The Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has officially issued a prohibition against WinBet NV, a Curaçao-registered gambling operator, for unlawfully providing gambling services to Swedish consumers. According to the authority’s findings, the company was offering online gambling via the website Superb.bet, using the Swedish language and accepting transactions in Swedish krona, which under Swedish law constitutes an unlawful targeting of the local market....
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