Sweden's gambling regulator has hit back at claims that it is threatening the country's free press with its efforts to enforce a ban on gambling advertising in newspapers.
The Lotteriinspektionen has defended itself after being strongly criticised in an opinion piece co-written by Gustaf Hoffstedt, secretary general of Swedish gaming operator association Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) and Per Hultengård, chief legal officer of the Swedish Media Publishers' Association (TU).
The pair highlighted the importance of gambling advertising to [...]
