{"id":2914,"date":"2025-07-01T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opiniao-publica24-7.com\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2025-07-02T15:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:29:03","slug":"betsson-disappointed-by-swedish-supreme-courts-ruling-to-pay-gambling-addict-sek5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/opiniao-publica24-7.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/01\/betsson-disappointed-by-swedish-supreme-courts-ruling-to-pay-gambling-addict-sek5m\/","title":{"rendered":"Betsson \u201cDisappointed\u201d by Swedish Supreme Court\u2019s Ruling to Pay Gambling Addict SEK5m"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Betsson penalized<\/h2>\n

Svenska Dagbladet <\/em>has revealed the Swedish Supreme Court has ordered Stockholm-headquartered iGaming firm Betsson to pay a gambling addict SEK5m ($590,000).<\/p>\n

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aggressive marketing and bonus incentives<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The court ruled Betsson\u2019s Malta-based subsidiary BML Group exploited a known gambling compulsion in the man, referred to only as Per from \u00d6rebro, via aggressive marketing and bonus incentives.<\/p>\n

According to the Stockholm daily, Betsson \u201cbombarded\u201d the 51-year-old with marketing, gifts, and bonuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the court ruling represents a grueling victory for Per, who had reportedly been fighting his case for a decade, Betsson expressed disappointment on Tuesday with the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Per\u2019s VIP spree<\/h2>\n

Bettson issued a press release in which CEO Pontus Lindwall expressed his firm\u2019s disappointment over the judgement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lindwall highlighted in the statement that Per\u2019s case went back to 2009\u20132014, before the new Swedish Gambling Act. The CEO added that the Act, which rolled out in 2019, \u201cmeant that a clearer regulatory framework for the Swedish market was introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite expressing his company\u2019s dissatisfaction, Lindwall noted that the case had \u201cvery specific circumstances and that the ruling is not expected to have any broader financial consequences\u201d for Betsson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The trouble with Per for Betsson essentially began three years after he opened a gambling account. In 2012, the iGaming firm upgraded Per to a VIP customer and upped its marketing to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to media reports, Per experienced a net loss of just over five million kronor ($527,000) from the time he became a VIP to 2014, when he voluntarily excluded himself from the online casino.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is the same amount the Supreme Court ordered Bettson pay\u00a0back to Per, along with legal costs of SEK718,750 ($75,974).<\/p>\n

Devil\u2019s in the data<\/h2>\n

Per\u2019s case was strengthened by the Supreme Court\u2019s investigation into Betsson that revealed the iGaming firm had \u201caccess to data that showed that the player had a serious gambling problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swedish national TV channel Sveriges Television AB <\/em>cited Per\u2019s legal representative <\/em>J\u00f6rgen Hettne as stating the ruling could bring \u201ca positive change in the gambling market\u201d <\/a>while also strengthening\u00a0consumer protection in Sweden.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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