The Swedish Court of Appeals, known as Kammarrätten, has turned down Lottoland’s plea against a penalty levied by the regulatory body Spelinspektionen in 2019.
Lottoland was initially slapped with a 700,000 Swedish kronor fine, equivalent to £52,423/€65,492/$73,304, and given a formal reprimand for breaching Swedish laws on lottery betting more than two years ago.
The regulatory body contended that ULS presented players with the opportunity to wager on the outcomes of Svenska Spel’s state-run lottery without the operator’s authorization.
Svenska Spel holds exclusive rights to market lottery games in Sweden, including the Eurojackpot game whose results ULS offered through its Lottoland.se website.
Following the initial imposition of the fine in 2019, Lottoland first contested the matter before Sweden’s Administrative Court of Linköping, which also dismissed the appeal.
The administrative court determined that ULS not only provided bets on lottery draws without Svenska Spel’s approval, but also presented these wagers in a manner that suggested the company itself organized these draws.
After losing the initial appeal, the operator escalated the matter to the Court of Appeal.
Nevertheless, the ruling of Spelinspektionen was also upheld.
The Appeals Court also discovered that ULS provided extra lottery games, such as digital scratch cards, without the required authorizations.
Spelinspektionen recently instructed Indigo Soft, the operator of Cashalot, to exit the Swedish market after concluding that the company was targeting Swedish players without a license.
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