Amendment of the Swedish Lottery Act
As from 1 August 2002 the Swedish Lottery Act (the "Act") has been amended to comply with technical developments by implementing special regulations regarding lotteries run using "electromagnetic waves" (the terminology used in the Act). This means that what are known as "popular movement organizations", such as sports and interest organizations of various kinds, are given an opportunity to organize lotteries by the use of communication services such as the Internet, mobile telephones or similar. Permission to organize or mediate lotteries arranged by the use of "electromagnetic waves" may be granted in principle subject to the same requirements, which apply to traditional forms of lotteries.
