Gustaf Hoffstedt, the secretary general of the Sweden Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS), has urged the country’s government to sell off state-owned Svenska Spel to remove concerns over regulatory authority and competition in the national market.
Writing in an op-ed on Swedish news site Dagens Industri, Hoffstedt explained the Swedish government’s decision to sell vehicle inspection company Bilprovningen to TÜV Rheinland, a German testing service provider and compared it to its ownership of monopoly gambling operator Svenska Spel.
Hoffstedt highlighted comments from Swedish finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson, who last week said there was “no obvious reason” why the state should own Bilprovningen.
