Kindred Unhappy With Swedish Government Rules

The Kindred Group has come out and stated that the current proposed restrictions imposed in Sweden are unfair to licensed online gambling operators.

Unibet operator Kindred were responding to the proposed extension by the Swedish government that says the limit cap of $580 on deposits by players till the end of June 2021.

The government are concerned that the current COVID restrictions would see an increase in gambling and follow problem gambling increases, however the operator says that even as the restrictions that are proposed to be extended have not seen any increase since July this year.

In fact the operator says the government is more concerned with controlling and limiting license operators and not unlicensed operators who are not limited to deposit controls.

Indeed Kindred says that the government have done nothing to tell players not to play with unlicensed operators. Henrik Tjärnström, CEO of the Kindred Group said on that matter: “During these seven months that the restrictions have been in place, the Swedish government have not been taking any measures to determine the level of channelisation, they have not accounted for any measures against unlicensed operators in Sweden, and they cannot present any notable connections between the pandemic and increased problem gambling in Sweden at licensed Swedish operators.”

Kindred are the second licensed operator to criticise the Swedish government after LeoVegas came out recently to complain at the current restrictions.