Do over, do right or in other words; do over, do away
Imagine that you are driving a car. And imagine that you are suddenly diverted from your route until you reach a road barrier. At the barrier, you are informed that the place you were going to visit does not have a permit. The barrier is then opened and you are free to drive wherever you want. To the original destination (the place without the necessary authorization) or somewhere else. Yes, I realize that this seems like a completely surreal idea. How could anyone keep track of where you were going? Surely something like that can't be legal?
No, in traffic this is not (yet) the case. But for online gambling, this could actually become a reality. The Gambling Act contains a provision stating that the Gaming Inspectorate has the possibility to order internet operators to establish a so-called warning message. This is to be set up in the data traffic of a user who is about to surf to a website that provides unlicensed games. No one knows how this could be implemented in practice and no order has ever been issued.
In connection with the current review of the Gambling Act, there were therefore some hopes that this provision would be revised. But in the report, which was recently submitted by the government, the investigator does not make any changes - despite the statement "when it comes to the technical conditions for internet providers to include warning messages in data traffic, there are still some question marks". Instead, the investigator thinks that warning messages should be tested in practice before making any changes to the law!
As TechSverige has repeatedly pointed out, there is no analysis of how such a warning message could be implemented. In our view, the only reasonable course of action would therefore have been to repeal the provision. We have also written this in our response to the government's reply to public consultation, see link below.