24hPoker Pressure From Swedish Board

Wednesday July 18, 2007

The online poker company 24hPoker reports that the Swedish Gaming Board has requested detailed information on all the employees of the firm working in Sweden. According to the Swedish Gaming Board, this is antecedent step to arrange gaming related companies access the country are surviving by the code.

24hPoker has been asked to add clue to the Board now, look work descriptions, uses of the company trademark, etc. According to the chief legal advisor at the Swedish Gaming Board, Hakan Hallstedt, also companies will any more appear as asked to afford the identical advice.

"Alive with gaming companies are listed influence Sweden and own their employees here. None of them are permitted to assignment hide gaming related tasks clout Sweden, because this is criminal, ultimately most of their revenue comes from gaming," he told the company.

The Swedish Gaming Board is immediately alignment to accomplish a exhaustive investigation being to the whereabouts of gaming-related companies agency the country. To provide gaming services without a license is illegal in Sweden and can result in fines and imprisonment for up to two years.

There have been recent complaints that the Board is not sensitive to reports of illegal advertising for casino gambling in Swedish publications.