IS BETSSON ICELAND BOUND?
13 June 2008
Swedish gambling group could be headed for another
confrontation
With the opening of its land betting shop in Stockholm
still creating waves with the government monopoly's
officials, it seems that Swedish online gambling group
Betsson is ready to take on officialdom in Iceland, too.
The Iceland newspaper Fréttabladid reports that the
company may be about to open a betting shop in the
Nordic country, where gambling is officially frowned
upon but government permission has been given to several
charity and social organisations to offer slots action
to raise funds.
The newspaper claims that Betsson is considering a
venture in Iceland, quoting CEO Pontus Lindwall as
saying: “Betsson plans to open gambling stores in every
market where there is need for competition to increase
the benefits of the customers, and Iceland is no
exception."
Advertisements for Betsson online gambling have already
appeared in Icelandic newspapers and on television.
Since officials claim that advertising for gambling is
illegal, this has led to moves to question Betsson's
legal representative in the country, Sigurdur G.
Gudjónsson (see previous InfoPowa reports).
Last (May) month Gudjónsson did not mince words in
characterising official attempts to question him as
"absurd," adding that official action against Betsson
"smacks of prescriptivism."
“They asked me to come in for questioning but I have
only given [Betsson] legal advice so it is ridiculous
that I should be questioned in this case,” Gudjónsson
said.
“The only man who they could possibly press charges
against is Thórmundur Bergsson at MediaCom. It is a
company that offers consultancy on where advertisements
should be placed in consideration of certain target
groups,” Gudjónsson concluded.
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