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The Swedish Gambling Authority will also be able to order internet service providers to set up warning messages for websites offering unlicensed gambling. Promoting gambling without a licence, for example through advertising, will be criminalised. It is proposed that the new regulations enter into force on 1 January 2019. Sports betting, horse racing, and lottery ads are allowed in Germany provided that the advertiser is in possession of a valid gambling operator license or intermediary license and an advertisement permission, both issued by the relevant authorities in Germany.

Australia: 1800 858 858 or http://www.gamblinghelponline.org.au

Austria: http://www.spielsuchthilfe.at/

Belgium: SOS SPELEN: 0800 35 777, https://gokhulp.be/

Canada (by province)

• Alberta Alberta Health Serviceshttp://www.albertahealthservices.ca or call toll-free: 866-332-2322

• British Columbia British Columbia Partnership for Responsible Gamblingwww.bcresponsiblegambling.ca 888-795-6111

• Manitoba: Addictions Foundation of Manitobahttp://afm.mb.ca/programs-and-services/gambling/ or call toll-free: 888-347-8888

• New BrunswickNew Brunswick Health – Gambling http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/health/Gambling/What_is_problem_gambling.html call toll-free: 800-461-1234

• NewfoundlandNewfoundland Labrador Health and Community Serviceshttp://www.health.gov.nl.ca call toll-free: 888-899-4357

• Northwest TerritoriesNWT Health and Social Services http://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/en/services/addictions or call toll-free: 800-661-0830

• Nova ScotiaProblem Gambling Help Linehttps://gamblingsupportnetwork.ca/or call toll-free: 888-347-8888

• NunavutNunavut Health and Social Serviceshttp://www.gov.nu.ca/health or call toll-free: 800-265-3333

• OntarioOntario Problem Gambling Helpline http://www.problemgamblinghelpline.ca/ or call toll-free: 888-230-3505

• Prince Edward Island Health PEI Gambling Addiction Serviceshttp://www.healthpei.ca/gambling or call toll-free: 855-255-4255

• QuebecGambling: Help and Referralhttp://www.jeu-aidereference.qc.ca or call toll-free: 800-461-0140

• Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Health – Gambling http://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/health/emergency-medical-services/problem-gambling-help-line or call toll-free: 1-800-306-6789

• Yukon TerritoryYukon Health and Social Serviceshttp://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/index.php

Denmark: Danish Gambling Authority https://spillemyndigheden.dk/behandling

France: Adictel Prevention Addiction: contact@adictel.com 24/7 www.adictel.com/en/

Germany: Gluecksspielsucht Problem Gambling Hotline: 0800 0776611 www.gluecksspielsucht.de/

Hong Kong: Caritas A G Counselling Centre: Hotline (852) 1834 633 www.gamblercaritas.org.hk

Ireland: GambleAware Ireland: National Gambling Helpline: 1800 753 753 www.gambleaware.ie

Korea: Korea Center for Gambling Problems https://www.kcgp.or.kr

Malta: Responsible Gambling Foundation http://rgf.org.mt/

Netherlands: AGOG: National information number: 0900-2177721 www.agog.nl

New Zealand: To access immediate assistance in New Zealand call 0800 654 655 or go online to http://www.gamblinghelpline.co.nz

Norway: Hjelpelinjen Helpline: 800 800 40 www.hjelpelinjen.no

Singapore: National Council on Problem Gambling http://www.ncpg.org.sg 800 6 66866

South Africa: National Responsible Gambling Problem Gambling Counselling Line: 0800 006 008 www.responsiblegambling.co.za/

Sweden: phone, chat, SMS and email service for the whole of Sweden www.stodlinjen.se/

Switzerland: Careplay: Tel: 041 367 48 47 www.careplay.ch/

List of a government agency or NGO providing help and referral on a national or countrywide basis to the best of our ability.

As of April 24, 2017

Ardalan Shekarabi is Minister for Social Security from October 1, 2019

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The Government today adopted the Bill ‘A re-regulated gambling market’. The proposal will mean introducing a new gambling act and a licence system.

'Unregulated gambling has taken over and gambling is used in criminal activities. It is 14 years since the first of a line of gambling inquiries was appointed. It is now time for us to move from words to action and regain control of the Swedish gambling market,' says Minister for Public Administration Ardalan Shekarabi.

The gambling act now being proposed will mean that anyone operating in the Swedish gambling market must have an authorised licence and that operators without a licence will be shut out. There must be stronger consumer protection in place for gambling, and the negative effects of gambling must be limited. A new offence, gambling fraud, will be introduced and a special cooperation council will be established to tackle match fixing.

The gambling market will be divided up into sectors: a competitive sector, primarily including online gambling and betting; a sector reserved for non-profit purposes, primarily including lotteries and bingo; and a sector reserved for the central government, primarily including state-owned casinos and gambling on token machines. Gambling subject to licensing will be taxed at 18 per cent. Gambling for non-profit purposes will continue to be tax exempt. Winnings will be taxed when players win money on unlicensed gambling websites.

'We are reinforcing the Swedish Gambling Authority, granting it more and sharper tools. Unlicensed operators will be shut out of the market and licence-holders must conduct their activities in accordance with the law. Today we are also instructing the Swedish Agency for Public Management to follow up the reform to quickly make any amendments to the act if the goals of the reform are not achieved,' says Mr Shekarabi.

Further proposals in the Bill:

• Licensed operators must have a comprehensive duty to protect gamblers from excessive gambling.
• Strict requirements for moderation in marketing gambling will apply.
• Gamblers must be able to bar themselves from all gambling, and bonuses will not be permitted at any time other than the first gambling occasion.
• The possibility of blocking payment transactions between gamblers and unlicensed gambling operators will be introduced to ensure unlicensed operators are shut out of the market.
• The Swedish Gambling Authority will also be able to order internet service providers to set up warning messages for websites offering unlicensed gambling.
• Promoting gambling without a licence, for example through advertising, will be criminalised.

It is proposed that the new regulations enter into force on 1 January 2019.

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