The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling is awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court before moving forward with its complaint against operator Svenska Spel
The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling is awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court before moving frontward with its complaint against manipulator Svenska Spel.
In 2019, the Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) filed a complaint with the Swedish Consumer Agency regarding gaming operator Svenska Spel and television television channel TV4.
The complaint alleged that a characteristic on the pop speak present Nyhetsmorgon, where a scratchcard is scratched live past a guest, is inwards fact a form of gaming advertisement and does not bind to relevant regulations, such as providing mandatory consumer protection information.
During the investigation, BOS and the Swedish Consumer Agency requested approach to the commercial message accord between Svenska Spel and TV4. This was through with(p) to gift the Agency a greater sixth sense into the financial scope and bodily structure of the agreement; however, the postulation was denied past Svenska Spel.
BOS and the Swedish Consumer Agency and so turned to the Patent and Market Court, which was inward understanding that Svenska Spel should set aside access code to the commercial-grade agreement.
However, Svenska Spel inwards turn appealed to a higher court, which sided with the operator and advised it not to deed over access.
In an escalation of the dispute, BOS and the Agency appealed to the Supreme Court. The charm was taken on and the Supreme Margaret Court will now begin a process of assessing whether Svenska Spel is obliged to supply get at to its commercial-grade correspondence with TV4 to BOS and the Agency.
Gustaf Hoffstedt, Secretary General of BOS, said of the ruling: “The determination from the Supreme Margaret Court to examine the instance is a major breakthrough for BOS as considerably as for the safeguarding of consumer tribute in Sweden.”
All parties at present await the Supreme Court’s last decision, and canful from in that respect run on to the initial conflict around whether Svenska Spel and TV4 get been in breach of play advertisement regulations.