{"id":655,"date":"2024-09-11T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/?p=655"},"modified":"2024-09-12T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T15:06:48","slug":"norway-could-end-gambling-monopoly-as-soon-as-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/norway-could-end-gambling-monopoly-as-soon-as-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Could End Gambling Monopoly as Soon as 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Norway parties push to regulate gambling<\/h2>\n

Norway\u2019s current gambling monopoly system may be coming to an end. Finland moving to liberalize its online gambling market has provoked Norway political parties to renew calls for gambling regulation.<\/p>\n

As of September 2023, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) insisted that switching from a monopoly system to a licensing model would not only bring it in line with other countries\u2014Norway is the sole Scandinavian country to still have a gambling monopoly\u2014but could also tackle issues around<\/a> \u201cconsumers gambling with unlicensed sites.\u201d<\/p>\n

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replace the current exclusive rights model with a licensed model to increase revenues\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Norway Conservatives published an election manifesto on September 9 that\u2019s been backed by a committee of Conservative candidates made up of Magnus M\u00e6land, Ola Svenneby, Tage Pettersen, and Anita Oterhals Eide. The policy states: \u201cReplace the current exclusive rights model with a licensed model to increase revenues for the state and [provide] greater opportunities to help those who are struggling with problem gambling\u2026 Arrangements and framework conditions [can be] investigated based on the experiences from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norway Conservatives stand ready to present their manifesto on September 8, 2025, when Norway will hold its next general election. The manifesto will first undergo a public consultation period before being edited for presentation to the national assembly, then finally being delivered for public consumption in the general election.<\/p>\n

Concerns about gambling regulation are misguided<\/h2>\n

Norway\u2019s monopoly system has its fair share of supporters, so it won\u2019t come down without a fight. The Labor Party, with a small majority of 48 seats, supports the monopoly system alongside a coalition with the Center party, which provides an additional 28 seats. On the other side sits the Progress party\u2014with 21 seats\u2014and the Liberal party, which have both committed to reviewing current gambling regulations. The Liberal party stated in its manifesto for 2025 that it wants to \u201ctackle gambling addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I am extremely optimistic this could be our time for a licensed gambling market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Carl Fredrik Stenstr\u00f8m, general-secretary for Norway\u2019s gambling trade body Norsk Bransjeforening for Onlinespill (NBO), told iGB<\/em>: \u201cI am extremely optimistic this could be our time for a licensed gambling market. Everyone [in Norway] understands it is a matter of time before the market is liberalized. And we learned from Sweden that problem gambling did not increase when they regulated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stenstr\u00f8m understands concerns that regulation could increase problem gambling, but he points to other countries like Sweden and Finland as proof that the concerns are misguided. As recently as 2021, Norway\u2019s varied parties discussed ending the gambling monopoly, but they decided to maintain the status quo. Stenstr\u00f8m now believes that with multiple parties advocating to end the monopoly, it is likely Norway will finally see renewed regulation that brings it in line with other Scandinavian countries as soon as 2028.<\/p>\n

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