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February 14, 2012
Poker
The following articles have been tagged with "Poker":
'Bag of groceries' named Christmas gift of 2011
Business & Money: 15 Nov 11
When Santa's sleigh departs after having completed its Christmas rounds of Swedish households this year he will have deposited bags of groceries complete with recipes, a Swedish retail research group is predicting.
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No news from Saab as worker discontent mounts
Business & Money: 1 Aug 11
Five days after Saab employees learned they wouldn't receive their salaries for July, the troubled Swedish automaker has yet to update workers about the situation as union members take steps to force the company into bankruptcy.
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Chance and skill to Texas Hold'em: Swedish court
Society: 6 Apr 11
The Supreme Court in Sweden ruled Wednesday that it is both chance and skill that decide the outcome in the poker game Texas Hold’em.
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Unpaid bills halt Saab car production
Business & Money: 30 Mar 11
Saab Automobile was forced to halt production at its factory in Trollhättan in western Sweden on Tuesday after a transport company halted deliveries due to millions of kronor in unpaid invoices.
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Top Swedish judges attend 'poker school'
Society: 23 Feb 11
An expert poker player gave Sweden's Supreme Court judges a lesson on the art of playing cards on Tuesday in a case examining whether Texas Hold'em is a game of skill or chance.
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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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US student builds online travel dreams in Sweden
Travel: 24 Jan 11
While he first came to Sweden for the free education and "hot women on bicycles," American entrepreneur Peter Sullivan now finds himself the centre of a new brand of social networking business, contributor Malin Nyberg discovers.
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Taxman eyes Swedish online poker star
Society: 13 Jan 11
A Swedish high-stakes poker player has made his identity public after successfully playing under online moniker for over a year, and may now risk a hefty Swedish tax bill.
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Tablet PC tops Swedes' Christmas gift lists
Business & Money: 25 Nov 10
Swedes are expected to spend some 64.7 billion kronor ($9.3 billion) on Christmas shopping this year with the gift of the moment being a tablet PC, according to the Swedish Research Institute of Trade.
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Live Blog: post-election developments
National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes.
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Swede wanted in bribery case arrested in LA
National: 2 Nov 09
Police in Los Angeles have arrested a Swedish businessman wanted on charges of attempting to bribe a Stockholm police chief.
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Developing world to wait for climate change cash
Politics: 26 Jul 09
Developing countries may have to wait until December UN climate talks before being told how much EU money will be available to help fight the effects of global warming, the Swedish EU presidency said on Saturday.
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Online tax evasion worth billions
Society: 18 Jul 09
The Internet has enabled many companies to operate outside the purview of public authorities. The Swedish Tax Authority (Skatteverket) estimates that online tax evasion amounts to around 5 billion kronor ($638.7 million).
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CEO gives board members a pornographic surprise
Society: 1 Jul 09
The CEO of a municipal housing company in Dalarna in central Sweden has been reprimanded after pornographic pictures popped up during a recent presentation to the company’s board.
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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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Swedish taxman chases webcam strippers
Business & Money: 8 Apr 09
The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) doesn't mind if you bare it all online so long as you pay your dues. Skatteverket is now on the hunt for internet strippers who fail to report their income.
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Lund team to look at how internet affects youth morals
Science & Technology: 27 Dec 08
Researchers at Lund University plan to work with The Pirate Bay and MySpace to learn more about how the internet affects the way Swedish teens build their norms and values.
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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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Twenty years of Christmas gift joy and tears
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Nov 08
The unveiling each November of the Christmas Present of the Year has become a Swedish institution. Michael Aiossa looks at twenty years of gifts – from the gee whizz of the GPS to the aching disappointment of the bread machine.
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Sweden may open door to foreign gambling operators
Business & Money: 4 Sep 08
The government commission examining gambling in Sweden wants to allow foreign gaming companies to operate in the country.
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Gambling baron faces new tax crime charges
National: 14 Aug 08
One of Sweden's most notorious gangsters, currently on trial for instigating murder, was indicted on Thursday on charges of financial crimes and illicit gambling.
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Mushroom war marked by cunning and subterfuge
Lifestyle: 14 Aug 08
With chanterelle season upon us, it's time again for the annual funghi wars that help keep country life interesting, writes migrant mushroom worshipper Rose Kemp.
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Gambling baron trial begins in Gothenburg
National: 4 Aug 08
A huge police presence was on hand as the trial of gambling baron Rade Kotur got underway in Gothenburg on Monday.
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Two jailed over million-kronor poker tournament
Society: 29 Apr 08
Two men have been jailed by a court in western Sweden after they were found guilty of organizing an illegal million-kronor poker tournament.
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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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Men charged over million kronor poker tournament
Society: 1 Oct 07
Six men have been formally charged under Swedish gambling laws after they organized an illegal million-kronor poker tournament involving 700 people.
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Tax board targets Swedish poker sites
National: 7 Jul 07
Sweden's tax board is to launch a special programme targeting hundreds of web sites earning money from poker and gaming. The board expects to recover millions of kronor in undeclared revenue.
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Singer: 'I had some planes to bomb'
National: 3 Jul 07
Swedish singer Dilba was taken in for questioning at Arlanda airport on Monday after joking that she planned to bomb some planes on her impending visit to the United States.
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Woman torches room on finding man in bed with girlfriend
National: 7 Mar 07
A relationship between two women came to an abrupt when one of the partners found the other having sex with a man. She is suspected of setting fire to their bedroom when jealousy got the better of her.
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Introducing...the Wallenbergs
Lifestyle: 15 Jan 07
While the Social Democrats controlled the Swedish state for much of the past century, it was the Wallenbergs who controlled the country's business life. And now the family has let the TV cameras in.
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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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Swedes want audio books for Christmas
National: 16 Nov 06
Christmas shoppers can breathe a sigh of relief – the present of the year is not a flat-screen TV or an iPod. All Swedes want this year is a talking book.
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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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Sweden turns the corner on chlamydia
Science & Technology: 8 Sep 06
The number of new cases of chlamydia in Sweden has gone down for the first time since the nineties, but 80 people are still being infected with the clap every day.
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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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When's a computer not a computer?
Society: 1 Jun 06
When it's used for gambling, apparently. A court rules that Internet cafés should get licenses for computers if people use them to play games with financial stakes.
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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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Poker sites used in fraud scheme
National: 20 Apr 06
Nine Skaraborg residents have each lost an average of 10,000 kronor playing internet poker - despite the fact that not one of them has ever visited the poker sites.
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G-string ad 'unethical' - Swedish watchdog
Society: 20 Apr 06
A picture of a woman clad only in a g-string with the jeans brand Lee stamped on a buttock is one of twelve ads which have fallen foul of a Swedish advertising ethics watchdog.
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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 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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Ongame launches mobile poker
Business & Money: 15 Apr 05
Swedish online gambling company Ongame is to launch interactive poker for mobile-phones. The company, which already has a database of 3.8 million players around the world, claims it is the first in the world to offer such a service.
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Swedish police to investigate poker sites
Business & Money: 28 Feb 05
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Undersexed Swedes turn to online gambling
Society: 14 Oct 04
Another myth shattered: Swedes aren’t having that much sex. What's more, men are having an identity crisis, thousands are playing online poker all night and 1 in 9 has a social phobia. Spot a connection?
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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 »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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