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Sweden’s Spelinspektionen closes postal lottery marketing investigation

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Sweden’s Spelinspektionen closed its supervisory investigation into the Swedish Postcode Lottery Association and said it would take no further action for now. The Consumer Agency has referred the marketing matter to the Consumer Ombudsman’s secretariat, which may take it to court; Spelinspektionen said it could reopen its own case if new circumstances arise.

The association’s marketing may still face further scrutiny through the Consumer Ombudsman process.

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