Sweden’s gambling authority has called for a ban on gambling by credit card in a dissenting response to a government investigation on risky lending.
Spelinspektionen has issued its stance on proposals raised in a report published in July by the ministry of justice. Interested parties have since been asked to comment on the Enhanced Consumer Protection Against Risky Lending and Over-indebtedness report.
The investigation concluded that the reasons against introducing a credit card gambling ban outweigh the reasons for a ban. Among the measures it proposed were a system for debt and credit registers.
In response, Spelinspektionen reiterated its legal position that the Gambling Act outlaws licence holders from encouraging players to borrow.
