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February 14, 2012
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The following articles have been tagged with "Svenska_spel":
British PM in Sweden to discuss women and work
Politics: 8 Feb 12
David Cameron joined Fredrik Reinfeldt and other heads of government from northern Europe who have gathered in Stockholm to discuss common future challenges at the Northern Future Forum.
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Swedish village seeks mystery lotto winner
Business & Money: 19 Jan 12
After Sweden's Wednesday night lotto draw, one lucky winner took home the grand slam of 134 million kronor ($19.6 million). Despite the ticket being bought in a small town, the owner is still unidentified.
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Gambling addicts 'not getting enough help'
National: 23 Oct 11
Swedish health authorities have criticised the lack of help available in Sweden for gambling addiction, with many municipalities providing no resources at all to deal with the problem.
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Swede picks lotto winner twice in 3 days
Society: 19 Aug 11
A Swedish man, still reeling from the discovery that he had won a chance to rake in 5 million kronor ($774,000) on national TV, celebrated by buying another scratch-off lottery ticket - and won again.
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Employee used store money for gambling
National: 14 Aug 11
A 30 year-old shop clerk in Vellinge, in southern Sweden, has been charged with misappropriation of funds, after having gambled away more than 400,000 kronor ($61,000) in the store she worked in - without paying a dime.
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Swede notches massive 'dream' lotto win
Society: 19 Jun 11
A lottery player from western Sweden is set to receive a payday of more than 105 million kronor ($16 million), Swedish lottery officials announced on Saturday.
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Gaming software company offers golden job chance in Stockholm
Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Do you work in the software industry? Ever fancied working in one of the world’s online gaming hubs, with a great quality of life and a stimulating working environment? Now’s your chance.
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Christian Democrats mull betting u-turn
Politics: 25 Apr 11
Sweden’s betting laws could be set to change if the Christian Democrats have their way.
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Texas Hold'em case heads for supreme court
Society: 22 Feb 11
Sweden's Supreme Court on Tuesday opened the case of four men convicted for arranging an illegal poker tournament, a ruling which experts believe may allow for more competition for Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly.
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Sweden to curb lottery ticket sales to minors
National: 29 Sep 10
Starting October 1st, no minors under 18 will be able to buy scratch cards from Sweden's state-owned lottery company Svenska Spel.
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Svenska Spel chair to repay expenses
Business & Money: 19 Aug 10
Svenska Spel chair, former deputy prime minister Margareta Winberg, will repay more than 22,000 kronor ($2,982) that she received erroneously in expenses for her role, according to the company's report to the Ministry of Finance.
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Stockholm couple wins 80 million kronor jackpot
Society: 23 Jul 10
A 50-year-old Stockholm couple has won a 79.5 million kronor jackpot from Lotto, Svenska Spel (Swedish Games) announced on Friday.
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Svenska Spel CEO fired in major shakeup
Business & Money: 23 Jun 10
The board of state-owned gambling enterprise Svenska Spel has sacked its CEO Meta Persdotter, Chairwoman Margareta Winberg announced on Wednesday.
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TeliaSonera approves government bonus ban
Politics: 8 Apr 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera voted at its AGM on Wednesday to ban bonuses for senior staff after a proposal from the Swedish state's representative.
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Lottery tracks down record jackpot winner
Society: 30 Mar 10
Sweden's national lottery operator, Svenska Spel, has managed to track down the winner of a record 214.6 million kronor ($29.5 million) jackpot, who now plans to spend some of the money on better seats to watch his local football team.
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Lottery player wins record jackpot
Society: 28 Mar 10
A national lottery contestant in Helsingborg in southern Sweden hit the jackpot on Saturday evening with a record 214.6 million kronor ($29.5 million) win.
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Ingrid, 79, declared dead by Swedish tax authorities
National: 9 Feb 10
79-year-old Ingrid Ståhl of Malmö in southern Sweden found out to her surprise that she had been registered as dead after a mistake by the Swedish Tax Agency.
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English defender's goal yields millions for Swedish football fan
Society: 27 Oct 09
A 75-year-old Swedish man has a defender from Preston North End in England’s second division to thank for an improbable 10 million kronor ($1.45 million) gambling win.
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Eritrean beats deportation threat in Swedish lottery win
Society: 6 Sep 09
A 28-year-old Eritrean national living illegally in Sweden collected a 1.2 million kronor ($167,000) lottery prize on national television Saturday morning.
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Swedish court rules Texas Hold'em a 'game of skill'
Business & Money: 14 May 09
A Swedish appeals court on Thursday sharply reduced the sentences for four men convicted for arranging an illegal poker tournament, a ruling which experts believe may open the door to more competition for Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly.
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Gaming monopoly loses name dispute with treatment centre
Society: 17 Apr 09
Hemska Spel, a treatment centre for gambling addicts in southern Sweden, has beaten state gambling monopoly Svenska Spel in a naming dispute.
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Arla exec to take over as head of Systembolaget
Business & Money: 23 Jan 09
Sweden’s state-run liquor monopoly Systembolaget has named a successor to Anitra Steen, who is set to retire from her position as managing director on April 30th.
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Young 'pirates' receive millions from the state
Politics: 17 Jan 09
The youth league of the Swedish branch of file-share and copyright reform advocacy group, the Pirate Party, has received millions of kronor in state support.
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Mystery lottery winner found
Society: 14 Jan 09
Members of a family from Skåne in southern Sweden couldn't believe their luck this week when they returned home from a winter holiday to find they had won the lottery jackpot of more than 110 million kronor ($13.5 million).
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Police identify Casino Cosmopol shooter
National: 28 Dec 08
Prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of having shot two female patrons and a security guard at the Casino Cosmopol in central Stockholm on Christmas Eve.
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Police hunt for casino gunman
National: 25 Dec 08
Police were on Thursday searching for an unidentified gunman who left three people nursing gunshot wounds after he opened fire when refused entry to the Casino Cosmopol in central Stockholm on Christmas Eve.
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Swede beats tax agency in landmark gambling case
National: 17 Nov 08
A poker player from Sweden has won an important decision against the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), freeing him from paying taxes on a portion of his online poker winnings.
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Gaming firm calls Svenska Spel's bluff
Business & Money: 27 May 08
Gaming company Betsson plans to open its first outlet in Sweden at the end of May with the express purpose of challenging the Swedish gaming monopoly.
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Government hints at partial Svenska Spel sell off
Business & Money: 22 May 08
The government is open to selling off parts of the Svenska Spel gaming monopoly to other actors in the market.
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Sweden's state-owned firms lack diverse leadership
Business & Money: 5 May 08
The number directors in Sweden’s state-owned companies held by people of non-Nordic background has dropped by 50 percent.
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‘Break up gaming monopoly’
Politics: 5 May 08
Svenksa Spel’s gaming monopoly ought to be abolished in order to make way for new forms of cultural support, writes the Moderate Party’s Culture Committee.
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Svenska Spel CEO cashes in his chips
Business & Money: 21 Apr 08
Svenska Spel CEO Jesper Kärrbrink has decided to step down as head of Sweden's state-run gaming monopoly following consultations with the company’s board.
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Prominent Social Democrat named head of Svenska Spel
Business & Money: 4 Apr 08
Margareta Winberg (l), a former Social Democratic Deputy Prime Minister, was named by Finance Minister Anders Borg (r), as the new chair of Sweden’s state-owned gaming operation.
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Svenska Spel barred from expanding net poker
Business & Money: 8 Nov 07
Sweden's state-owned gambling monopoly, Svenska Spel, has been forbidden from expanding its net-poker services - for the time being at least.
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State makes 1.4 billion from gambling
Business & Money: 23 Oct 07
Sweden's state-owned gambling monopoly, Svenska Spel, made profits of nearly 1.4 billion kronor ($215 million) in the third quarter, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Social Democrat betting company criticizes monopoly
Politics: 4 Sep 07
The Social Democrats' own betting company, A-lotterierna, has accused the gambling monopoly and state-owned betting companies of squeezing non-governmental organizations out of the market.
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Swedish media gorges on illegal gambling ads
Business & Money: 6 Jul 07
Despite the prosecutions against ten media bosses for publishing gambling ads, the Swedish media earned almost 700 million kronor from the illegal promotions last year, according to new statistics.
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Government to ban aggressive gambling ads
Politics: 20 Jun 07
The Swedish government has announced that it is preparing to reform the Swedish gambling market. Aggressive marketing is to be prohibited but Svenska Spel is expected to retain a dominant position.
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Svenska Spel to enforce age checks
Society: 18 Jun 07
State-owned Swedish betting company Svenska Spel has said it will introduce compulsory age checks for people using its gaming machines.
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Gambling monopoly 'targets the poor'
National: 8 Apr 07
Sweden's state-owned gambling company, Svenska Spel, has been accused of targeting people living in poor areas. Poorer suburbs of Stockholm have high numbers of gaming machines, while richer areas have none.
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Game stopped after cheat allegations
Society: 24 Mar 07
Swedish state gambling operator Svenska Spel has said it is closing its Limbo game after it was reported that organized groups were cheating, winning hundreds of thousands of kronor.
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Aftonbladet defiant over gambling ad ruling
Business & Money: 8 Mar 07
Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet has said it intends to publish an advertisement for Maltese gambling company Expekt, despite a court ruling authorizing stiff penalties if it goes ahead.
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Court ruling threatens Svenska Spel's monopoly
Business & Money: 6 Mar 07
A new ruling in the European Court of Justice has put further pressure on national gambling monopolies in EU member states.
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'Group toilet breaks' for Swedish online poker rooms
Society: 6 Dec 06
Sweden's gambling monopoly Svenska Spel takes its public responsibility very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that it has introduced group toilet breaks for its online poker games.
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Swedish government bets on open gambling market
Society: 7 Oct 06
Foreign companies could be allowed to enter the Swedish gambling market when the state-run monopoly is dismantled, says Sweden's new minister for financial markets, Mats Odell.
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Svenska Spel ups age limits
Society: 1 Oct 06
State-owned gambling monopoly Svenska Spel has denied that moves to increase age limits on certain games in a step to try to protect its control of the Swedish gambling market.
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Support gathers for ending Swedish gambling monopoly
Society: 20 Sep 06
The Christian Democrats, the smallest of the four Alliance parties, now says it is open to the idea of allowing foreign competition into the current gaming monopoly in Sweden.
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Sweden's monopolies in the firing line
Politics: 13 Sep 06
Sweden's state monopolies on alcohol, pharmacies and gaming were created decades ago to promote social justice and public health, but now they are under threat from the European Union and a possible change of government.
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Trelleborg man in 93 million kronor Lotto win
Society: 10 Sep 06
As the Lotto balls fell into place on Saturday evening it slowly dawned on a Trelleborg man that he had just won a cool 93 million kronor - tax-free.
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MPs want less advertising
Politics: 9 Aug 06
There should be less advertising in the Swedish media, and greater restrictions on the content of ads. Those are the views of members of parliament, according to a new survey.
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Odds lengthen for gaming monopoly
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Aug 06
Do Internet gaming and European law mean that Sweden's gambling monopoly is approaching the last roll of the dice? And can Svenska Spel's existence be justified, asks Paul O'Mahony.
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Svenska Spel pushes east
National: 21 Jul 06
Swedish gambling monopoly Svenska Spel is upsetting the EU by pushing east into the Baltic. Sweden is currently under investigation for discriminating against private betting companies.
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Sweden 'should bid for Winter Olympics'
Politics: 5 Jul 06
The Centre Party wants Sweden to hold a national convention to look at bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Östersund and Åre in 2018.
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Editors reported over gambling ads
Business & Money: 15 Jun 06
Four editors, including those of Metro and Expressen, have been reported to the police for publishing adverts for foreign gambling ads.
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One year on, Swedes love smoke-free bars
Society: 25 May 06
It will soon be a year since Sweden banned smoking in bars and restaurants, and opinion is now overwhelmingly in favour. The restaurant industry says it has not lost out, and only 21 percent of smokers are opposed.
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Smoking ban hits Svenska Spel's profits
Business & Money: 21 Apr 06
State-owned gaming company Svenska Spel's profits for the first quarter were down 86 million kronor.
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Ladbrokes to challenge Swedish betting monopoly
Business & Money: 31 Mar 06
British bookmaker Ladbrokes PLC is applying for a licence to operate its online poker service in Sweden as it looks to challenge a government monopoly on betting.
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Svenska Spel launches online poker
Lifestyle: 30 Mar 06
Sweden gets its first home-grown poker web site on Thursday, amid allegations that security failings could lead to customers' bank account details being accessed by fraudsters.
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Swedish hockey heroes "could lose Olympic gold"
Sport: 2 Mar 06
Just four days after the Swedish ice hockey team's stunning achievement in the Winter Olympics, the sweet smell of success has been overshadowed by a bitter dispute which could result in the team's disqualification.
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Swedish hope for foreign gambling firms
Business & Money: 27 Jan 06
An official inquiry into the gambling market concludes that there is no feasible way of gambling which is run from abroad. Instead, it recommends a licencing system. Unbelievably positive, says Ladbrokes' Swedish MD Douglas Roos.
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Poker sets top Swedes' Christmas gift lists
National: 1 Dec 05
This year Swedes are expected to spend some 48 billion kronor on Christmas shopping - and, with internet poker surging in popularity, the gift of the moment is a poker set.
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Net poker gets the green light
Politics: 24 Nov 05
Swedish state gambling monopoly Svenska Spel is allowed by the government to start an internet poker service. But deputy PM Bosse Ringholm says no to internet casinos.
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Record Lottery winner wants to buy Zlatan
National: 10 Oct 05
A 36 year old man from Gotland becomes Sweden's biggest-ever lottery winner, picking up a tidy 122.9 million kronor. Now he says he wants to buy Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic for his local team.
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Ladbrokes gets Swedish betting knockback
National: 21 Jun 05
Sweden's highest administrative court throws out a challenge to the state's gambling monopoly. But British company Ladbrokes accuses the judiciary of doing the government's bidding.
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Swedish police to investigate poker sites
Business & Money: 28 Feb 05
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Health minister on cigarettes: don't scare kids
Science & Technology: 27 Oct 04
Sweden's health minister wants to protect children from scary pictures on cigarette packets designed to protect them from dying prematurely.
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Stolen ticket wins 1.2 million crown lottery
Smörgåsbord: 1 Sep 04
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Living dangerously
Science & Technology: 23 Jul 04
The land of the public health warning adds a few more to the list. And tenants in a Malmö building are banned from smoking in their own apartments. Cotton wool, anyone?
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
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