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BOS welcomes the Government’s review of the Gambling Act
The government today announces that it is taking the initiative to review the Gambling Act. BOS – the Swedish Online Gambling Industry Association – welcomes the Government’s initiative, with the…
BOS urges the Ministry of Finance to take initiative to amend the Gambling Act
BOS – the Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling – has today written to the Swedish Ministry of Finance with a request to amend the Gambling Act. It is currently…
BOS presents initiative against money laundering
Money laundering is a threat in all sectors of society where money is present, including the gambling sector. The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) is therefore today presenting…
BOS on Sweden’s signing of the Macolin Convention: Welcome, but unreasonable to only include state gambling companies in the work against match-fixing
In a memorandum from the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Swedish Government has proposed that Sweden sign and ratify the so-called Macolin Convention. This convention regulates the cooperation of the…
BOS comments on the National Audit Office’s review of the Swedish Gambling Authority: “Welcome that the National Audit Office also advocates extended criminalization of unlicensed gambling”
The National Audit Office has commissioned an investigation into the Swedish Gambling Authority’s supervision of the Swedish gambling market. The result was published today in a report that is published…
BOS/The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling commissions Advisense to strengthen efforts against money laundering – A unique survey on the state of play in measures against money laundering and terrorist financing in the gambling industry
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling, BOS, has commissioned the consulting firm Advisense to conduct a unique survey among its member companies this fall to strengthen their work against…
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…