In agreement is BOS (Swedish trade association for Online Gambling) which says the rules are misguided and need to be withdrawn. Tey claim the alleged increase in online play during the lockdown is unfounded.


Gustaf Hoffstedt, Secretary General of BOS said: “Te Covid-19 restrictions have two obvious consequences. Te first consequence is that high volume gamblers who play within the licensing


system increase their number of accounts to several different gaming companies in order to avoid the deposit limit of SEK5,000. Terefore, the gambling companies no longer get an overall picture of the individual players gambling behaviour. Te possibility of taking protective measures against excessive gambling in accordance with the statutory duty of care is lost. Te duty of care is the cornerstone of consumer protection in Swedish gambling regulation which is now largely put out of action by the government.


“Te second consequence is a likely continued leakage from the licensing system. In the spring of 2020, the leakage from the Swedish licensing


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