The Swedish Gaming Authority’s Regulation Letter for the Budget Year 2023 Has Been Decided by the Government
Strängnäs, Sweden (January 3, 2023) — Every year the government decides on regulation letters for the authorities. The regulation letter states how the authority must work and how much money it can use.
The government decides that the following shall apply during the budget year 2023 for the Gambling Inspectorate.
OPERATION
1. Objectives and reporting requirements
Information security
The authority must give an overall account of how it worked to manage and develop its information security and how it plans to meet future needs in the area. The authority must specifically report on
– how it has worked to increase the ability to identify and report IT incidents, as well as to be able to quickly take the necessary measures in the event of such an incident
– whether the threats to and vulnerabilities in the authority’s operations have changed as a result of the prevailing global situation, and whether measures have been taken or are intended to be taken due to this.
3. Mission
Knowledge of and development of the self-exclusion register
The authority must map
– the reasons why people withdraw from gambling via the national self-exclusion register spelpaus.se
– what proportion of the people who stop playing games choose to play with gambling companies without a Swedish license.
The authority must further investigate the conditions for and the need to be able to offer more or other alternatives for suspension on spelpaus.se regarding partly time periods and partly different forms of gambling. When carrying out the assignment, the authority must obtain opinions from the Public Health Authority. The assignment must be reported to the Government Office (Ministry of Finance) by 31 October 2023 at the latest.
Forecasts
The authority must report forecasts with accompanying comments for 2023–2026 on the occasions below. The comments must show which assumptions were used in the forecast, uncertainty factors and any changes to the conditions for the authority to conduct its activities. Furthermore, changes in relation to the previous forecast occasion and the budget decided by the authority must be commented on. In the event of forecast deviations, the authority must indicate which measures have been taken or are planned to be taken. The forecasts must be submitted in the Hermes information system no later than
– February 6
– April 25
– July 28
– October 23.
Ongoing assignments according to special government decisions
| Decision | Decision on the assignment | Accounting date |
| Mission to continue accepting people with disabilities that result in a reduced working capacity for internships (2021–2023) | A2020/02583 | on 1 April 2023 and 15 February 2024 |
| Mission to continue accepting newly arrived job seekers for internships 2021–2023 | Fi2020/04960 | on 1 April 2023 and 15 February 2024 |
| Mission to follow up on the development of gambling and gambling problems in the gambling market | Fi2021/03520 | on 31 October 2023 |
| Assignment to take energy-saving measures within the state administration | Fi2022/02571 | on 16 January 2023, 15 February 2023, and 15 March 2023 |
FINANCING
4. Appropriation
| 4.1 | Allocated grants/grant items (amounts stated in SEK 000) |
Expenditure area 17 Culture, media, religious communities and leisure
15:1 |
The Swedish Gaming Authority (Framework) |
| Disposed of by the Swedish Gaming Authority | 78,332 |
| app.1 | The Swedish Gaming Authority (frame) | 78,332 |
Conditions for grants 15:1
ap.1 The Swedish Gaming Authority
The appropriation item may be used for the Gaming Authority’s administrative expenses.
4.3 Financial terms
4.3.1 |
Financial conditions for grants/grant items |
Expenditure area 17 Culture, media, religious communities and leisure
Appropriation/app |
Appropriation credit | Appropriation balance to be allocated in 2023 | Withdrawal of grant amounts |
| 15:1 The Swedish Gaming Authority | |||
| app.1 | 2,349 | 3% | 0 |
5. Other conditions
5.1 Loan limits and credits
| Loan framework for operational investments | 10,000 |
| Interest account credit | 6,000 |
5.2 |
Payout plan |
| Payment date | Amount |
| 2023-01-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-02-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-03-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-04-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-05-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-06-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-07-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-08-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-09-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-10-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-11-25 | 6,528 |
| 2023-12-25 | 6,524 |
| Amount | 78,332 |
| 15:1 ap.1 | The Swedish Gaming Authority |
6. Fees and contributions
6.2 |
Estimated budget for fee-based activities where the income is not allocated |
| Operation | Inc. tit. | +/- until 2021 | +/- 2022 | Int. 2023 | Diet. 2023 | +/- 2023 | Alas. +/- expire. 2023 |
| Fee income | |||||||
| Supervision | 9455 | 73,016 | 5,000 | 50,000 | 35,000 | 15,000 | 93,016 |
| License, permit, and registration | 9455 | 8,076 | -14,100 | 28,600 | 30,000 | -1,400 | -7,424 |
| Amount | 81,092 | -9,100 | 78,600 | 65,000 | 13,600 | 85,592 | |
