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Government
Owned
Online
Gambling
Sites
September
15,
2007
The
Swedish
Government
has
found
that
a
number
of
their
residents
have
found
a
lot
of
joy
in
online
gambling.
They
are
spending
their
time,
and
their
money,
playing
the
Svenska
Spel
government
owned
online
gambling
sites
that
are
available
to
them.
Svenska
Spel
is
an
online
gambling
company
that
is
owned
by
the
Swedish
Government,
and
has
done
much
better
for
itself
than
many
thought
it
would.
In
fact,
Swedish
Radio
News
is
reporting
that
they
are
expecting
that
over
the
net
year
their
numbers
are
going
to
go
even
higher.
According
to
the
online
gambling
company,
they
are
expecting
a
40%
jump
over
last
year’s
numbers
by
the
end
of
this
year.
The
online
gambling
firm
of
ATG
says
that
they
have
already
see
a
30%
increase
in
the
number
of
web
based
and
online
poker
bets
that
they
take,
and
they
point
out
that
this
was
only
during
the
first
half
of
the
year.
Experts
say
that
the
online
gambling
industry
in
Sweden
is
looking
to
take
in
more
than
$5
billion
from
the
United
States
alone,
as
that
was
their
numbers
more
than
three
years
ago.
The
Holland
Government
is
planning
on
opening
some
online
gambling
sites
of
their
own
now
that
they
have
seen
how
well
Sweden
is
doing,
and
is
hoping
to
cash
in
on
some
of
that
revenue.
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2007
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