Sweden online casinos face protracted restrictions

Sweden's online casinos will be ruined by government measures. Officials decided to extend restrictions on virtual business, fearing a gambling epidemic that will be more dangerous than the coronavirus.

Online casinos in Sweden are saddened by the start of consultations with the government intending to extend restrictions against virtual business. The ideologists of the law limiting the activities of online casinos hoped that the summer of 2021 would be coronavirus-free and promised quick freedom to online institutions, reminds icasinoclub . Now it becomes clear that the pandemic will be delayed somewhat.

Today Sweden is holding back online casinos with the following ways:

• weekly deposit limit - 5000 SEK;
• limit bonus - 100 SEK;
• limiting the time a gamer stays on the casino website.

These rules, which were a novelty of the past July, were instantly criticized by the operators, but they obeyed, seeing that the eccentricities of officials would end with the New Year holidays. Today, summing up the restrictions, online casino owners have armed themselves with statistics that demonstrate the stupidity of government measures.

Indeed, the numbers say: the flow of visitors to online casinos has remained unchanged, and sports betting has been brought down not by measures, but by the cancellation of competitions. Some of the players, having betrayed Sweden, switched to unlicensed foreign resources. Government damage to the industry is reflected in a 20 percent collapse in revenues.

While the online casino is arguing, the Cabinet of Ministers has issued a grant to the Ministry of Health for the study of the "coronavirus and gambling" link. It looks like Internet businesses will face upgraded restrictions next year.