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Sweden’s Spelinspektionen Fines Bet365 Over Bets on Football Friendly

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March 29, 2021

The Swedish gaming regulator Spelinspektionen has fined Bet365 operator Hillside Sports SEK1m (€98,000) and issued it a warning for offering bets on a football friendly in which most players were aged under 18. Bet365 had offered odds on a training match played between Kronängs IF and Mariedals IK on March 28, 2020. Spelinspektionen’s review…

Sweden’s Konsumentverket Publishes Report on Loot Boxes and Other Gambling-like Features in Games

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By: The HALLO ECHO

February 27, 2020

The Swedish Consumer Agency Konsumentverket (KO) has published a report on loot boxes and other gambling-like features in games. The report states that loot boxes or other gambling-like features in games could be regulated under the Swedish Gambling Act (2018) when prizes from in-game features constitute money or money’s worth. If the in-game features…