SBC News Voice of the Sports Betting Industry
Sweden’s gambling authority, Spelinspektionen, has welcomed the government’s proposal for the country’s accession to Europe’s Macolin Convention.
The Macolin Convention was adopted by the Council of Europe back in 2014, with the main goal of protecting the integrity and ethics of sports and combatting the manipulation of results.
Subsequently coming into force in 2019, the Convention currently includes 34 countries as signees, 22 of which are European Member States. Sweden is not a part of it as of yet.
However, the government of Sweden through its Ministry of Social Affairs has assessed that the country meets the requirements to become the latest member of the Convention.
According to the Ministry, Sweden does not need additional constitutional amendments to ratify the international framework, and can move to accession without the approval of Riksdag, which Spelinspektionen wholeheartedly agreed with.
“The Swedish Gaming Authority endorses and welcomes the government’s proposal that Sweden should sign and ratify the Macolin Convention as soon as possible. It would deepen international cooperation and strengthen Sweden’s position in the work against match-fixing,” commented Spelinspektionen’s Director General, Camilla Rosenberg.
