Tag Archives: BOS

The Board of Review of the Swedish Press and Broadcasting Authority (MRPT) has ruled that Svenska Spel lottery and keno draws broadcast on TV4 Sweden should be recognised as advertising.  MRPT judges were ordered to review Svenska Spel’s programming of lottery draws following a complaint submitted by Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) – Sweden’s trade association for online gambling. BOS had …

Svenska Spel’s future as a Swedish state-owned enterprise must be settled in 2023, according to Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), Sweden’s online gambling trade association.  BOS Secretary General, Gustaf Hoffstedt, issued the demand by writing an op-ed on Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest newspaper. Hoffstedt maintains BOS stance that Svenska Spel holds no remit to participate in commercial gambling (sports betting and online casino).  The trade body …

Ulf Kristersson, Sweden’s new Prime Minister has announced the remaining cabinet positions that will form the country’s new right-wing coalition government.  The leader of the Moderate Party, Kristersson will govern alongside members of the Swedish Democrats (SD), Liberal, and Christian Democrats (CD) parties – the coalition that won Sweden’s General Election on 11 October. The Riksdag informed that Kristersson had …

Sweden’s General Election concluded on Wednesday afternoon, as a coalition led by the Swedish Democrat Party (SD), secured a historic victory.  The outcome took three days to declare, as the General Election that took place on Sunday 11 October last year had registered a near 50/50 split on initial exit poll ballots. On Wednesday, conclusive results were announced as the …

Sweden’s Moderaterna Party (Liberal Conservatives) have submitted a provisional mandate to the Riksdag, outlining plans to overhaul the country’s gambling regime. Ahead of the General Election on 9 September, Moderaterna has formed a four-party right-wing bloc that will challenge Sweden’s left-of-centre coalition government led by Social Democrat Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.  Should it win the Autumn elections and come to power, …

Playscan CTO and Svenska Spel data scientist Axel Lyckberg has been named Swedish online gambling’s leader of the year by trade bodies Spelbranschens, Riksorganisation (SPER) and Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS).  On Wednesday 30 March SPER and BOS announced the winners of the 2022 Swedish Gambling Awards – which recognise and reward the companies and leaders placing sustainable play and corporate …

Konsumentombudsmannen (KO) – Sweden’s Consumer Ombudsman has been rejected in its appeal to examine a contract between Svenska Spel and TV4 AB regarding their existing arrangement to promote Triss (instant win) games. Since 2020, KO has stood by its original decision that news features on TV4 promoting Triss winners should be classified as advertising. Its decision was deemed necessary to …

Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) – Sweden’s Online Gambling Association – has stated its support for proposals to combat match-fixing and unlicensed gambling.  The trade association has backed draft measures put forward by Gunnar Larsson, Director General of Sweden’s Chamber of Commerce, but warned lawmakers that “new measures will not be enough to achieve Sweden’s channelisation goals”. In 2020, Larsson was …

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has released Spanish and Portuguese language versions of its Optimum Betting Market study in recognition of the burgeoning Latin American sorts wagering sector. By updating the report, the IBIA hopes to ‘assist the development of betting regulation’ in countries in the region such as Brazil by assessing existing regulatory models in Colombia, Mexico and …

Sweden’s online gambling trade association Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) has urged the government to reject proposals imposing tighter advertising controls on the gambling sector. A review of advertising standards had been proposed by the Gambling Market Inquiry led by Social Democrat MP Anna-Lena Sörenson, who was charged with evaluating the marketplace following its first-year post re-regulation in 2019. Of concern …