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Swedes
Rethinking
Online
Gambling
Ban
March
29,
2008
It
looks
as
though
Sweden’s
ban
on
online
gambling
advertising
may
be
coming
to
an
end.
It
seems
that
prosecutors
were
told
to
stop
going
after
the
media
outlets
that
were
publishing
or
airing
ads
that
are
related
to
online
gambling
from
foreign
nations.
Allegedly
UC
Malmos,
a
department
of
the
country’s
Prosecution
Authority,
sent
down
an
order
stating
that
the
online
gambling
advertising
ban
was
to
stop
being
such
a
large
problem
and
time
consumer
for
the
country.
It
seems
that
there
are
plenty
of
people
both
within
and
outside
of
the
country
that
really
wanted
to
see
the
ban
overturned.
It
seems
that
an
appeal
was
made
from
Aftonbladet
and
Expressen,
two
of
Sweden’s
newspapers.
They
send
a
letter
to
the
European
Commission
stating
that
Sweden’s
law
“did
not
permit
free
movement
of
trade
and
services”
between
the
country
and
the
27
member
nations.
They
said
that
by
not
allowing
online
gambling
advertising
it
was
in
breach
of
that
understanding.
Once
the
letter
was
out
there,
the
Swedish
Court
of
Appeals
was
directed
to
reopen
and
examine
the
verdict
against
the
newspaper,
as
they
had
been
found
guilty
of
breaching
the
law
by
accepting
such
advertising.
They
have
been
attempting
to
appeal
the
verdict
for
the
past
four
years.
The
appeals
court
agreed
and
ruled
that
the
laws
were
in
“possibly”
in
contradiction
with
elements
of
the
European
Pact.
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