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BOS comments on the government’s closure of Casino Cosmopol, Sweden’s last remaining land-based casino: “OK to close the state casino but at the same time open up for private initiatives”
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) today submits its opinion on the government’s initiative to close the last physical casino in Sweden, state-owned Casino Cosmopol in Stockholm. BOS…
BOS in Sweden’s largest morning paper Dagens Nyheter: “The state has gambled away the control over online casino”
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) is today published with an op-ed in the paper edition of Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest morning newspaper. The online version was published one day…
New report from BOS: the gambling tax increase creates one thousand new problem gamblers
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) today presents a report produced by the analysis institute Copenhagen Economics (CE). CE has calculated what the tax increase on gambling (from…
Press release: BOS rejects the proposal A new ban on gambling on credit
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) today submits its statement to the Ministry of Finance on the memorandum A new ban on gambling on credit, in which a ban…
Op-ed: “Of course the minister is right when stating that the state should not operate casinos”
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) expresses itself in an op-ed, published today in Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet, about financial market minister Niklas Wykman’s statement that “It should…
Press release: BOS agrees with KV’s/KO’s advertising assessment of “Trisskrapet” in TV4
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) agrees with the Swedish Consumer Agency’s (KV) and the Consumer Ombudsman’s (KO) assessment that the daily scratch card commercial “Trisskrapet” in TV4…
Press release: BOS welcomes government initiative on information exchange against match-fixing
In a memorandum, the government has proposed expanded and legally secure opportunities for betting companies and sports associations to exchange information with each other in the event of suspicion of…
Press release: BOS opposes the government’s credit card ban
On Friday, the government came out with a proposal to ban the use of credit cards for gambling. The government is thus going against its own state investigation into the…