Spelinspektionen fines Swedish Social Democrats SEK3m over lottery controls

Sweden’s Spelinspektionen issued the Swedish Social Democratic Workers’ Party, its youth wing and women’s wing a SEK3m fine and formal warning on 26 May, the regulator said. It found serious failures in their oversight of telemarketing for the Kombilotteriet lottery, including breaches of gambling and consumer-protection rules. The organisations said they had stopped telephone sales and ended their relationship with the subcontractor.